Projects in categories: Documentary

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A documentary including 2 and 3D which examines the sonic landscape occupied by a boy from Siberia, pre and post perestroika. From the strident anthems of the young pioneers to the dissonance of punk rock. With divas and throat singers.

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This documentary examines the new work of Tim Macmillan, one of Britain's most exciting and contemporary photographers, who produces still and moving tableaux that capture time and space, known as 'time-slice', Tim's own technical and conceptual innovation. His most recent project on Lundy Island is the backdrop to understanding Tim's work, and the process of filming in a hostile environment is interwoven with the time-slice material.

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Ivan moved to London in the late 60's, and one day decided not to add to the rubbish in London by keeping it all.

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Making Mimi is a documentary about one of Britain's foremost exponents of Arabic dance. Half English and half Sicilian, Wendy Buonaventura has pioneered the development of Arabic dance as a theatre art in the West through her writing, choreography and performance. This documentary follows Wendy as she rehearses a new show with her company of all female dancers. It also travels with her to the Arab quarter of Granada in southern Spain to reveal the Islamic art from which she draws her inspiration and to explore the history of this profoundly bewitching dance form.

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March 1999. Tim Fountain and Bette Bourne meet Quentin Crisp in his famously filthy New York apartment for one of his very last interviews before his sudden death in England a few months later during Tim and Bette's production of Resident Alien, a play based on Quentin's life and writing at the Bush Theatre, London.

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In this eerie and moving documentary a woman takes us on a strange and fabulous journey through the deserted seafront of Southend-on-Sea, whilst a narrator tells the tale of the great flood of 31st January 1933.

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If control is not strengthened, it is estimated that between now and 2020, nearly one billion more people around the world will be newly infected with Tuberculosis. This short film demonstrates how poor living conditions are contributing to a new outbreak in Romania, Eastern Europe.

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Dramatised documentary about Rachel Gunzig, Resistance heroine and Communist spy. Rachel worked for the Red Orchestra, the WW2 spy network betrayed by West and East in the Cold War. A tale of adventure and ideological conflict, and the poignant story of a mother and the son who was the victim of her idealism.

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The 1981 Toxteth riot was the most violent civil disturbance in Britain this century. Over three days more than £11 million worth of property damaged, 1,000 police injured, 500 people arrested. Citizens of the deprived area reacted angrily to high unemployment and years of racial harassment from the police.

Hearing from the rioters, community leaders, victims, local and national government members, this unique documentary recalls how this situation escalated out of control. Ordinary people caught up in the riots gave their views and accounts as to the reasons for, and the inadequacy of the authorities' response to, the days of disorder and destruction.

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Simcha (meaning happiness) explores the closed world of Hasidic women through the life stories of a powerful mother/daughter team who live in the Jewish ultra-orthodox community of North London. Images of "women's work" - Ita and Hindi in the workplace and at home preparing the shabbos meal - depict the crucial role of the woman in Hasidic religious life and nurturing Jewish identity. A passionate and disturbingly-frank commentary.

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Four people tell stories about growing up queer in a small English village.

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A highly stylised intimate portrait of the fantastic life of Louis Armstrong. The film charts the story of the innovator, the first great jazz soloist, bandleader, pop star, actor and American cultural ambassador, Louis Armstrong.

Narrated by Danny Glover, The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong is a sensitive insight into the life of the man behind the trumpet; an epic story that spans 70 years from his childhood days on the streets of New Orleans to the glamorous Hollywood films like High Society and Hello Dolly, punctuated by timeless hits like What a Wonderful World and When You're Smiling.