My childhood yard may appear like another shabby parking space in a Jerusalem ultra-orthodox neighborhood. To me, it is the landscape of the only home I have ever known. The heroes of my yard are: my wife, Re'ut, who hate the yard and feel persecuted by the ultraorthodox ; forty-four-year old…
** Educators: please email orders@wmm.com for access. A film by Lucille Rhodes and Margaret Murphy 1978 | 52 minutes | Color -- A three volume set of film portraits--Muriel Rukeyser, Alice Neel and Anna Sokolow. The poetry, painting, and dance of these three women is not artistic purism, but the…
"They Are We" Nearly 200 years after a family was split by the transatlantic slave trade, they were, remarkably reunited. In Central Cuba, proud members of the Ganga-Longoba, a small Afro-Cuban ethnic group, have kept their unique heritage alive. Incredibly, through decades of brutal enslavement,…
*Info updated to reflect the fast-moving events in Myanmar happening as of Feb. 1, 2021: Shot clandestinely over a two year period, this film provides a rare look into the second most isolated country on the planet held in a stasis by a brutal military regime for almost a half century. From over 100…
They Call Me Dr. Miami is a fascinating look at America’s most famous plastic surgeon. We witness how he grapples with the reality of selfie culture, the controversy his videos stir up, and his status as a social media superstar, and how he fights to balance this with being a devoted husband, a…
When Jussi Biørn steps into his attic and finds his grandmother’s diary, his life suddenly changes. He discovers that far from living a conventional aristocratic life, his grandmother, Bodil Biørn, became caught up in the Armenian genocide. After barely surviving the massacre, she…
Animated film showing the plight of migrant domestic workers The domestic workers’ story. An animated film from Leeds Animation Workshop which tells the story of thousands of women from extremely poor backgrounds, in countries such as the Philippines, Indonesia, South Asia or Africa, who have…
Why refugees from Latin American countries try to come to Britain. Shows the reasons why so many refugees from Latin American countries try to come to Britain. In countries like Chile and El Salvador, anyone in the least critical of the dictatorship is arrested, and usually tortured and killed. All…
Pastor Inge-Lise Wagner is a priest and serves circus folk, tramps and other wanderers. Because of her untraditional approach and views, the Danish Lutheran Church has tried to deprive her of the right to practice as a minister on several occasions. The heart of her priesthood is the distinction between…
A film by Nikolaus Geyrhalter When the peace treaty of Dayton was signed in 1996, fightings in Bosnia and Hercegovina finally ceased and the country became less attractive for the crowd of war correspondents and eventually faded from public news coverage. At this point Nikolaus Geyrhalter starts…
Documentary about the strike at the Grunwick film processing factory in North London, 1976-78. A film about the modern "civilised" state. The predominantly migrant and female workforce at the photo processing plant began to strike in August 1976 against the long working hours (8am-10pm),…
With the birth of his first child, Independent filmmaker Darren Doane picked up his camera and began documenting the process of becoming a family. Ten years in the making, THEY GROW UP FAST is a profound and entertaining documentary for the entire family. From mud puddles and family road trips to…
