Selected Nederlands Film Festival, 2007 Many American Film Festivals Awards: Best Television Film, Jewish Eye Festival, 2009 Alexandra, Judith and Ketty Leschan, three Jewish sisters from Holland, enjoyed unprecedented popularity in the 1930s and 1940s in Fascist Italy as the Trio Lescano. Their…
Jonathan Stedall’s much acclaimed BBC series about CAMPHILL: Camphill was founded in Scotland in 1940 by a group of refugees from Vienna. The staff lived communally and without wages; there was no going on and off duty; their aim was always to live with and not just for the…
American Noel Field was a key player in the trials following the World War Two in Eastern Europe. He was secretly imprisoned between 1949 and 1955, but remained in Hungary after his release. What was the secret of Noel Field? ****** Der Amerikaner Noel Field ist eine Schlüsselfigur der Schauprozesse…
fighting the bill documents the massive trade union and labour movement campaign against the Conservative government’s Industrial Relations Bill. The film includes meetings and demonstrations against the bill and uses graphics, stills and library film to set the conflict in the context of an international…
„Motor Nasch“ tells the story of the encounter between the 100 year old Alexandra Konstantinovna of Moscow, her daughters, her granddaughters and great-granddaughters - six women out of four generations. Their story covers the period, in which the Soviet Union was built and broke up: Alexandra…
A film in which ex-soldiers speak about their experiences of the policing of the North of Ireland, in other British colonies and back in Britain, intercut with extensive footage of the army in action in Belfast, Aden and Kenya. It argues the case that the ‘professional’ military is open to…
The first movie to document college basketball's ultimate rivalry: Louisville vs. Kentucky. It weaves current events, including back-to-back national championships, with the history of a rivalry game that didn't even exist for decades.
A short documentary film about Anton de Kom (Paramaribo, Suriname, 1898- Sandbostel 1945) , man of resistance, writer, who fought against racism, colonialism, war and nazism. He published the book "We Slaves of Suriname) in 1934. De Kom is considered a hero in both Suriname and The Netherlands. In…
A campaign film supporting the dockers’ fight against redundancy, lay-offs and wage cuts caused by containerisation. The film charts the struggle against ruthless rationalisation, profiteering and land speculation, police harassment of pickets and finally the enforcement of the Industrial Relations…
I ricordi e le testimonianze di due personaggi: Fernando García, conosciuto come Pinolito, un attore bambino famoso negli anni Settanta, e Doña Lilia Ortega, sua madre, anche lei attrice. Fernando ha rivelato la sua identità di travestito pochi anni fa ed è ora conosciuto…
the miners’ film documents the industrial action by miners in the winter of 1973-4 which helped to bring down Edward Heath’s Tory government. The strike is seen as part of the successful opposition against Phase 3 of the government’s income policy. The film charts this crisis from inside…
The filming of the ill-fated 1996 version of H. G. Welles’ THE ISLAND OF DR. MOREAU is the stuff of legend. For the first time since he was unceremoniously escorted off his longtime dream project, Richard (HARDWARE) Stanley reveals in detail his spectacular original vision and how it was all ripped…
