TMTV visits Jeff "Big Sarge" Sargeant - an N-scale modeller who is passionate about recreating the feel of big mountain railroading in Washington state on his layout.
Being diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease at 38 was quite a blow to Bob Benjamin. Instead of letting the diagnosis take him down, Bob chose a different path. He recruited his friends to help him fight the disease, many of them musicians whom he had worked with in the past. In 2000, Bob, Joe D’Urso,…
"Szarkowksi's thinking, whether Americans know it or not, has become our thinking about photography." - US News & World Report,1990 During his nearly three-decade tenure as Director of the Department of Photography (1962-1991) at The Museum of Modern Art in New York, John Szarkowski…
Bruno Wizard is a London punk musician who became an underground legend for his original performances and 'mystery man' status in the mid 70's. He performed at the Roxy club alongside The Jam, Generation X and The Wire, and was part of the ‘Blitz kids’ scene, squatting with…
On August 6th, 2008, against the backdrop of the world's deadliest war in neighboring Eastern Congo, Rwandan President Paul Kagame released a report detailing French government's hidden role in planning the 1994 Rwandan genocide. Three months later, his closest aide, Rose Kabuye, is arrested…
In the space of just a few years, Chechnya has undergone a remarkable transformation. Gone are the minefields and piles of rubble, replaced with broad avenues, luxury boutiques and glass-fronted skyscrapers. It’s virtually impossible to see there was ever a war. Award-winning journalist, Manon…
Ruth Seiler-Schwab. A girl that shows her parents how a simple farmer's family can also survive with six girls. An idealist who wants to lead farmers out of misery with communist ideas. A young woman who secretly leaves the family farm for love. A gardener who pays a high price for her political…
The Stone River traces the destiny of European stone workers who, at the beginning of the 20th century, crossed the ocean to settle in the town of Barre, Vermont, where they were opening the biggest granite quarries in the world. Within a few years, most of them were decimated by silicosis. At the end…
People's reactions to the sudden and unexpected death. Describes people's reactions to the sudden and unexpected death of someone close. This can be quite devastating, and can result in many emotions and reactions in addition to those of grieving. Four participants who have suffered the…
The venturesome story of a Lebanese-Swiss music project in search of nuances during a time of general cultural dispute between the Orient and Occident. The film also tells the moving account of the man who initiated the project: Mahmoud Turkmani, who grew up in Halba in the north of Lebanon, studied…
L’île Seguin, c’est la plus ancienne et la plus turbulente usine de l’entreprise Renault : un haut lieu des luttes sociales, “la forteresse ouvrière”. En 1992, Renault ferme le site de l’île Seguin et reste la carcasse d’une étonnante…
A film by Kathryn Millard. A blend of fiction and historical evidence, RANDOM 8 explores issues raised by several famous psychological experiments, including the work of Stanley Milgram at Yale University in the 1960s who studied human obedience to orders, even when the orders were “immoral”…
