Projects in categories: Documentary

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The descendants of the victims of the Soviet's secret nuclear test-site in Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan, know having a healthy child is not guaranteed. Deformed children are often abandoned in orphanages. Doctors and scientists blame inherited genetic effects from the radiation down the generations. Now the state response is a proposed scheme to 'clean out' those with bad genes' by preventing them from getting pregnant. The film follows the city maternity doctor as he enthusiastically pilots the 'genetic passport' scheme. In doing so, two 'patients' who live on the test-site (one has facial deformities) are determined to exercise their right to have a child despite the city medical establishment's grim genetic prognosis for their unborn child's future.

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'I don't know if you've ever heard a goat eating carrots? It's almost too much, it's so lovely'. The fascinating visually complex internal world of audio-visual synaesthesia is discussed, argued over, scientifically dissected and celebrated in this beautifully sensitive animated documentary.

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Black Swan Story follows Joel Pott, singer with Athlete, retracing his grandfathers footsteps in Arnhem. Joel’s Grandfather, Major John Pott was a British Paratrooper who fought in the Battle Of Arnhem in 1944.

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A cautionary tale of three characters whose DIY projects have got out of hand. Each has bought a landlocked craft in varying degrees of dilapidation. Will they break out of the boat 'graveyard' or remain on land, their vessels an alternative shed; a place for dreaming with no destination necessary?

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Brit Muslim: a community profile is an exclusive insight to the contemporary life of two million British Muslims, challenging the very important issues of identity and Britishness, and contribution of Muslims to British society. The film shows a realistic portrait of the present situation of Muslims in Britain from different historical, political, economic, social, religious, artistic and scientific perspectives. Many scholars, academics, scientists, senior politicians, entrepreneurs, artists and journalists have been participated in this film. By presenting facts and realities and putting forward key questions to evoke discussions on Muslims in Britain from different points of view, this informative, educative and thought provoking film distinguishes itself from other similar works.

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From October 2008 - April 2010, Leighton House Museum closed for extensive restoration and refurbishment. This was an important moment in the history of the house, reinstating the historic interiors to as close as they would have appeared before Frederic Lord Leighton's death in 1896. The film-maker and photographer Frederique Cifuentes Morgan was commissioned to record the project from beginning to end. This film tells the story of this significant project and celebrates the work of the outstanding craft specialists who brought the work to completion.

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A conflict is raging in the US. Protests, political movements and murder have taken place in the name of an unlikely ideal: clotheslines. Tens of millions of individuals across Northern America are banned from outdoor line drying by the very communities they live in, forcing them to turn to the dryer. Homeowners who break the rules are fined, sued and even foreclosed on. This ban is not only infringing on civil rights, it's contributing to the environmental and energy crisis. The dryer is responsible for 6% of the average household's energy bill and it costs residential ratepayers in the US an estimated $5 billion annually. Corporate America has sold the dryer and the consumption of electricity as a status symbol, and now they have their eyes on a much bigger prize - the world.

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Frame On Frame team visited Mackeys. Join us as we we go back in time to the John Wayne/Marion Robert Morrison Rifles. First and Second World War guns. Harry gives us the lowdown on every thing about firearms and the way the American's live with their guns. You will have a very different view on firearms after watching this documentary.

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I. D. is a one minute documentary about a teenager searching for her identity in the intimacy of the photo booth.

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It's been 20 years since Peri the Kurd first walked into the town of Halabja in the aftermath of the chemical gas attack Saddam Hussein launched against the Kurdish people. 20 years since he buried his best friend and his Kalashnikov and walked west. West and West and West and until I ended up in Glasgow, which was as west as I could get. Filmed over 5 years, Kurdi tells the story of a man in search of himself, his people, his gun and a country that doesn't exist.

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Life In A Day is a historical global event to create the first user generated feature film documenting a single day on Earth. From Academy Award winning director Kevin MacDonald and producer Ridley Scott.