*A Shot in the Back*: In March 29, 1957, my uncle, whom I have never met, private Benjamin Lempel, was killed by a stray bullet mistakenly shot by his colleague in a Navy base in Eilat, Israel. Benjamin, which studied in Chabad Yeshiva, was 18 years and a week at the time of his death. What happened…
AWARDS: Best Feature Doc: Dada Saheb Phalke Film Festival, Delhi Offical selection Gouden Kalf comptetion, Dutch Film Festival Official selection: Saratov Sufferings, Film Festival Official selection: Festival du Film Insulaire, De L’ile de Groix Official selection: Ischia Film Festival Official…
A mental health day centre. Gives a picture of the Ashwood Psychiatric Day Centre, run by the Leeds Association for Mental Health. Its programme centres on shared experience and mutual support, through group discussion, the use of some basic 'encounter' techniques and a variety of shared…
Over one-hundred years ago, humanity witnessed the greatest war that had ever occurred: World War I. Nearly two-million men from across Asia were recruited to fight in the war. They were Indian soldiers from remote communities, Chinese farmers from rural outposts who worked as laborers, Vietnamese fishermen…
AS I AM: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF DJ AM covers the late, great mash-up pioneer's life from seed to sorrow — his meteoric rise to become the first million dollar DJ in the States, a long-running struggle with addiction, titanic efforts to help others in recovery, tabloid romances with assorted…
Synopsis: Four leading experts offer unique insights into different aspects of contemporary Asian society based upon their personal and professional experiences, sharing their perspectives on the similarities and differences between Asia and the West. Featured researchers: - Michael Berry, Professor…
How do we live, knowing we are going to die? Is there a best practice for thinking about mortality? In search of answers, we probed the minds of atheists and agnostics, Buddhists, Jews and Christians, physicians and philosophers, authors and academics, a legendary stand-up comic and scores of random…
A Side of Rice is a feature length documentary about 50 year screen and stage veteran, Nick Rice, as he prepares his one man autobiographical stage show. The show explores his childhood, the moment he got the acting bug, growing up in Winnipeg, his relationship with his mother, fatherhood, and the challenges…
Asier y yo crecimos juntos en las conflictivas calles del País Vasco. Después, tomamos caminos distintos. Un día, Asier desapareció; se había integrado en ETA. ¿Cómo hacer entender qué pudo llevarle a tomar una decisión que a mí mismo…
Belgium, 1940. Amidst escalating terror and raids on Jewish residents by the occupying Nazi forces, a resistance movement emerges to shelter Jewish children from deportation and extermination. Myriam Abramowicz and Esther Hoffenberg’s 1982 documentary As if it Were Yesterday centers on a series…
For women wanting to know more about cervical smears. A film for women wanting to know more about cervical smears - Why have one? how is it taken? What happens afterwards? It emphasises that most smears are normal, and the purpose of the smear is to identify cell changes which may become cancer if…
An Emmy-nominated documentary about the STRAW program (Students and Teachers Restoring a Watershed). In 1992, Laurette Rogers’ 4th grade class asked what they could do save endangered species. It was a simple question that would change their lives. Partnering with ranchers, scientists, and government…
