In July 2020, Rob Bliss, a young, white filmmaker, posted a video of what happened when he held up a ‘Black Lives Matter’ sign in Harrison, Arkansas, ‘the most racist town in America’. It went viral, attracting 12 million views. What Bliss did next was remarkable. Over 1500 miles,…
A study of the art of stone-carving, featuring the work of James McKenna and the Kilkenny sculpture workshop of 1975.
The Lindisfarne Causeway is a road that disappears into the sea twice a day. The filmmaker uses boredom and daydreaming as a method to get to know this place. A poetic world of tarmac silence, howling seals, seaweed and ice-cream men.
Lacanian introductory talk
Lacanian talk
Bob Quinn's 1973 film about the Oireachtas na nGael festival in Conamara. This was the first film made by his production company Cinegael.
This is a unique story of faith, courage and magical thinking. A story of how the dream of an elderly English teacher finally comes true with the help of a rickshaw driver, a lapsed buddhist monk and a journey in to the high Himalayas. It’s ‘The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel’ meets ‘Lost…
Equipment and techniques for removing secretions from the respiratory tract. This film reflects the medical understanding and techniques of the time it was made, it remains useful for archival use.
A 1983 film from the Social Work Service of Wales looking at blindness (module three). A two-part training film on visual handicaps. Part 1 on infacts and youth. Part 2 becoming blind in the later years, glaucoma, cateracts and mucular degeneration.
A 1983 film from the Social Work Service of Wales looking at blindness (module two). The importance of surrounding size of objects i.e. buttons on phones etc, light levels, contrasting colours make it easier to select.
Examines the problems caused by stress in today's highly competitive society. The film looks at the possible causes of stress, examines the lives of people particularly at risk and assesses attempts being made made to counteract the dangers. Stress factors contribute to many physical and mental…
A 1983 film from the Social Work Service of Wales looking at blindness (module five) originally made to train benefits staff on how to help and assist blind and partially sighted customers.
