“Music is a universal way to communicate with people; it was the first time I had this experience, people in a room, no words, just a spark… it changed my life. It’s such a big part of my life. I don’t think I could exist without it.” “Meet The Jazz Ensemble…
“You have to feel the music inside you when you play…the Erhu has the tears of a thousand people...it is the closest thing to the human voice. To learn music is to learn life.” Meet the Guo sisters, two passionate young Chinese students of the two-stringed fiddle. Listen and resonate…
“It’s something else, greater than oneself…the sublime and the ordinary are intertwined. I love this, it’s so wonderful.” Carlos Fittante, the man behind the mask, delights in telling his story through the music that moves his body. Truly a consummate performer with…
“The way that I perform my music, it’s opening up my entire being so that people can understand the music they are hearing, I can immerse myself in my music and feel free.” Connect with Bree Zhang as she seeks to find identity and heritage through traditional Chinese music performed…
The first in a series of regional documentaries covering the country, and where appropriate France’s immediate neighbours. The centre for our exploration is Thionville in the Department of Lorraine, though we actually start at Somain and Valenciennes in the Nord-Pas-de Calais, make a foray into…
When we think of Britain’s greatest artists, we think of Turner or Constable or Hogarth. But we don’t usually think of William Dobson, do we? Many people have not even heard of him. Yet Dobson was Britain’s finest Baroque portraitist, an unusually talented artist whose work was bound…
Wenn es ums Pilgern geht, denkt jeder gleich an den Jakobsweg. Doch dieser ist, im wahrsten Sinne des Wortes, inzwischen sehr überlaufen und deshalb suchen immer mehr Pilger einen „Ausweg“. Diesen „Ausweg“ gibt es tatsächlich: er heißt St. Olavs-Weg (Olavsvegen)…
Devastating results of contact with invading miners with indigenous people in Brazil. It is estimated that 1800 Yanomami Indians have died from malaria and related diseases since 1987 as a result of contact with the 4500 Brazilian miners who have invaded their land in search of gold. This documentary,…
Clues of impending suicide. Clues of impending suicide. Designed to help those who might have to deal with potentially suicidal people to recognise hints, and to examine their own personal and professional attitudes, which can critically affect the people they are trying to care for. Examples are…
Education, culture and freedom explored by young people. A group of young people from a school in the Midlands decided the themes of this film by Nigel Evans, which explores three main topics: the experience of education, the impact of a wider culture outside the school and language and freedom. Starting…
A reconstruction of Wilfred Thesiger's journeys in the desert. Wilfred Thesiger, author of Arabian Sands, is the last of England's great desert explorers. For five years he shared the life of the Bedouin in Southern Arabia, living and travelling the most desolate and arid desert in the world.…
How the Amazonian rainforests form a rich and balanced environment, threatened by deforestation. Two of the series on the tropical rainforests of the Amazon, by Central Television. 1. The Mechanics of The Forest: One tenth of all the world's species live on Amazonia, feeding off each other,…
