— For Home Use Only — The concept of a "gene" — which came about during the Gilded Age — conveniently supported the notion that biology was destiny and that creating policies to directly address social issues was a waste of time. Those problems were said to be inherent…
In 1996, the German nuclear engineer Karl-Heinz Schaab was accused of selling secret information to Iraq. With this data, which had been stolen by Schaab, about the nuclear centrifuge, Saddam Hussein obtained an indispensable link in the process of the production of nuclear arms. But was Schaab a shrewd…
Maria Cristina Carlini is a significant artist in the contemporary art scene. She has gained global recognition for her impressive sculptures. We discover more about this talented genius through interviews with the artist and those who know her. An open dialogue with her and those who surrounded her…
The Via D'Amelio massacre in 1992 profoundly shook Palermo and all of Italy, resulting in the tragic death of Judge Paolo Borsellino and his security detail. "Paolo Lives" masterfully intertwines Borsellino's relentless pursuit of justice, vividly portrayed by Bruno Torrisi, with…
À la veille d’une célébration familiale, Manon, jeune femme sourde et lumineuse, rejoint ses parents en Haute-Savoie. Dans la beauté des paysages alpestres, l’histoire du clan se redéploie entre archives familiales et images filmées par la réalisatrice depuis 25 ans. Porté par la…
— For Home Use Only — Best known for his captivating realist paintings, artist Alan Magee also creates works that delve into the darkest aspects of human nature. His arresting images which comment on corporate greed, on cruelty and gun violence, and on civilian and military victims of…
— For Home Use Only — WATER FOR LIFE tells the story of three extraordinary individuals: Berta Cáceres, a leader of the Lenca people in Honduras; Francisco Pineda, a subsistence farmer in El Salvador; and Alberto Curamil, an Indigenous Mapuche leader in Chile, all of whom refused…
— For Home Use Only — DANCE ME TO THE END OF TIME is a deeply personal film about love in the face of death. It documents the final years in the life of the pioneering theater director Nancy Diuguid as she battles breast cancer. Nancy, who grew up on a Kentucky tobacco farm that was regularly…
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Young people help with severely disabled patients in a large mental hospital, working with the same individual over a period of time, and so noting changes, improvements, or the lack of these.
This film looks at the work of Oxfam Trading and in particular its scheme, Bridge. Handicraft projects in Bangladesh, India and the Philippines are seen together with the organisation's work in the UK. While much of world poverty is due to the exploitation of trade, Trading Alternatives shows some…
Profile of Howard Cheney, 72-year-old campaigner for peace from Stratford upon Avon. He and his wife run their farm on traditional self-sufficiency lines, and they visit US bases such as Molesworth, handing out leaflets to troops and police guards and risking arrest "'The country is one whole…
