De décembre à mars, Félix, Julien, Éric et Charles, accompagnés du reste de la bande de déneigeurs saisonniers, affrontent le froid québécois pour vivre ces quelques mois en suspension. Ils sont baptisés L’Escouade des neiges. Chaque hiver depuis dix ans, on peut les apercevoir perchés…
„Northern Woods“ is an entertaining and diverse time trip by the centuries. The film starts in spring and ends in wintertime. 4 Chapters also tell us about the history of mankind. „Northern Woods“ is a tribute to the Nordic forest: The film shows his development from a primeval…
„Northern Woods“ is a music film and an entertaining time trip by the centuries. The film starts in spring and ends in wintertime. 4 Chapters also tell us about the history of mankind. „Northern Woods“ is a tribute to the Nordic forest: The film shows his development from a…
Anti-racism - historical and personal issues. The speaker examines the historical and personal issues involved in social work, and discusses working with different groups of people: children, young people, elders etc. and also at teamwork and organisational change. This film is of historical interest…
The unitary approach in social work. The unitary approach – the need for an integrated framework for the different theories and approaches in social work. Three factors are important: an attempt to create a unified approach, to provide a strong theoretical approach and to integrate different…
Challenges stereotypes and assumptions. Accepting the unpredictable, and challenging stereotypes and assumptions are part of the feminist perspective. There is still an inbuilt bias towards male power. Women are still at a disadvantage; the jobs traditionally done by women, such as child care, and…
Health Care - Patient Experiences. Problems in detecting early cancer symptoms. 'World In Action' investigation into cancer diagnosis, which claims that people with cancer are dying unnecessarily because of lack of GP training in detecting the symptoms. Eight of the nine years of a doctor's…
Help for people with dementia and their carers in the community. This film is about creating ‘dementia friendly communities’. It poses the question ‘ how can communities help people with dementia?’ The narrator reminds us that community means ‘you and me’. What…
Diamond Rivers is a portrait of Geraldo Santos da Silva, part of a dying breed of diamond prospectors who still scour the riverbanks of Brazil looking for this rare gemstone. In his eighties, Geraldo continues to prospect as he reflects on the boom-and-bust cycle of the sleepy town he refused to leave.…
A powerful documentary by Ben Pederick, about the healing of Australia’s greatest river and its diverse peoples through ancient ceremony of culture and spirit. This is a story that started in 2010 with the Murrundi Ruwe Pangari Ringbalin, a ceremony to save the Murray Darling Rivers from a decade…
In recent years climate science has come under increasing attack, so concerned geologist Simon Lamb grabbed his camera and set out to explore the inside story of climate research. For over three years he followed scientists from a wide range of disciplines at work in the Arctic, Antarctic, Southern Ocean,…
In 2011, music legend Glen Campbell set out on an unprecedented tour across America. He thought it would last 5 weeks; instead it went for 151 spectacular sold out shows over a triumphant year and a half. What made this tour extraordinary was that Glen had recently been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s…
