Projects in categories: Documentary

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Buried under concrete and controversy on the outskirts of Dublin lie the remains of Ireland's pop star priest - Father Michael Cleary. In 1991 as a student Alison Millar moved into his house and started filming him. Fifteen years on, using her unseen archive, this film is the story of the secret life of a man who fooled her, his family and an entire nation.

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An intimate portrait of a modern indigenous Maya city, its people, tradition and ritual. Filmed over the course of eight years in the highlands of Guatemala. A vibrant living culture and how it adapts to and embraces the modern world. In Tz’utujil and Spanish with English subtitles and voice over.

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'Poor People are allowed to have the same dreams as anyone else.' Boot Polish is a magical short film about a shoe shine boy Babar who becomes emotionally involved with a courtesan. A detailed behind this scenes documentary. Shooting in Lahore Pakistan. This film follows the directors trek from England to Pakistan and the number of difficulties he faced trying to make a short film. The Documentary covers a wide range of stories and social issues including poverty, and humantarian issues.

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Forget about nuclear missiles, the decisive weapon of the twentieth century is the car bomb. With shocking footage of car bomb attacks and penetrating interviews with car bombers, ex- CIA agent Baer reveals how the century of the car turned into the century of the car bomb.

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Director Joe Jenkins argues that military conscription is no longer physical, but financial, with each of us conscripted through our taxes. Filmed over five years, Contempt of Conscience follows UK campaign group the 'Peace Tax Seven' as they fight to redirect the proportion of their taxes destined for military spend to peaceful means. Placing conscientious objection in an historical and social context, the documentary combines striking visual archive with the engaging struggle of the group, taking us on a journey from their inception, to the arrival of the bailiffs, through the British High Court and beyond.

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Tracey Emin calls him an artisan and Christina Aguilera says she is having a love affair with his work and she'll always be a fan. Meet Stephen Webster, the bad boy of jewellery design and subject of Devil In The Detail, a revealing new documentary by Kiken Films.

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An animated documentary about the Berlin Wall, exploring childhood imagination of what they believed to be on the other side, having never been there.

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The story of the childhood of Olaudah Equiano in Benin between 1745-55 before he was kidnapped and enslaved.

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Goth Cruise follows 150 pale, ‘people in black’ on a boat, taking part in the absolute antithesis of Goth – a cruise in the blazing sunshine, as they sail around Bermuda for five days on the 4th Annual Goth Cruise.

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This is about the grand re-opening of heritage lottery funded St Leonards Gardens part of Burtons St Leonards designed by architect Decimus Burton. Plush Productions was there to capture the salient moments of this import day in the history of St Leonards on Sea, East Sussex. This project was produed by Plush Prodcutions for Burtons St Leoanrds Society and Hastings Borough Council.

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Here's Johnny enters the surreal world of famous graphic artist Johnny Hicklenton, who is battling against Multiple Sclerosis.  Living in an ncreasing state of immobility and frustration, Johnny escapes the confines of his frontroom through his artwork. Through the expression of his brilliant and sometimes troubled imagination we learn about the disease that he cannot escape from.