Ted Pelkey runs a truck repair business in northern Vermont and for ten years he has been unsuccessfully trying to get a building permit for an 8,000 square foot garage in his front yard. His frustration eventually led him to take drastic action in the form of installing a large wooden sculpture of a…
The film takes its title from perculiar reluctance some young men have about buying contraceptives from a chemist shop (back in 1973). One of few films which manage to look at sexuality openly (in the era). In a light-hearted but provactive way it makes a very suitable introduction to a discussion of…
Women's views on work. From memories of our mothers' kitchens to description of the modern home, this film collage tells of women's lives in and beyond the kitchen. Women in their homes, in the shops, women at work and being paid, women in kitchens, working. The many different views…
A Village Called Versailles is an Emmy-nominated documentary about Versailles, an isolated community in eastern New Orleans that has been settled by Vietnamese boat people since the late 1970s. In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, the Vietnamese American residents in Versailles impressively rise to…
In wartime Britain, a Lord permitted unused land on Cornwall’s Rame Peninsula to be built on. Tiny chalets appeared, each as individual as its owner, and the community of Freathy came to life. In 2016, with Cornwall’s tourism industry booming, the Lord’s estate announced that they own…
Atop a mountain in Southwest Serbia the Jankovic brothers hold the fort in the womanless village of Zabrdje. In a hilarious narrative this well-crafted doc follows the brothers' quest to bring women back to the once vibrant community. But with no running water or roads, convincing Serbian women…
Avington Trout Fishery in Hampshire, UK, is renowned amongst fly anglers as the home of giant trout. Situated by the world-famous chalk stream, the River Itchen, it was founded in the 1960's by former NASA scientist, Sam Holland, who had a unique vision to create a fishery full of large trout. The…
Le bâtiment de l’Office des poursuites de Lausanne a une étonnante particularité : architecturalement, il ressemble à une ruche. Dans chacune de ses « alvéoles » : un huissier chef et deux suppléant(e)s – ses « abeilles » comme…
Thursday, October 23, 1919: Lucien Price, (1883–1964), a journalist from Boston, arrives in Pittsburgh to attend the memorial exhibition at Carnegie Institute of paintings by his friend, Frederick A. Demmler, (1888–1918), who died in France of wounds received in battle one year previous,…
The St. Boniface Museum is situated in the largest oak log structure in North America and houses an impressive collection of artifacts. With a national reputation for its Louis Riel exhibit, thousands of people visit every year to celebrate and better understand how Canada’s fifth province entered…
The St. Boniface Museum is situated in the largest oak log structure in North America and houses an impressive collection of artifacts. With a national reputation for its Louis Riel exhibit, thousands of people visit every year to celebrate and better understand how Canada’s fifth province entered…
HotDocs International Documentary Film Festival Black Nights International Film Festival, Estonia Aviv Geffen, Israel’s leading rock artist is rapidly becoming a mythic figure – from a struggling underground rock star to being the last person to embrace Yitzhak Rabin moments before the…
