In 1985 Bill Withers, the great R&B singer/songwriter, made his last record, deciding it was more important to be a husband and father than a hit maker. ‘Ain’t No Sunshine,’ ‘Lean on Me’, ‘Lovely Day,’ and ‘Just the Two of Us’ are only part of…
The complex emotions of someone who has given birth to a stillborn child. The journalist Bel Mooney reveals what it is like to give birth to a stillborn child. In this forthright and perceptive interview with the actress Sheila Hancock it transpires that many hospital staff find this a very difficult…
Rob Fraser always knew his life would be condensed. That's what comes with having cystic fibrosis. Rob calculates his age in dog years. He looks like a healthy bloke but now at 33, Rob's really an old man of 99. Rob can see the end of his life clearly and he’s deciding to place himself…
A film by Mauricio Alfredo Ovando (Bolivia, 2018, 77 min. In Spanish with English subtitles) Alfredo Ovando Candia was a military general who served as co-president of Bolivia from 1965–66 (and again from 1969–70) after overthrowing President Víctor Paz Estenssoro. His political…
In keiner anderen Region Europas vertritt China seine geostrategischen Interessen so selbstbewusst wie auf dem Balkan. Die Doku analysiert, wie China in diesen Ländern den autoritären Kurs einiger Regierungen verstärkt, Abhängigkeiten schafft und dadurch die EU herausfordert, die…
Der Dokumentarfilm "STILLE IST EIN SCHÖNES GERÄUSCH" taucht in die Welten von 6 gehörlosen Protagonisten ein und zeigt ihre individuellen Perspektiven, mit der Taubheit umzugehen: Entscheide ich mich für ein Cochlea-Implantat, das - wenn es frühzeitig implantiert…
Die Welt steht am Scheitelpunkt einer bedrohlichen Entwicklung: Bakterien bilden schneller Resistenzen gegen bestehende Antibiotika, als neue Antibiotika auf den Markt kommen. Es tut sich eine immer größere Lücke auf. Mit diesem „antibiotic gap“, wie Experten diese Entwicklung…
Prisoners talk about their experiences of drug addiction. Four inmates from the Drug Rehabilitation Unit at HMP Wayland wanted to make a film which would raise awareness on drugs. Through four very personal stories we are taken into the world of pain, fun, loss, violence, boredom, hope, anger and…
Still Life, winner Golden Lion, Venice Film Festival 2006, is an empathetic portrait of those left behind by a modernizing society and, as in director Jia Zhang-ke’s earlier films (Platform, Unknown Pleasures, The World), it is a unique hybrid of documentary and fiction. In Still Life, great…
A large still-life painting hung on the wall above Lilka Elbaum’s childhood bed in Lodz, Poland. It was the first thing she saw when she woke up, and the last thing she saw before she fell aslep. This painting hung on this very spot perhaps since the building was first inhabited in the late…
A large still-life painting hung on the wall above Lilka Elbaum’s childhood bed in Lodz, Poland. It was the first thing she saw when she woke up, and the last thing she saw before she fell aslep. This painting hung on this very spot perhaps since the building was first inhabited in the late 1890s.…
A critical look at the strategy of Mutually Assured Destruction. This Anglia TV programme looks a the strategy of Mutually Assured Destruction, the cosy reassurance that if they attack us, they will not live to tell the tale. In particular it examines how the cruise missiles, which have been welcomed…
