Appetite for Destruction: The Palm Oil Diaries
An exposé of the ecological and personal effects of the notorious palm oil industry.
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- Documentary
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An exposé of the ecological and personal effects of the notorious palm oil industry.
Rachel is a single mother and a very resilient young woman who has faced many problems in her life. Now she wants brain surgery to rid her of the epilepsy that is ruling her life. This intimate observational documentary follows her through the assessment process and the subsequent brain surgery, with…
“Papers" is the story of undocumented youth and the challenges they face as they turn 18 without legal status. Approximately 65,000 undocumented students graduate every year from high school without “papers.” Currently, there is no path to citizenship for most of these young people. The…
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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…
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…
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…
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Youth is our modern world’s ideal. Many of us fear age. These ball-playing ladies might change our ideas. Despite their training sessions every Monday for 40 years, the volleyball ladies on the extraordinary team THE OPTIMISTS (age 66-98) have not played a proper match. Now this is exactly the…