L'Afrique est à la mode ! Son étendard ? Le Wax, que de plus en plus de designers africains et afropéens ont choisi d’intégrer à leurs créations. Flora Coquerel, Miss France 2014, et franco-béninoise, nous invite à les suivre dans leur…
Wax Print: 1 Fabric, 4 Continents, 200 Years of History From the villages of Indonesia to the cotton fields of America, from the European industrial mills to the bustling markets and sewing schools of West Africa, the story of one fabric and how it came to symbolise a continent, it’s people…
FOR HOME USE ONLY - FOR EDUCATIONAL STREAMING AND DVD SALES VISIT https://store.der.org/wax-print-p1058.aspx Aiwan Obinyan color, 97 min, 2018 Surprised to learn from her Nigerian grandmother that ‘traditional’ African wax printed fabrics were a colonial invention made in the UK…
This is a time when business, trade and wealth prosper. In the early spring of 2007, the Chinese stock market plunged, leading to a global panic in the world stock market. This has shown that the Chinese economy has already been integrated into the process of globalization. The issues related to people's…
While on Pilgrimage, Bob and Penny filmed The Way of the Cross in Lourdes. The bigger than life-size bronze statues at each station, reflect the attitudes of those who rejected Jesus, those who were only doing their duty, those who stood by and did nothing, those who condemned Him, those few who walked…
Morris dancing is one of England's most ancient and enduring roots traditions. And yet to your average man-jack on the street, it's seen as little more than a national joke. And a bad national joke at that. A heartfelt ode to his agrarian roots, WAY OF THE MORRIS follows filmmaker Tim Plester…
Way of the Ocean: Australia explores the connection between man and sea through a visual feast of poetic motion. This wave rich continent provides a breathtaking backdrop to some of the best surfing found on the planet. Since it was first introduced in the early 1900's, surfing in Australia has…
***EDUCATORS, email orders@wmm.com for instructions for student access. Directed by Cecilia Cornejo US/Mexico | 2020 | 72 minutes | Color | English, Spanish | Subtitled -- This intimate cinematic portrait of two small towns - one in Mexico and one in Minnesota - is an evocative audiovisual…
Independent filmmaker spends 3 years making a movie. In the ensuing time, a shift in culture makes the film's release problematic. He decides to reframe the film in the style of a faux documentary to show how a film was so ahead of its time, it ended up being behind the times.
An eclectic and honest examination of Melbourne's post-punk music scene of the late nineteen seventies that spawned the likes of Nick Cave, the Birthday Party, Rowland S. Howard, the Primitive Calculators, Whirlywirld and the unique 'Little Band' scene amongst many others. Participants…
A drama which critically examines psychiatry from the point of view of the patients. A drama documentary which critically examines psychiatry from the point of view of those on the receiving end - the patients. Issues such as treatments, labelling, care in the institution, the attitudes and approach…
Lucas Aerospace workers draw up plans for socially useful production instead of weapons. Faced with threats of redundancy, the workers at Lucas Aerospace have themselves drawn up plans for producing worthwhile equipment such as kidney machines and non-polluting vehicles and accessories instead of…
