Written & Directed by Yorgos Avgeropoulos 2012 According to the IMF, Ghana is a case of success! The government, after faithfully following the IMF's recommendations for shrinking the public sector, fully liberalizing the market and carrying out privatizations, has now "achieved its…
A speech therapist working with a child with speech problems. The approach of the speech therapist to the child with speech problems, with emphasis on play and an organised structure in treatment. Made in 1984 this film reflects the cultural attitudes and language of the time it was made. But…
Ludwig van Beethoven’s work is legendary – and already was while he was still alive. He is famous around the world, and yet little is known about the conditions under which his music was composed. One thing is certain: he composed most of his masterpieces AFTER the onset of his deafness.…
Employment of people with learning disabilities, in London. This London agency seeks out employment for people with learning disabilities, and several cases are illustrated, which are highly successful, both to employer and employee. The idea is that each person has something to give, and we should…
From the producers of Twilight in Forks - Travel to the real town of Volterra, Italy where medieval magic and mystery combine as the perfect setting for Stephenie Meyer's Twilight Saga.
When you’ve been to hell and back, how do you shake the memories? This question has haunted General Roméo Dallaire since 1994, when he was UN Force Commander during the Rwandan genocide, explored in our award-winning documentary Shake Hands with the Devil. Dallaire has now found a reason…
In 1962, a 38 year old Secret Service man named Thomas Lemuel Johns transferred from the Atlanta office to the Vice Presidential protective detail in Washington D.C. He and a small detail protected Lyndon Johnson and were with him a year later in Dallas, when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated.…
FOR HOME USE ONLY - FOR EDUCATIONAL STREAMING AND DVD SALES VISIT https://store.der.org/the-drums-of-winter-p896.aspx by Sarah Elder and Leonard Kamerling color, 90 min, 1988, digitally remastered 2015 This feature-length documentary explores the traditional dance, music and spiritual world of…
Ludwig van Beethoven ist ein Mythos – und das schon zu seinen eigenen Lebzeiten. So sehr seine Popularität heute weltweit noch zunimmt, so wenig weiß man über die erschütternden Umstände, unter denen seine Musik entstand. Beethoven ist bereits im Alter von 31 Jahren ertaubt.…
In the back alleys of Moscow, forgotten treasures lurk: Utopian buildings, built in the 1920s in the spirit of Russian constructivism. Ruins of another future, reflecting the hopes and aberrations of modernity. Aren’t the buildings calling out to us? The film follows three Muscovites who are…
This film was produced on the occasion of an exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. It provides a useful overview to the work of Roy Lichtenstein, a seminal Pop artist, and gets behind the sometimes-impenetrably-slick surfaces of Lichtenstein's canvases and prints, to show how such…
The year was 1985. Thousands of miles away from the sonic debauchery of the Sunset Strip, two teenage friends shared aspirations of glam rock grandeur. Freshly permed and taking a page straight out of Hit Parader, a hungry, determined band was born. Fame and fortune, however, remained out of reach and…
