Projects in categories: Documentary

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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.

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This film is set in a refuge for girls in Tehran and follows the stories of five girls who come here. These girls, in leaving a situation that has become intolerable, show incredible courage and resourcefulness. The film explores their experiences of authority, their longing for respect and freedom, and their hopes for a brighter future. The centre is run by the dynamic and charismatic Mrs Shirazi, who protects the girls from their families and helps them to renegotiate their relationships. The film shows how Iranian women are learning to challenge the old rules, and how rapidly their country is changing. Farsi Dialogue English subtitles.

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Safar is a tale of the Asian Diaspora told primarily through Super 8 'cine-letters' sent between India and England over a period of almost 40 years. It is one man's meditation, in old age, of how he came to lose his home.

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Goths: an examination of the philosophies, lifestyle and icons behind Goth culture including fashion and sexual ambiguity.

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Son's Job is about the victimisation of Vincentian marijuana growers by the Vincentian Government. The story is a self told portrayal of the trials and tribulations of marijuana farming by Son, a marijuana farmer.

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This programme chronicles the restoration of the Franklin House in London's Craven Street into an educational centre for Britain and Europe. Franklin was an American inventor, philosopher, journalist and political scientist and President of the Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society. He lived in London from 1757 to 1775 and was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence.

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The cobbler is that rare combination: both individual and architype, both a face and a body. To his customers whose shoes are coming to pieces, he's the man who can fix anything. His shop, located in the middle of Gatesheads Jewish Community, is a mirror that reþects back to the viewer a picture of some of the salient social and psychological processes that underlie our culture.

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Mervyn is deaf and recently has become blind. Mervyn perseveres through this. The lifecycle of a butterfly, memory and the simple act of making a cup of tea are entwined in this film. What is the sound of the sea to a man who has never heard? Awards RTS Student Award

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Two buskers, Simon Jackson and Rocco D'Aranno, play in the network of pedestrian tunnels, that lie under London's busy roads. Shot in a verite style, the film takes us on an intimate journey that not only explores their music, but also the faultlines that define their lives and their relationship with one another.

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A fly-on-the-wall documentary comedy following the Likely Lads, a young British barbershop quartet from Leeds, on their journey to compete at the International Barbershop Convention in Nashville, Tennessee. A character study of the four lads as they prepare to sing for Britain, and a behind-the-scenes look at this bizarre subculture.

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A powerful short film about a young black man who believes he is Muhammed Ali. Based on a ten month study carried out by the film's director Rodreguez King-Dorset for the Department of Health, to explore the issues relating to schizophrenia within black African Caribbean populations living in rural England.