The Story of the Survival of the Bulgarian Jews Award winning film by Jacky Comforty
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…
"For millions of children and adults, the Nickelodeon Network is synonymous with growing up. In just a few years, the channel grew from a small local channel to an international phenomenon that helped shape a generation. Led by trailblazing visionary Geraldine Laybourne and her commitment to putting…
A group of painters on a remote farm in Norway decide to form a fellowship based on strict dogma and fierce competition in the spirit of the Renaissance masters. We follow Öde Nerdrum, Nic Thurman, Sebastian Salvo, William Heimdal & Javier Adams as they go about their daily life, aiming for…
The first Mardi Gras in America was celebrated in Mobile, Alabama in 1703. In 2007, it is still racially segregated. Filmmaker Margaret Brown, herself a daughter of Mobile, escorts us into the parallel hearts of the city's two carnivals. With unprecedented access, she traces the exotic world of…
Shows the main stages in the making of a small pipe organ with modern case work. The making and voicing of both the wooden and metal pipes is shown and explained, and the film follows the slow and painstaking assemble of the main parts in the workshop and its final construction in a church in Edinburgh.…
A portrait of the life and work of Wade Rathke, the controversial founder of ACORN, as well as an exploration of the concept and practice of community organizing. Before it’s infamous demise following several highly publicized scandals, ACORN had been the largest community organization in the…
THE ORGANIZER is a portrait of Wade Rathke, the controversial founder of ACORN, as well as an exploration of the much maligned and misunderstood occupation of community organizing. Before it’s infamous demise following several highly publicized scandals, ACORN had been the largest community…
Client empowerment in counselling. Empowerment is the opposite of oppression, and the ideal is to empower people to regard themselves as able to address constructively and possibly solve their problems, both individually and in groups. This theory is explained. This film is of historical interest…
This approach was originated by Carl Rogers, and places great emphasis on the central importance of subjective experience. This approach was originated by Carl Rogers, and places great emphasis on the central importance of subjective experience. Brian Thorne is Emeritus Professor of Counselling at…
Challenges preconceived ideas about family therapy. Raises many questions about our attitudes to family, and challenges preconceived ideas. We must beware of stereotypes, such as the white nuclear family, and be aware of other cultures. If we ask questions, then the answers are the client’s…
A discussion on the attachment theory in social work. Professor Sinclair talks about the attachment theory of marital therapy. He says that mainstream social workers should get more involved in marital therapy, and not just leave it to organisations like Relate. Marital problems overlap with other…
