Es un documental que narra la fascinante e increíble historia de 13 sobrevivientes judíos del Holocausto de la entonces Checoslovaquia, durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Estos hombres y mujeres, que en aquel entonces eran niños, se encontraron con un mítico personaje judeo…
A young man with schizophrenia died leaving poems behind. "You must pardon all my madness for the solid bits between." - M.H.W. Latimer. Martin Latimer was diagnosed schizophrenic when he was 20; he died five years later. He left behind paintings, diaries, stories and poems. Five years on,…
Kathia, Phillippe, Marcello et Christian: des personnes ayant des difficultés psychiques, qui, malgré l’exclusion et les longs séjours en clinique, sont en voie de reprendre leur vie en main: en fondant leur entreprise, trouvant un nouvel emploi ou démarrant une formation,…
Discussion starter about parent/teenager conflict. Jane is 16; she want to join a high-spirited girlfriend for a night in a nearby college town. Jane feels she is mature enough to handle more freedom. Her mother disagrees. The issues: Can parents and children communicate objectively? Why the quarrels?…
Baseball is not exactly a popular sport in Hong Kong, but there are still two families, led by the parents, who stay passionate about this sport. For them, baseball is more than a game, it is their dream and family. In Hong Kong, baseball is not exactly a popular sport. However, there are still a…
Parenting Under The Influence is the second video in our “ELEMENTS” series. The ELEMENTS project, is a series of documentary videos that address commons factors typically identified in cases of child abuse and neglect. Parenting Under The Influence relates the element of drugs and alcohol…
A parish youth group in a lower middle-class, Chicago neighborhood discusses parental authority, what growing up means, and the difficulties of communicating with their parents. This cinema-verite documentary of an actual meeting allows the young people to speak for themselves, giving us a viewpoint…
Illustrates the benefits of pre-school playgroups to children and to their parents Pre-school playgroups exist to help children, but they can do this most effectively by helping parents too. The programme examines the effects of playgroups on both children and their parents in two very different environments.…
The pressures of parenthood - three case histories. Many parents maltreat their children, physically and emotionally, simply because they are unable to cope with the pressures of parenthood. The programme looks at three case histories, examining the problems which caused the child abuse and the means…
Filmed during the rise and fall of the Occupy Wall Street movement, Parents of the Revolution profiles a group of protester parents as they teach the values of civic engagement and resistance to their kids. Parents of the Revolution poses many questions relating to parenting, one’s relationship…
Families coming to terms with having a child with learning disabilities. Three families talk about how they come to terms with the arrival of a child with learning disabilities. The first family have grownup children and a thirteen-year-old girl with Down's Syndrome; the second an eleven-year-old…
Interviews with parents with babies with spina bifida. Highlights the problems the professional must deal with in helping families with disabled children. The film emphasises the parents' need for information and support from caring services. This film is of historical interest and reflects…
