"WATER WARS. Let's have a whiskey and I'll tell you something different." It's a conflict once unthinkable in the deep green South. Three states are locked in battle over the diminishing fresh water that saw Atlanta go from a small town to the largest growing city in the US.…
Whores' Glory, the third film in Michael Glawogger's globalization trilogy (following Megacities, Workingman's Death), is an explicit and unflinching exposé of global prostitution.
Reconstruction of a difficult case involving an alcoholic A reconstruction of an actual case of a severely distressed woman with a drinking problem. Her GP and her husband want her admitted too a mental hospital, but the psychiatrist takes the controversial view that often the negative experience…
Whose City? deals with the transformation of Berlin from the somewhat run-down and neglected, but highly dynamic and flexible city of the 1990s to today’s ever-more chic and exclusive city. Several documentaries have in recent years been made on this issue. But where most of these films investigate…
Whose Death Is It, Anyway? Tough Choices at the End of Life emphasizes the importance of personal involvement in decisions about one's care at the end of life. Highlighting the types of care many people receive, it realistically explores the difficulties surrounding end of life decision making during…
FOR HOME USE ONLY - FOR EDUCATIONAL STREAMING AND DVD SALES VISIT https://store.der.org/whose-is-this-song-p260.aspx by Adela Peeva color, 70 min, 2003 Bulgarian, Turkish, Greek, Albanian, Bosnian, Macedonian, Serbian with English subtitles In her search for the true origins of a haunting melody,…
A working-class community feels angry and powerless faced with lack of housing and employment. Part 1 of Whose Town is it Anyway? The portrait of a working class community after 25 years on the receiving end of traditional local government. Includes interviews with local community activists, a meeting…
Two communities seeking to involved the people concerned in decision-making. A portrait of Sheffield, where the Labour-controlled city council is trying to develop a new kind of politics which actively seeks to involve workers and community groups in the activities and plans of the Council. In contrast…
How people are affected by loss of jobs, and what alternative they propose. Part 3 of Whose Town is it Anyway? Looks at how local communities affected by closure of major industries in their areas can influence economic decisions. Coventry has gone from boom to slump in a few years. In London's…
How two very different councils approach local issues. Part 4 of Whose Town is it Anyway? Examines two very different philosophies for changing the way Councils provide their services to the public. In Wandsworth the Conservative philosophy of privatisation is being put into practice services like…
Problems of deteriorating council housing estates. This part looks at the deteriorating conditions on many council housing estates and what results from tenants demanding more say; on the damp-ridden Kellet Road estate in Birmingham, a tenant group describe their ten-year-old contest with the council…
How much can black councillors influence policy? Part 6 of Whose Town is it Anyway? The involvement of members of London's black community in the community politics of Brent. 13 of the 66 borough council seats are occupied by black councillors, but still many black people are sceptical of the…
