In 2005 the Municipal Chamber of Manaus (Brazil) decided to investigate the causes of the lack of water in town, managed by Suez: diseases linked to the use of non-treated water are increasing in, a lot of families queue before wells, some others have to deal with astronomical bills.
An authored comedy documentary about what becoming a brown bloke with a beard reveals to the filmmaker about Britain after the July 2005 London bombings. Part of BBC3's 'Mischief' strand.
At 21 miles wide and very, very cold, the English channel is regarded by the world over as one of the ultimate swimming challenges. Achieving such a goal can push both mind and body to their limits, and sometimes beyond.
The poem Kissing in hats is a villanelle, a verse form where the regular repetition of two key lines gives added urgency to what is being said.
The effect is intensified here by double tracking of the speaker's voice, as a moving path scans a drawing of World War Two lovers kissing in hats
before the men must board their train. This is a new version with the text of the poem on screen.
Diana’s home and café business are at risk from coastal erosion. Everything she has worked for all her life could fall off a cliff at any moment. Here she tells the story of her fight to save her home and business from destruction.
Set against the backdrop of the turbulent 1960s, Deep Water is the stunning true story of Donald Crowhurst, a free-thinking electronics inventor who enters the most daring nautical race ever, the very first Sunday Times Golden Globe solo, non-stop, round-the-world yacht race.
Crowhurst - driven by a desire to prove to the world that with the help of his revolutionary invention, an on-board computer, one could sail the seas effortlessly - readies his trimaran to set sail by the late summer deadline.
As the race progresses, Crowhurst's reports of his positions at sea put him as the clear leader on elapsed time. Headline after headline is being printed - not just in Britain but across the world. Crowhurst is fast becoming the darling of the media, hailed as a nautical wonder.
But as the world waits on tenterhooks for this extraordinary man to cross the finishing line and sail into port to a hero's welcome, the jaw-dropping truth is revealed.
Confetti is a sharp and affectionate comedy that charts the journey of three couples as they battle it out to win the coveted title of ‘Most Original Wedding of the Year’.
Following London's bid for the Olympic Games, sport is once again gaining popularity here, producing newly energised competitors.
In this brief 'documentary' we are introduced to Colin Sprockett - one such committed athlete, as he prepares for the UK National Championships in that most difficult of modern sports.
Sudoku.
Shot in 2006 in New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art, the film tracks through the Near Eastern, African and Oceanic collections, offering fleeting glimpses of statues, bowls and historical artefacts.
