Projects in categories: Documentary

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Anti-Racist Neo-Nazi campaign film for Norwegian State TV.

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a man, no horse, no gun

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The story of a legendary battle between cavalrymen. June 1940, the unbeatable German advance was forcing the French army to surrender. The cadets of the school of cavalry in Saumur were about to become the first members of the 'Resistance' as they put up a heroic defence against overwhelming odds.

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AIPS is an observational piece, exploring the very private world of re-enactment. It focuses on a Kent-based group who play the roles of both a US and a Vietcong unit, six weekends a year. They aim to recreate 'living history' by dressing, camping and eating as authentically as possible.

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Conceptual artist Ryan Exidore attempts the greatest performance of his life. Having been caught with a truck load of drugs he must use the art of spin to convince a high court jury that they were all for personal consumption.

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"We were sexy, stylish, we had short sharp songs. We had a kind of manifesto, which was that we were against everything else that was around at the time - which probably accounts for our almost complete lack of success." Singer Pat Reid looks back on his band, the heroically ill-fated Evangelista.

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Linda St Clair, the notorious dominatrix better known as 'Miss Whiplash', has left her kinky dungeon in London and retired to a farm in Herefordshire. She is seen in her new role as a 'duckherd', giving handy hints on recycling old instruments of torture and demonstrating the correct use of a bollock crusher.

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Hinterland is a resonant documentary that focuses on a community which lives on the fastest eroding coastline in England. The film asks how it feels to live in such a precarious situation with homes threatened by the elements.

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Between 1969 and 1999 over 1000 died in police custody in Britain. In this controversial documentary four women fight to find out how their own loved ones died. Each family is met with a wall of official silence and the film documents how they unite and challenge this together. The documentary uses powerful exclusive footage filmed over a five year period and witnesses the families' pain and anger at the killings.

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One year ago, Bob Sutton and George Lloyd entered the walls of The Royal Hospital, Chelsea - a grand palatial refuge for old British soldiers. Having lost their wives and sold most of their possessions, they have been forced to adapt to an environment both surreal and depressing.  

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A humorous and moving documentary about the meaning of life for five disparate members of a unique men's group on a housing estate in SW Burnley, Lancashire. Through the men's life experiences emerges a portrait of a working class town with very little work. Compassionate and thought provoking.

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These were the babies born at the beginning of the twentieth century, amongst them Rosa Mintz, daughter of immigrants, who served in the Red Cross with the Allies liberating Belsen concentration camp and Gai Eaton, entering his eighth decade when we encountered him still working at the Central London Mosque. This is a celebration of the diverse community of older Britons.