Projects in categories: Documentary

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This film follows eight women giving birth in a variety of circumstances. No attempt is made to promote one method of childbirth in favour of another and all births are seen as a triumph.

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The Edinburgh Samba School has been playing Brazilian samba around Scotland for ten years. This year they and their kilted mascot, Hamish, join the drag parade kicking off Brazil's famous Olinda Carnival.

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Carol and Nancy is the story of how a tragedy brought two very different families together.

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This documentary is more than anything a film about punk ideology told by punk survivors. The characters have been faithful to the 70's riot, have developed their aggression into reflective thoughts and opinions. In making our film we have discovered the extremes within this community and how, after more than twenty years, the music is still as popular today.

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This programme presents the experience of fatherhood through the eyes of 10 very different men. Their personal stories will help all prospective fathers understand and cope with the changes in their lives that parenthood brings.

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DIY is a serious and irreverent film framed by the search of contemporary gay artist, Michael Atavar, for clues to his culture and his past. Through the location of a disused public toilet and notorious cottage in Islington, a cottage once frequented by playwright Joe Orton and his lover Kenneth Halliwell, the film explores changes in Britain and changes in gay life.

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A documentary about Harold and Marian, two old friends living in Grantham. As they reach the ends of their lives they tell their stories, bridging past and present and revealing the secret of their contentment.

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Wilford Rafael Baptiste came from an island to an island and built an island. In his tiny pocket-handkerchief back yard he has become a true master of gardening inventions and has rebuilt his own miniature paradise.

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This programme helps teachers and parents prepare their children for the challenging and complex world of the Primary School. The film shows how parents, grandparents, carers, and sisters and brothers can play a vital role in developing the learning potential of the pre-school child.

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Lying between Lambeth Palace and the site of Bedlam is Hercules Road. From 1790 to 1797 William Blake lived here writing a large proportion of his major work. A multi-layered exploration of ideas from Blake's poetry.

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Individual stories about the special bond between human and horse. Filmed in Europe, US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, we meet trainers, sportsmen, aspiring cowboys, and Horse Whisperer Monty Roberts, joining them through the challenges, sacrifices and the rewards.

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'. . . we're all scared of flying but we lull ourselves in to a false sense of security . . . it becomes like a video game, it's unreal, it's not really the ground, it's not really the wind, you're suspended in space and immortal.' Welcome to the world of aerobatics.