The long term process of bereavement, and coming to terms with the death of someone close. The long term process of bereavement, and coming to terms with the death of someone close. Bill Lovell found it hard, and suffered with depression. Martin Corke was greatly helped by the plans he and his wife…
New technology and lack of resources raise serious dilemmas. Discussion on the dilemmas raised by new technologies as well as lack of resources, as they affect young children. Poses open ended questions such as the right to life versus the right to die, and stresses the importance of involving the…
A disabled, black single mother works helping other people. The life story of Shirley Carter, an African-American, single, mother, born with cerebral palsy, arthritis, and muscle spasms, a speech defect and hearing loss. In 1986 she and other peace marchers walked 3,700m miles in the USA and for a…
Director: Leo Erken | 2004 | documentary | human interest | 55 min An inside look into the tulip industry in the Netherlands and those who stand to profit (or lose) from it. The tulip boom of the Golden Age has returned to North Holland. Almost four hundred years after tulips were first imported…
Director: Sunny Bergman | 2007 | documentary | point of view | 60 min 'Over the Hill' takes a unique look at the fashion and cosmetics industry and their uncanny powers of persuasion. Rather than making women feel better about themselves, they actually make them feel worse and vulnerable…
Angel Of Nanjing: The story of a man who patrols the Yangtze River Bridge saving people who have tried to commit suicide Available on iTunes: https://geo.itunes.apple.com/gb/movie/angel-of-nanjing/id1077044961?mt=6 Get in now on Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/movies/details/Angel_of_Nanjing?id=G60rgynyeR8&hl=en_GB Watch…
One of the first films on the question of the right to choose the time of your dying. An archival film about a delicate subject. In the 1970s a doctor in Florida who was also in the state legislature introduced a bill to permit a person to sign a 'Living Will' saying do not keep me alive…
Ritualised transformation of the game of cricket by the Trobriand islanders of New Guinea. Classic film about the transformation of British cricket into a unique sport and political ritual among the Trobriand islanders, who live off the coast of New Guinea. The game includes war dress, chants and…
Issues of principle and practice in day care facilities for young children. Highlights issues of principle and practice in day care facilities for young children. It compares examples of different practice, and emphasises the importance of developing close personal relationships between children,…
B.F. Skinner's ideas on behaviourism and rewards. The film opens with an interesting interview with B F Skinner. He cites five classical examples of behavioural mistreatment: old people, children in care, prisoners, and the mentally and physically handicapped -- people in institutions who suffer…
A poetic impression of the horror of the concentration camps. The artist and poet Stephen Morris has tried with words and images to express his feelings about the horror of the concentration camps, to capture some of the blind terror, the revulsion and the sheer repugnance of it all. The words and…
This is a project of Cinema Jenin. The VOD revenue of the movie "After the Silence" will be donated 100% to http://www.cinemajenin.org The donations will be used to keep the ciema in Jenin running and pay our staff. About the movie https://marcus-vetter.com/after-the-silence/ Two young…
