Projects in categories: Documentary

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Blinded in 1976, Martin Shail now works as a lift operator. This film intimately portrays Martin's experiences since becoming blind and captures his encounters with the various people he meets in his lift.

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Shayne Worcester was shot dead in a random mugging in May 1999. Sophie Paul, his on/off girlfriend for 10 years is trying to make sense of what happened. Starting at the street where he died, she takes an emotional and physical journey across America, visiting those touched by the murder.

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This film is a poetic exploration of the film-maker's journey to discover the true identity of her grand-uncle Henry Hall. Acting like a historical researcher she starts with the family myth about this mysterious character.

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In 1996 the Morgan Lewis Mill, a Barbados National Trust property, was listed as one of the world's 100 most endangered historic sites. Part funding for this restoration, carried out by an English firm of Millwrights, was by the World Monuments Funds.

The documentary, shot with the co-operation of the Barbados National Trust, documents the three-year restoration.

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English football fan organises the first community 'World Cup' in New York.

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An unusual documentary about London: sounds from interiors of locations heard over images of exteriors.

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A documentary about female body hair - the social, sexual, historical and cultural significance of it.
An entertaining, enlightening, challenging and painful look at hair removing techniques from all parts of the body and an examination of why some women want to be hairless and others don't.

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This film is set in a refuge for girls in Tehran and follows the stories of five girls who come here. These girls, in leaving a situation that has become intolerable, show incredible courage and resourcefulness. The film explores their experiences of authority, their longing for respect and freedom, and their hopes for a brighter future. The centre is run by the dynamic and charismatic Mrs Shirazi, who protects the girls from their families and helps them to renegotiate their relationships. The film shows how Iranian women are learning to challenge the old rules, and how rapidly their country is changing. Farsi Dialogue English subtitles.

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Safar is a tale of the Asian Diaspora told primarily through Super 8 'cine-letters' sent between India and England over a period of almost 40 years. It is one man's meditation, in old age, of how he came to lose his home.

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Goths: an examination of the philosophies, lifestyle and icons behind Goth culture including fashion and sexual ambiguity.

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Son's Job is about the victimisation of Vincentian marijuana growers by the Vincentian Government. The story is a self told portrayal of the trials and tribulations of marijuana farming by Son, a marijuana farmer.

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This programme chronicles the restoration of the Franklin House in London's Craven Street into an educational centre for Britain and Europe.

Franklin was an American inventor, philosopher, journalist and political scientist and President of the Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society. He lived in London from 1757 to 1775 and was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence.