Nima Shirali’s quietly witty, visually stunning film captures life in Katwe, Uganda; a community nestled between a salt lake and a national park. Through an enthusiastic teacher, a weary caretaker and a razor-tongued mother, the lake appears both lifeline and burden: promise eroded by seasonal…
The filmmakers followed D.O.A. frontman Joe Keithley during his 2022 reelection campaign to document the amount of work and commitment that goes into running for public office. Ultimately, this is a documentary film that proves music, political steadfastness and social advocacy can work together to effect…
Under the Franco dictatorship, Spain's censorship laws controlled all national entertainment. But following his 1975 death, Clasificada "S" films embodied a period when cinematic expression became cultural exorcism. In this award-winning documentary, writer/director Alberto Sedano explores…
— For Home Use Only — Best known for his captivating realist paintings, artist Alan Magee also creates works that delve into the darkest aspects of human nature. His arresting images which comment on corporate greed, on cruelty and gun violence, and on civilian and military victims of…
— For Home Use Only — WATER FOR LIFE tells the story of three extraordinary individuals: Berta Cáceres, a leader of the Lenca people in Honduras; Francisco Pineda, a subsistence farmer in El Salvador; and Alberto Curamil, an Indigenous Mapuche leader in Chile, all of whom refused…
— For Home Use Only — DANCE ME TO THE END OF TIME is a deeply personal film about love in the face of death. It documents the final years in the life of the pioneering theater director Nancy Diuguid as she battles breast cancer. Nancy, who grew up on a Kentucky tobacco farm that was regularly…
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Young people help with severely disabled patients in a large mental hospital, working with the same individual over a period of time, and so noting changes, improvements, or the lack of these.
This film looks at the work of Oxfam Trading and in particular its scheme, Bridge. Handicraft projects in Bangladesh, India and the Philippines are seen together with the organisation's work in the UK. While much of world poverty is due to the exploitation of trade, Trading Alternatives shows some…
Profile of Howard Cheney, 72-year-old campaigner for peace from Stratford upon Avon. He and his wife run their farm on traditional self-sufficiency lines, and they visit US bases such as Molesworth, handing out leaflets to troops and police guards and risking arrest "'The country is one whole…
A 1983 film looking at the toxic chemicals scandal from Hoffmann-La Roche, the Swiss pharmaceutical giant in Italy.The escape of highly dangerous dioxin chemicals through a reactor explosion led to illness in children and death in domestic pets leaving a toxic timebomb as the chemicals and contamination…
Management is no longer as appealing as it once was. More and more employees are refusing to take on this role, which is perceived as exhausting and thankless. So, should we get rid of it entirely? Or rather clarify its purpose so that it can regain its prestige? A documentary that seeks answers…
