Stories of two people with learning disabilities living in the community. Portraits of two lives which have changed very radically, from being hidden away from society to being as independent as possible. Pauline, a woman of 42 with learning disabilities, tells her own story, and that of Martin, who…
WINNER! Sundance Film Festival Special Jury Prize 2016 In 1917, J.R. Brinkley, a country doctor practicing in Milford, Kansas, begins treating his male patients for impotence by surgically implanting them with goat glands, a treatment that is so successful that Brinkley starts raising his own goats…
Year after year, Sanabhai brings his family to a seasonal, saline desert in Gujerat India, where they harvest what they proudly proclaim to be the world's whitest salt, using the same painstaiking, manual techniques as generations before them. Hardship and exploitation loom large in this film, but…
Critical of military life and recruitment, showing glamorisation of war and violence. Explores the 'other side' of military recruitment and military life from the various perspectives of service veterans, activists for peace and social change, and young people. Former service men and women…
Teenage fugitive Colton Harris-Moore's superhuman ability to escape capture by stealing airplanes and living in the wilderness made him a modern day folk hero. Fusing documentary, graphic novel style animation, and dramatic recreations, the film contrasts the story of a real kid who fell into burglary…
Ante natal and postnatal groups in Deptford, South East London. Made by women attending the ante natal and postnatal groups and one of the midwives facilitating the groups. The participants describe vividly how the groups function, why they are different from the traditional 'classes', and…
Dépendant du collège St-Michel à Fribourg, la Chorale St-Michel a pour particularité d'accueillir les jeunes de toutes les écoles fribourgeoises, quel que soit leur niveau de chanteur et sans concours d’entrée. Chaque année, le pari consiste…
The moving story of one woman’s Herculean efforts to keep her family Available on iTunes: https://geo.itunes.apple.com/gb/movie/nazihas-lente-nazihas-spring/id1138167218?mt=6 Amazon Video: http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01L2TGP7O Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/movies/details/Naziha_s_Spring?id=l50N3acYogg JMAN.tv: https://jman.tv/film/5776/Naziha%27s+Spring Having…
Youth is our modern world’s ideal. Many of us fear age. These ball-playing ladies might change our ideas. Despite their training sessions every Monday for 40 years, the volleyball ladies on the extraordinary team THE OPTIMISTS (age 66-98) have not played a proper match. Now this is exactly the…
One film maker sets out to expose the propaganda and untangle the lies that surround international corporate development. Available on iTunes: https://geo.itunes.apple.com/gb/movie/cowboys-in-india/id1140401988?mt=6 Amazon Video: https://www.amazon.com/Cowboys-India-Simon-Chambers/dp/B01L3D21Y0/ref=sr_1_1?s=instant-video&ie=UTF8&qid=1473073004&sr=1-1&keywords=cowboys+in+india Google…
For more than 40 years, Gunnhild has had this dream being an artist. When filmmaker and daughter Mali decides to find out why her mother never has fulfilled her dream, she picks up a film camera, and starts filming. For 10 years Mali has been following her mothers daily life in search for an answer.…
A warm and brutal documentary. Orig. title: "Uteliggernes sang". By following the people of the streets in their everyday struggle, we get an insight to how much effort it takes just to make it from day to day. The contrast is dramatic when Charlie, Kent and Clas, finally can leave all their…
