Projects in categories: Documentary

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A documentary profile exploring the work of the artist John Bellany. A life of spritiual turmoil and physical extremes has provided Scotland's most celebrated painter with a richness of material from which he ably expresses himself on canvas.

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Liverpool, England. A Chinese Grocery. Three women sit making dumplings. Conversation turns to traditions, relationships and men and we discover that although distinctly Chinese, their subjects are universal concerns. A gentle informal picture of the women's everyday struggles framed by the distinctive Liverpool skyline and infused with a warm humour.

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In the 1960s soul singer Geno Washington was a young, black American GI based in East Anglia coping with racism amongst his fellow airmen. Returning to Suffolk after an absence of 40 years he tells the story of how blatant racial abuse didn't stop him discovering his exceptional talent.

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A light-hearted look at one of the countries fastest growing sports - ladies football. The documentary features 'Hitchin Ladies FC' and follows key players and the coaches, including ex Luton town football star, Baz Lesnick, as they prepare for their first season playing for Hitchin.

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People dance in private moments of personal abandon, in living-rooms across London during the summer of 2001. By turns comic and moving, the film is the result of the director's work with respondents to an advertisement seeking 'living-room dancers' - people who like to dance behind closed doors.

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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.