Donal Foreman’s series of six experimental documentaries explores the sequence of political and collective experimentation that began in New York City on September 17th, 2011, under the banner of Occupy Wall Street. Eschewing narration and direct interviews, each film explores a particular day…
From deep within the engine room of politics comes this superb documentary on the “Donald Bradman” of speech-writers - Graham Freudenberg: a powerful journey into one of the great minds of politics whose words shaped our fortunes whether we know it or not. Graham Freudenberg has written…
Throughout history, there have always been people who have chosen to live differently. Discover the Kilian way in Déjame Vivir, an epic adventure lived on Mont Blanc, the Matterhorn and Mount Elbrus, three emblematic peaks in Europe. Will Kilian manage to conquer the three summits that have fascinated…
Through the boundless landscape of Australia, five friends attempt to be the first to cycle 2150km from Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre - a vast salt lake in the central desert 15 metres below sea level - to the snow capped summit of Mount Kosciuszko, the highest peak in Australia. What is a sensational effort…
Zwei Menschen, zwei Geschichten: Esmail und Manar müssen ihre Heimat in Syrien verlassen und nach Europa fliehen. Sie landen schließlich im westfälischen Dortmund und bauen sich dort ein neues Leben auf, während ihre Familien weiter in einem nicht enden wollenden Bürgerkrieg…
Have you ever wondered why some people claim to see the face of Jesus in their toast? Well, psychologists at the University of Toronto did. But why? This film uses a number of studies to illustrate how the usefulness of psychological research is assessed and evaluated. And if you're…
While ethics is about the conduct of research, socially sensitive research is about the consequences. Might it harm some individuals or groups? Using the example of recent research into genetics and education, this film illustrates the questions typically asked about socially sensitive research…
It’s part of our shared, universal, human experience. It’s been with us since the very beginning, it’s as old as fire. The Greeks discovered it. Modern Philosophy was invented, in part, to study it. In the absence of hunting and gathering and the need to survive old-school-style, in…
Does psychology have ethnocentric biases? This film begins by explaining the key concept of social construction and then illustrates three sources of potential ethnocentrism (researcher, conceptual and reporting bias) through a combination of classic and contemporary studies. The film also stresses…
This film begins by looking at how stricter ethical guidelines were developed in psychology. Using one of our on-going research projects, it illustrates contemporary ethical guidelines and the issues arising from the potential conflicts between protecting participants and producing socially useful…
Generations of students have been taught that Milgram’s famous obedience experiments demonstrated how easily ordinary people can be persuaded to harm others when instructed to by a person in authority. But did Milgram's research really show that? Using original footage and new documentary…
This film examines the concepts of moral panic and deviancy amplification through both a classic - Stan Cohen talking about the origins and implications of his concept in the context of Mods and Rockers in the early 1960’s - and contemporary lens: Adrian Beck looks at an example of a recent moral…
