Projects in categories: Documentary

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This documentary is about current attitudes and knowledge of HIV/AIDS. Directed and presented by David Graham and Garry Wall, both long term survivors of the condition. The film is set against a background of London's Mardi Gras Festival 1999 and is an up beat and non-judgemental documentary with a specially written techno soundtrack.

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Voices Through the Veil - Surviving the Practise of Female Genital Mutilation is a document of the issues surrounding Female Genital Mutilation in the UK. It explores the issues surrounding the practise and is told in the words of survivors.

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Agricultural Terrorism.

Bad news from the rain forest for chocolate addicts.

Witches' Broom, Crinipellis perniciosa, the incurable fungal disease that leaves dying cocoa plants looking like a witch's broom, spread by persons unknown for reasons unknown, perhaps a grudge or wish for revenge, has decimated the groves of Bahia, Brazil. Evidence suggests there has been deliberate agricultural sabotage.

Brazil, formerly one of the largest exporters of cocoa, no longer has any cocoa to spare. But there is hope. Scientists may have found a solution to the incurable disease, witches' broom.

They have discovered a method of grafting and cloning resistant trees. This means diseased groves can be gradually replaced. But is it too late?

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An exploration of the treasure of Russia's National Library, where Vassily Stepanovich Zvarychuk, curator of the recorded music collection and conductor of the Library's orchestra, is the living embodiment of Nietzsche's claim that 'music is the means by which the passions enjoy themselves'.

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An 'eye-level' view going with Scottish activist Cathy McCormack to South Africa to see how her fellow activists are faring, making intriguing parallels with her own life in the Easterhouse housing project, in Scotland, and theirs.

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Set during a period of upheaval and technological advances Churchill and the President bears witness to the race to produce an unbreakable system of transatlantic communication so secret that it remained classified until 1978. It is a story of two men's determination to defeat the Third Reich, of friendship, courage and of great innovation.

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Jane Dudley, distinguished choreographer and dancer, is 87 and arthritic. Dancing Inside shows her performing with the limited movement she still has. Computer animation is used to visualise what age would otherwise disallow. Through music, images, computer animation and movement this celebrates her art, beliefs, and gratitude for the gift of life.

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A look at life in the poverty-stricken city of Newark, New Jersey, as seen through the eyes of three young children, Tayo, Angel and Jah-Youth, who are trying to 'do something' about their neighbourhood.

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Forgotten Pilots celebrates the achievements and passion for flying of the women who were ferry pilots during World War II. They transported all types of aircraft, often in hazardous conditions, from factories to squadrons for Britain's Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA).

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In 1997, the first Blue Plaque ever erected for a rock star went up in London. English Heritage placed it next to the plaque for George Fredrick Handel who used to live next door. This is the story of the Blue Plaque, and about how we want to be remembered.

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'All the world's a stage, and all the men and woman are merely players; they have their exits and their entrances; and one man in his time plays many parts, his acts being seven.' William Shakespeare.





Merely Playing marries Shakespeare with Modern Britain and defines age through the family. With music from The Waterboys and Naomi.

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Negative Space, is an experiment that's accessible to anyone who cares about movies, using split screen to question how we look at and remember films, and to look at how film changes with time.