The Interim Secure Unit in Kent, and people's reactions to these establishments Documentary in the Just William series which looks at the Interim Secure Unit in Kent. A similar unit is to be sited in Hellingly in Sussex, and people's hostile reactions are contrasted to the reality of such…
About practical aspects of Non-Violent Direct Action. This film discusses various ideas about Non-Violent Direct Action, what it is, how it can be useful, how people can get involved. Some of the people on the tape have been directly involved themselves, some of them are trainers who give advice to…
Priorities for research - why is more spent on nuclear energy than solar power? Why is more money spent on researching nuclear energy than solar? There are complex political and historical reasons, but this film seriously questions our priorities. Solar includes wind, water and biomass: these sources…
Present day school truants interview old people who truanted in the past. Are young people playing truant from school and cheeking the teachers so different from the reluctant pupils of the early part of this century?. This Television Workshop production lets a group of school refusers in London investigate…
Anti-nuclear protest at Sizewell in 1982. In September 1982 a group of anti-nuclear supporters walked from London to Sizewell, to draw attention to the public enquiry on the siting of a PWR type nuclear reactor. The film tries to explore the motivation of some of the marchers and to discover why they…
In 1982 the TUC organised a concert for unemployed people. In November 1982 the TUC organised a concert for unemployed people, Taking part were Tom Robinson, The Beat, Black Slate, OK Jive and Alexei Sayle. As well as a record of the concert, the film gives the angry and disillusioned young people…
The delicate balance of life in the forest. One tenth of all the world's species live on Amazonia, feeding off each other, pollinating each other, dependent in a web of life. A botanist and a zoologist explain and show the delicate balance between plant and animal life, and find that to survive…
About Jewish dissident Anatoly Shcharansky, freed after nine years in Soviet jails. In February 1986 the Jewish dissident Anatoly Shcharansky was freed after more than nine years in Soviet jails and labour camps. His wife had been campaigning for his release since their wedding night, the last time…
A successful development aid experiment in the Zambia. A rare success story in the realm of development aid. School leavers were to be trained in something, anything. Rather than 'training' without caring for the rest, the young couple of development workers combined traditional African…
Turbulent waters takes us into the murky world of today’s ships, where working conditions recall those of the galleys of another era. Ninety percent of the goods we consume are transported by sea, on vessels that shipowners register offshore in tax havens like Panama, the Bahamas, or Liberia in…
Ce documentaire primé de Martin Frigon nous conduit dans les hauteurs des Andes chiliennes, où la compagnie canadienne Barrick Gold, le plus gros producteur d'or au monde, développe son controversé projet Pascua Lama. Notre « western engagé » s'articule…
William Ging Wee Dere, un montréalais d’origine chinoise, remonte le cours de l’histoire de sa famille et de ses compatriotes au Canada. Taxe d’entrée imposée aux Chinois, loi freinant l’immigration, séparation, il lève le voile sur les années…
