In 1937 Yosl, a 17-year-old Polish Jew, arrived in Melbourne where he joined his sister Ruth, a dancer, and his father Melech Ravich. A leading Yiddish writer, Ravich had journeyed to Australia to search for a new homeland for Jews fleeing anti-Semitism and fascism in Europe. But Australia in the…
FOR HOME USE ONLY - FOR EDUCATIONAL STREAMING AND DVD SALES VISIT https://store.der.org/an-autobiography-of-michelle-maren-p150.aspx by Michel Negroponte and Michelle Maren color, 81 min, 2015 in English When the filmmaker Michel Negroponte (Jupiter's Wife) received an e-mail from a woman…
An exposé of the ecological and personal effects of the notorious palm oil industry.
A stunning and gentle journey of a talented young dancer and the bitter challenges she must face on her way to the greatest stages in the world. Shot over the period of six years the film portrays Weronika, an outstanding graduate of the renowned Warsaw Ballet School. Since she was 10 years old, ballet…
“ Give us the tools, and we will finish the job!” – Winston Churchill In June 1940, Luftwaffe air strikes were pulling Britain to her knees. The Royal Air Force was desperate for aircraft, after losing hundreds of planes to battles fought in the skies over Europe. Their essential…
Problems encountered by doctors - stress and communication. Aimed at undergraduate medical students and other doctors in training, the video attempts to explain problems they will encounter and how to deal with them, how to survive stress-provoking episodes, and why repetitive tasks are important…
Stories of two people with learning disabilities living in the community. Portraits of two lives which have changed very radically, from being hidden away from society to being as independent as possible. Pauline, a woman of 42 with learning disabilities, tells her own story, and that of Martin, who…
WINNER! Sundance Film Festival Special Jury Prize 2016 In 1917, J.R. Brinkley, a country doctor practicing in Milford, Kansas, begins treating his male patients for impotence by surgically implanting them with goat glands, a treatment that is so successful that Brinkley starts raising his own goats…
Year after year, Sanabhai brings his family to a seasonal, saline desert in Gujerat India, where they harvest what they proudly proclaim to be the world's whitest salt, using the same painstaiking, manual techniques as generations before them. Hardship and exploitation loom large in this film, but…
Critical of military life and recruitment, showing glamorisation of war and violence. Explores the 'other side' of military recruitment and military life from the various perspectives of service veterans, activists for peace and social change, and young people. Former service men and women…
Teenage fugitive Colton Harris-Moore's superhuman ability to escape capture by stealing airplanes and living in the wilderness made him a modern day folk hero. Fusing documentary, graphic novel style animation, and dramatic recreations, the film contrasts the story of a real kid who fell into burglary…
Ante natal and postnatal groups in Deptford, South East London. Made by women attending the ante natal and postnatal groups and one of the midwives facilitating the groups. The participants describe vividly how the groups function, why they are different from the traditional 'classes', and…
