Der exzentrische und lebensfreudige Bankier Ernst Brunner zog in den 60er Jahren die biederen Bürgersöhne Luzerns ebenso wie Künstler und Halbweltfiguren in seinen Bann. Seine Großzügigkeit war legendär, sein Geschäftseifer so umstritten wie bewundert und seine Fuchsjagden…
Help Is On The Way brings to the screen a busy training center in Indonesia preparing women to work overseas as domestic workers. Every year, hundreds of women like Sukma, Meri, Muji and Tari are recruited by local agents who are remunerated after successfully seeing their recruits enrolled and placed…
A captivating 4-part docuseries examining the remarkable impact of chess on culture, art, science, sport and more. The viewer will be taken on an exhilarating journey across a wide range of times and places touching on cultural history, the nature of competitiveness, AI, psychology, game theory, chess…
Four older choreographers, once seminal participants in the modern dance world and Broadway, take on the monumental task of creating dances with a diverse group of New York seniors, most of whom never danced on stage before. Over a few intense months, these choreographers, including the first black artist…
Trapped by her servitude in Hong Kong, a Filipina domestic worker plans to dance her way towards independence, romantic love, and true motherhood. La Jetée meets La La Land, this unique photo-montage celebrates a forgotten community of millions of women, dancing simply to feel they exist.…
Lou Montgomery: A Legacy Restored explores the racial climate of the times when in 1937, Lou Montgomery became the first black football player at Boston College. A major contributor to the building of BC’s “Team of Destiny,” Mr. Montgomery was left on the sidelines due to the racial…
**EDUCATORS, email orders@wmm.com for instructions for student access. A film by June Cross US | 2015 | 53 minutes | Color -- In much of America, progress in HIV/AIDS treatment suggests the worst is behind us, but every year 50,000 Americans are still diagnosed with the virus that causes AIDS.…
Catholic Peace Action is a small affinity group whose peace campaigning has led to all ten of its members being arrested and nine imprisoned. The group includes a hospital consultant, a former magistrate now living in Greenham Common, a nun, parents of two young children and a theology student. As they…
Provides an excellent introduction to epilepsy. It covers the following: what is epilepsy, diagnosis, types of seizures, first aid, emergency first aid and social issues. It contains footage of actual seizures taking place, highlighting the most common types. Gives professionals like teachers, careers…
Demonstrates to students and G.P.s the difficulties experienced by young mothers who suffer from arthritis. The mental and physical strain is shown and also what help can be made available
George is a work of art itself that delivers guffaws that erupt unexpectedly between poignant moments from Maciunas’s childhood traumas to tangling with the mob and the attorney general of the State of New York during his innovations in constructing the loft culture of downtown Manhattan. Jeffrey…
Four little misfits from working-class Massachusetts cope with the highs and lows of punk rock stardom.
