"Letters Home to Hero Street" focuses on a young Mexican-American veteran's personal view of World War II as told through the letters he sent home to his family in Silvis, Illinois. He becomes one of eight veterans of WWII and the Korean War killed in combat from the same block-and-a half…
The St Kyneburgha Building Preservation Trust was set up to provide funds and expertise for the preservation and improvement of the church at Castor. The Trust owes its existence in the first place to the foresight and energy of William Burke. As William retires from Castor we would like to pay a tribute…
SOUL OF JUSTICE: Thelton Henderson’s American Journey is a timely and unforgettable story about one person’s commitment to integrity and human rights and his profound influence on the American judicial system. Award-winning director Abby Ginzberg’s riveting and thought-provoking film…
Presented by Flicker Alley and Cinerama Inc. In a new, digital reincarnation, “Cinerama transports you to lush tropic islands…adventure-splashed with a thousand excitements!” CINERAMA SOUTH SEAS ADVENTURE proved to be the 5th and last of the original, 3-panel Cinerama travelogues.…
From 1969 to 2001 an experimental school, invited 400 kids to sail away for many months to fully live an adventurous life. This utopia revealed to be one of the worst stories of paedophilia. A trial finally took place in 2013. The film helps us understand why silence and guilt have kept the children…
Franz von Werra – fighter pilot for the German Luftwaffe during World War II, gentleman, favourite of the Nazi media, and the only German ever to escape British captivity. During the mid-50's, the spectacular escape to Canada and the USA was made into a film with Hardy Kruger in the leading…
'I'm OK, You're OK' theory. Eric Berne's 'I'm OK, You're OK' theory, in which the therapy should be as far as possible an equal process between the therapist and the client. This film is of historical interest and reflects the cultural attitudes, medical…
In his youth Shaun Micallef almost joined the priesthood. Now he wonders if he may have missed his one shot at the answers to life’s big questions. Heading to India, a country where spirituality and the search for meaning is very much a national past time, he immerses himself in the Hindu world…
The Immortalists is the story of two eccentric scientists struggling to create eternal youth with medical breakthroughs in a world they call “blind to the tragedy of old age.” Bill Andrews is a lab biologist and famed long-distance runner racing against the ultimate clock. Aubrey de Grey…
During his extraordinary life, Cruz Reynoso has been one of those rare individuals who are not only shaped by history, they make history. As a child of farm workers, Reynoso felt the sting of injustice, and later as a lawyer, and then the first Latino to sit on the California Supreme Court, he used his…
* This rental is intended for educational use and is allowed to be streamed in classrooms, workshops, and small community settings. If you would like to do a theatrical or large community screening, please e-mail info@mediaed.or secure those rights. Big Bucks, Big Pharma pulls back the curtain on the…
“This controversial, award-winning documentary feature film is at once a heartbreaking,intimate ethnographic portrait, and a true life detective story. revealing how U.S. scientists turned a Pacific island paradise into a radioactive hell, using Marshall Islanders as human guinea pigs for three…
