When a family has a disabled child, how are the other siblings treated? This training film deals with this type of situation, made in 1989.
By the year 2000, 10 - 15 million children worldwide will haver lost one or both parents through AIDS, Most of these AIDS orphans will be in sub-Saharan Africa. Uganda is one of many African countries where a generation of orphans is growing up without parental guidance or support, and faced with…
Anita Roddick of The Body Shop went to Africa to find out first hand how women entrepreneurs in the Third World survive and even flourish. Three separate businesses in different stages of development are shown: a Ghanian shea butter producer, a pottery in Kenya, and a Ghanian textile designer trying…
A portrait of the Christian Hospital at Vellore, India, showing the many different activities which take place. The work of the CHAD and RVHSA projects in rural development is also shown, commisioned by the Australian Friends of Vellore.
Severely injured, both physically and mentally, during overseas missions, a group of soldiers embarks on a journey of recovery through sports. Facing the challenges of disability, daily life struggles, and athletic pursuits, this film traces the lives of those who have been forever changed and are now…
Le printemps des jardiniers Un film de Olivier Comte Produit par Gilles Coudert Une coproduction a.p.r.e.s production / France Télévisions (2025 / 52 min.) Disponible en DVD : https://www.apres-production.com/portfolio_page/dvd-le-printemps-des-jardiniers/ Available in English:…
Quand l'art abolit les frontières Un film de Véronique Godé & Damien Faure Raconté par Charles Berling Produit par Gilles Coudert (2025 / 52 min.) Disponible en DVD : https://www.apres-production.com/portfolio_page/dvd-quand-l-art-abolit-les-frontieres/ Available…
our researchers describe intriguing insights regarding the overlap of language and culture, from the global proliferation of sign languages to the idea of language as an expression of identity. Featured researchers: - David Bellos, Professor in French literature, Princeton University - Michael…
In Tokyo, Akio Sakurai, kimono salesman by day, becomes "Mr. Jimmy" by night. Adopting the guitar chops and onstage persona of Jimmy Page, for thirty years he recreates Led Zeppelin concerts note-for-note in tiny clubs, until one night, the real Mr. Page stops by and Akio’s life changes…
"When Maharishi Came to Town" is the sixth chapter in the Fairfield History Series and continues where "Parsons" left off. This film tells the story of how Maharishi International University came from California to Fairfield, Iowa. Some residents saw it as a novel stopgap measure…
Intellectual historian David Armitage, the Lloyd C. Blankfein Professor of History at Harvard University, discusses his extensive research on the history of ideas of civil war from Ancient Rome to the present. A salient feature of his work is a strong focus on etymology as it relates to our understanding…
Synopsis: In the last store in a defunct shopping mall, 91-year-old Sonia Warshawski—great-grandmother, businesswoman, and Holocaust survivor—runs the tailor shop she’s owned for more than thirty years. But when she’s served an eviction notice, the specter of retirement prompts…
