Suburban dad does a Super Size Me ... on sugar. Followed by five clinicians, through pre-diabetes, signs of ADHD and other biological dramas, the director investigates pop culture, the food industry, dietary dogma and the roots of the world's sugar addiction. Featuring interviews with Robert Lustig…
Sugar Sisters is a documentary following Hannah, a queer twenty-something filmmaker, and her two sisters as they explore the globally popular phenomenon of sugar-dating where people in their 20s date older, wealthier men in exchange for money and gifts. Hannah’s exploration into the lucrative life…
Angelo Lonardo grew up in the wealthy neighborhood of Shaker Heights, his father was a powerful man and the first "Mafia Boss" of the city. After his father was murdered by a member of the rival Porello crime family in 1929, 18 year-old Angelo swore revenge. He later joined the Cleveland Crime…
Der Suhrkamp Verlag hat mit seinem Umzug von Frankfurt am Main nach Berlin im 60. Jahr seines Bestehens für heftige Schlagzeilen gesorgt. Der Filmemacher Thomas Grimm begleitete diesen Prozess ein Jahr lang mit der Kamera. Seine Dokumentation zeigt noch einmal den alten Standort Frankfurt am…
Colin Murray Parkes, bereavement expert, talks to Malcolm Brown. Colin Murray Parkes, an expert on bereavement, talks to Malcolm Brown about the devastating effect that suicide can have on the whole family, especially of the person concerned was young. Part of the Suicide of young People and its…
Anita talks about her son’s suicide. Richard died two years previously at the age of 16 years. He had been due to go on a skiing with his school that day. He had partially packed his things but was subsequently found by his mother in the garage having taken his own life. Richard’s mother,…
Arthur talks about the suicide of his son aged 25. Arthur talks of the death of his son Leon at the age of 25 years from carbon monoxide poisoning, nearly 10 years prior to the interview. Arthur had been divorced for about 12 years and was living alone at the time of Leon’s death. He has one…
Denise talks about the death of her son, who hanged himself in prison. Denise talks about the death of her 18-year old son, Shane. Shane’s parents were divorced several years ago and the father had remarried and had two sons by his second wife. Shane lived with his mother and three sisters,…
Elaine talks about the death of her son by hanging. Elaine is the mother of Lewis, a 16-year old technical college student who took his own life by hanging, some 18-months prior to the interviews. Elaine was divorced some years ago and her ex-husband has re-married and had only limited contact with…
Gareth talks bout the death of his 16 year old brother by hanging. Elaine is the mother, Kelly the elder sister and Gareth the 20-year old elder brother of Lewis, a 16-year old technical college student who took his own life by hanging, some 18-months prior to the interviews. Elaine was divorced some…
A mother talks about the suicide of her son. Joan and Mike were interviewed just over a year after their son Edward took his own life. They have one other younger son. Edward was a very artistic, creative young man who was enjoying his first year in residence at Hull University. Edward loved the social…
John talks about the suicide of his brother by hanging. Maxine the mother and John the 20 year old brother were interviewed some eight months after Neil’s death. Neil was a very intelligent, talented young man who taught himself to play the keyboard and the clarinet. He was very keen on acting…
