User-friendly housing, opposed to former massive building schemes. Examines what went wrong with the massive building schemes of the 1960's and '70's, and contrasts impersonal housing of this kind with 'community architecture' as practised by Rod Hackney, who believes in the…
A dance performance expressing the rage and horror of women when confronted by rape. A dance performance expressing the rage and horror felt by women when considering the statistics of rape and abuse in our society. DVD 1986 41 Minutes
The movement to stop baby girls being killed in India, because of the dowry system. The movement to stop baby girls being killed in India. Every year in India thousands of baby girls are killed, because of the dowry system and the low status of women. The film concentrates on the movement to stop…
A drama about marital relationships. A young wife tries to make her husband understand why she is leaving him for someone else who really cares for her. She tries to explain why she will leave their son with him. But equally there is a breakdown of communication between the successful businessman…
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Development in rural India. A portrait of village life and community-centred rural development in India. Shot in a village community, Vinobagram, in Tamil Nadu, it includes many interviews with the villagers and community workers. The first part focuses on the people and the land, part 2 on the family;…
The running of a nursery school for children age 2 to 5. Shows the principles and practise underlying the daily running of a group of 13 children aged 2 1/2 to 5 years. It is a family grouping of mixed ages enabling older children to serve as models and learn to be helpful and caring to the younger…
The trade in exotic animal products. This programme looks at the trade in animal products. Chinese doctors prescribe tigers' bones, rhino horn or bear gall. Prosperous Thai businessmen stop at pavement stalls to gulp down glasses of mixed snakes' blood and gall - squeezed from live snakes:…
AT 2014, 90 min, Elisabeth Scharang Workers vote on their company’s balance sheet, banks are no longer needed to finance loans, and going to the movies on a Monday afternoon rather than sitting at the office is an option. Restructuring of work has already begun. 197 million unemployed worldwide…
Killing tigers for sport in Indonesia. This programme shows three hunters on the Indonesian Island of Sumatra patiently waiting to snare, and kill, their thirty first tiger in one year. Only a few hundred tigers survive in the forest. But the hunters face extinction too; formerly rubber plantation…
A stylised and expressive dance by pairs of women. A stylised and expressive dance by pairs of women. The choreographer is Marie Claire OSullivan, who is one of the dancers, together with Francesca, Beckenleg and Christina Ure. The musicians are Rachel Hewitt and Andrew Franks. DVD 1987 14 Minutes
Social work, its history, practices trends and developments. The role of the social workers. Adequate care for people with learning disabilities is expensive, and more handicapped children live to be adults now than ever before. Even with day care the burden is very heavy on the family, as we can…
