Final Vows chronicles the life of a cloistered order of nuns at Santa Rita Abbey, a Cistercian monastery in the high desert of Arizona. The nuns, who take a vow that binds them to remain in the community they entered for life, candidly share their joys and struggles. While each woman’s journey…
Three theoretical physicists and a philosopher reflect on different aspects of “mathematical Platonism” which is the belief that numbers and mathematical concepts somehow have an existence independent of space, time, and us. Featured researchers: - Nima Arkani-Hamed, permanent faculty…
Synopsis: In the last store in a defunct shopping mall, 91-year-old Sonia Warshawski—great-grandmother, businesswoman, and Holocaust survivor—runs the tailor shop she’s owned for more than thirty years. But when she’s served an eviction notice, the specter of retirement prompts…
🇫🇷 De tout âge, sexe , nationalité, les personnages de ce documentaire racontent les difficultés que leur posent leur voix. Heureusement que des praticiens expérimentés existent afin d'être accompagné dans cette quête d'identité…
Anita Roddick of The Body Shop went to Africa to find out first hand how women entrepreneurs in the Third World survive and even flourish. Three separate businesses in different stages of development are shown: a Ghanian shea butter producer, a pottery in Kenya, and a Ghanian textile designer trying…
A portrait of the Christian Hospital at Vellore, India, showing the many different activities which take place. The work of the CHAD and RVHSA projects in rural development is also shown, commisioned by the Australian Friends of Vellore.
Inspiring insights from Edie Widder, marine biologist and Founder of Ocean Research & Conservation Association, and business professor Andrew Hoffman, University of Michigan, about the different paths they followed to become environmental scientists. Featured researchers: - Andrew Hoffman, Holcim…
When a family has a disabled child, how are the other siblings treated? This training film deals with this type of situation, made in 1989.
Five experts describe how their attitudes and approaches to research were strongly influenced by the insights or attitudes of others. Featured researchers: - Joseph Curtin, Master violinmaker and acoustician - Artur Ekert, Professor of Quantum Physics at the Mathematical Institute at the University…
By the year 2000, 10 - 15 million children worldwide will haver lost one or both parents through AIDS, Most of these AIDS orphans will be in sub-Saharan Africa. Uganda is one of many African countries where a generation of orphans is growing up without parental guidance or support, and faced with…
A history of black settlers in Britain, presented by Keith Vaz M.P. It begins by recalling that as early as 1510 there was an established black community in Edinburgh. Tracing the arrival of black people from Africa, Asia and the Carribean over four centuries, the programme focuses on the continual struggle…
Dr Mamphela Ramphele was banished by the South African Government and accompanied by the police to a remote area thousands of miles away from where she had been working at the Zanempilo Clinic alongside Steve Biko and others of the Black Commununity Programmes. She found herself close to a 'resettlement'…
