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THE ARTS

KAETHE KOLLWITZ 1981

Kaethe Kollwitz was a major figure in the Expressionist movement. She died in April 1945. This film is based on her diaries. Kollwitz is portrayed by Brenda Bruce as she contemplates Kollwitz’s life and work.

PART OF THE STRUGGLE – ART AND POLITICS IN THE WEIMAR REPUBLIC 1982

During the Great War and in its aftermath many German artists like George Grosz, Emil Nolde and Otto Dix became politically involved. This film uses their art and their own words to explore that volatile period in Germany.

SOMEWHERE IN HACKNEY 1979

Community-based arts projects burgeoned in the 1970s. This film follows four projects in Hackney, at that time a predominantly working class area in London.

THINKING ALOUD WITH RICHARD WENTWORTH 2001

Richard Wentworth contemplates the installation of his exhibition at the Kettles Yard Gallery in Cambridge .

CHINESE CINEMA 1983

China was just opening up in the 1980s to western influences and this film explores its history and explosion of new talent emerging that was to lead to a renaissance of cinema in China. With Tony Rayns.

FROM MOSCOW AND CHICAGO 1983

A fascinating contrast between the way cinema was critiqued in cold war Russia and in the popular review programme At the Movies presented by the iconic critics Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel.

HINDI CINEMA 1983

An exploration of the joys of Indian Cinema as it goes big-time in the UK in the 1980s. With Rosie Thomas and Behrose Gandhy.

HONG KONG CINEMA 1983

Or Film as a Way of Life. Cinema in Hong Kong is taking off in the 1980s with a new generation of young film-makers. With Tony Rayns.

FILM IN THE PHILIPPINES 1983

In the 1980s, in the Marcos regime, film became a vibrant form resistance. Directors like Lina Brocka were in the front line of political protest. With Tony Rayns.

MAKERS OF DREAMS 1983

The partnership of Golan and Globus who set up the infamous cinema chain Cannon Classics in the 1980s are investigated by the critic Chris Auty.

LAM LE - VIETNAMESE FILM-MAKER

Lam Le was a hugely influential director in the emerging Vietnamese cinema in the 1980s. With Tony Rayns.

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TRAVEL

IN THE SHADOW OF THE CARAVANS 1979

This film is a glimpse of the traditional life of the Afghan people, their culture and their music, just before the Russian invasion in 1979.

NO DIRECTION HOME 1994

The historian and travel writer Charles Nicholl pursues the trail of the enigmatic poet Arthur Rimbaud into the Horn of Africa.

THE CITY OF GOLD – AND HOW TO GET THERE 1993

The historian and travel writer Charles Nicholl pursues the trail of Walter Raleigh and then Johnny Angel in the search for Eldorado. A journey up the Orinoco to Angel Falls looking for gold.

ON THE ROAD AGAIN – EPISODES 1 – 8 1995

An 8-part series for the BBC following the hippy trail of the 1960s with the new travellers who are on the road again in the 1990s. With Simon Dring.

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WILDLIFE AND THE ENVIRONMENT

ANIMAL TRAFFIC – 31 TIGERS 1986-88

The film follows a team of tiger poachers in the jungles of Sumatra as they track and kill their 31st tiger in the space of one year. This film is extremely graphic and upsetting.

ANIMAL TRAFFIC – TAKEN FOR THE WILD 1986-88

Live animals are taken from the wild and trafficked to rich collectors in Asia and the West from the remote regions of Indonesia and South America.

ANIMAL TRAFFIC – A TASTE FOR THE EXOTIC 1986-88

Ivory, rhino horn and exotic animal parts from endangered species can be trafficked and traded for enormous profit. The film follows some of those trade routes.

ANIMAL TRAFFIC – SKIN 1986-88

The trade in furs and crocodile skins flourishes despite decades of international condemnation. The film meets some of the poor people of South America who depend on this trade for their survival.

ANIMAL TRAFFIC - OUT OF AUSTRALIA 1986-88

Australia has some of the most exotic birds and animals in the world which are perceived locally as a pest although they can command huge rewards overseas.

KEEPING THE PROMISE – THE GEF IN ACTION WITH HARRISON FORD 1998

The Global Environment Facility was established to enact the proposals of the World Environment Summit in Rio. Harrison Ford is a patron of GEF and presents this appraisal of its achievements.

KEEPING THE PROMISE – THE GEF IN ACTION (10MINUTE VERSION) 1998

The Global Environment Facility was established to enact the proposals of the World Environment Summit in Rio. This film was made to promote their achievements.

BLUE DANUBE 2004

The Danube is the longest river in Europe, running through seven countries from its source in Switzerland to the Delta in the Black Sea. It has been heavily polluted in the past but with more international co-operation since the collapse of the soviet empire its prospects are more hopeful.

STOLEN FISH 2007

Fleets of massive trawlers from the East are threatening the offshore fishermen in the rich seas off the coast of West Africa with impunity. Their illegal catches are then slipped into European waters to be sold throughout the EU.

THE BLACK SEA 1998

This film exposed the scale of the pollution affecting the Black Sea in the wake of the collapse of the Soviet Union.

THE SEA THAT NEARLY DIED 2008

Filed in the six nations which border the Black Sea, this film revisits the region 10 years after the first film and finds a surprisingly optimistic prospect for its future.

DANUBE DAM 1993

In the wake of the collapse of the Soviet bloc, the newly independent country of Slovakia are building a dam to block the Danube river which will have dramatic effects on the countries downstream, Hungary in particular.

THE FALCONER’S TALE 1982

Jemima Parry-Jones was a trailblazer in the movement to protect birds of prey in Britain. Her Falconry Centre in Gloucestershire was in the forefront of captive breeding programmes for these threatened species.

MISSION WILD – AMERICAN TURTLES 1999

Turtles are under threat all over the world. The Caribbean Conservation Foundation based in Florida is setting up research and direct action programmes to preserve the turtles of the Caribbean waters. Filmed in Florida and Costa Rica.

MISSION WILD - BORNEO ORANGUTANS 1999

Orangutans are under terrible threat throughout Indonesia. In Borneo there is an organisation which is rescuing trapped adults and abandoned orphans for eventual release back into the wild.

KILLER ALGAE 2000

A tropical algae is threatening the waters of the Mediterranean and has now reached the coast of Southern California. Made for BBC Horizon.

LIVING ARCTIC 1980

Anthropologist Hugh Brodie researches the remote people of the Arctic region.

SHRIMP FEVER 1991

The ecologically crucial mangrove regions around the world are being destroyed to create profitable shrimp farms.

CAVIAR 1991

The fishing communities of the Volga Delta on the Caspian Sea are struggling to survive after the collapse of the Soviet Union as major crime syndicates move in on the lucrative trade in caviar.

ABLAZE IN PROVENCE 1992

Forest fires are endemic in the south of France but changes in the culture and the environmental impact of tourism have seen an increase in deliberate arson. The fire fighters of the region are facing more perilous contact with the blazes.

METAP 1997

METAP is bringing all the countries bordering the Mediterranean to work together to protect and preserve this sea that is fundamental to our history and culture.

BLACK TRIANGLE 1991

In the aftermath of the collapse of the Soviet Union the world became aware of the devastating impact on the environment and on the health of the people by brown coal and uranium mining in the former East Germany and Czechoslovakia.

NATURAL CAUSES 1996

The environmental activist Andrew Lees disappeared in suspicious circumstances while exposing illegal mining operations by Rio Tinto Zinc in Madagascar. Dr. Jonathan Kaplan investigates his friend’s untimely death.

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PEOPLE AND POLITICS

A CHILD FOR LIFE 2004

The excessive consumption of alcohol during the first trimester of pregnancy have been recognized as the cause of Foetal Alcohol Syndrome with devastating effects on the child’s development. This film was made with NOFAS, a charity set up to raise awareness of the problem.

THE PHILADELPHIA STORY 2003

Globalisation has brought about the collapse of industrial cities like Philadelphia and the deprivation that results. But some companies like Martin Guitars are able to buck the trend.

ROMA RIGHTS 2003

Roma communities in Europe have been subjected to centuries of persecution and racism. They are denied the chance to work, proper housing, healthcare and their children refused a decent education. But a new initiative – the Decade of Roma Inclusion has been established to protect these people.

STARTING TO HAPPEN 1976

In the early 1970s Liberation Films set up projects around London working with the new portable video technology. This is the story of one such story in Balham, south London.

PRINCE PHILIP 1998

One step behind the queen. A profile of the Duke of Edinburgh for ITV’s biography series.

FROM DOCKLANDS TO DHAKA 1996

Sam Everington is a GP in Bromley-by-Bow one of the poorest parts of London. Four out of ten of his patients are from Bangladesh. But with far worse poverty back in Bangladesh, Sam travels there to contrast their lives with those of his patients in London

A LOVE DIVIDED – BERLIN 1990

A series of films about couples who fall in love across racial, religious and political divides.

Anna and Sebastian were married shortly before the Berlin Wall came down. This film revisits them in what was West Berlin as they come to terms with in their new lives.

A LOVE DIVIDED – BELFAST 1991

In this series the film we mad in Belfast about a couple, he a catholic and she a protestant was the only one where we had to keep their identities secret for fear of retribution.

A LOVE DIVIDED – JERUSALEM 1991

Mixed marriages between Israeli Jews and Muslims was extremely rare at this time. Farouk and Ettie were struggling to keep their relationship alive in a bitterly divided country.

A LOVE DIVIDED – JOHANNESBURG 1991

Fanie and Julia met at a rock concert. Fanie is Afrikaans, Julia is Pedi. Their common language is Afrikaans. Mixed marriages were not uncommon at this time despite the hated Apartheid system. And change was coming.

LOOKING FOR KARADZIC 2003

Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic was charged with the slaughter of thousands of Muslims and Croats. Maggie O’Kane goes in search of one of the most wanted men in Europe.

FRONTLINE – MAGGIE O’KANE 1993

Maggie O’Kane investigates the role of Serb President Slobodan Milosevic in the wars in the former Yugoslavia.

SREBRENICA – LOOKING FOR JUSTICE 2001

This film examines the massacre at Srebrenica where tens of thousands of men and boys were murdered. It was the worst massacre in Europe since the Second World War.

RETURN TO SREBRENICA 2004

In 1995 the small town of Srebrenica in Eastern Bosnia was home to the worst massacre in Europe since World War Two. Now international aid and the burial of victims are part of a process allowing the town to move forward and begin to build a new future.

RIDING THE STORM – HOW TO TELL LIES AND WIN WARS 1996

Maggie O’Kane returns to Iraq five years after Desert Storm to try to understand why she was not able to report the war freely and to investigate some of the stories which simply didn’t stand up.

SMALL PAIN FOR GLORY 2004

Young athletes in Sierra Leone are training to be allowed to compete in the Athens Olympic Games. Made for Storeyville on BBC2.

MARTIN AND MYRA 1992

Martin is a rare Sumatran tiger in London zoo which is part of an international programme to breed this endangered species in captivity. Myra as being brought from Germany hopefully to mate with him. A Channel 4 News item.

INTERVIEW WITH A ZOMBIE 1997

A medical anthropologist and a poisons expert travel to Haiti to explore the mystery of whether zombies exist. The team enters the dark heart of Haiti to find their subjects using brain scans and DNA testing in their investigations.

LOVE ACROSS THE WALL 1989

Anna is from West Berlin, Sebastian from the East of the city. They fell in love when Anna was touring with a theatre company and resolved to marry. This was one of the few ways of leaving the East legally. Then, soon after they come to West Berlin, the Wall that has divided the city for so long came down.

TRANSYLVANIA 1993

Transylvania is a wild and beautiful land, forever associated in peoples’ minds with vampires and Count Dracula. It is also rich in Romanian and Hungarian folk culture. In the aftermath of the collapse of the Soviet Bloc tension is rising between the two communities.

PAT AND JOE AND SHEFFIELD 1995

Mixed-race relationships were rare at his time in Germany so this film about Pat and Joe and their family living in Sheffield was an unusual experience for viewers on German television.

BETTER DEAD THAN GAY 1996

Simon Harvey was gay; he was also a Christian. Shortly after his 26th birthday he killed himself, unable to reconcile his sexuality with his religion. In this film we meet his family and friends in an attempt to understand why.

TESTIMONY – WITH ANNIE LENNOX 1998

Annie Lennox in conversation with Palden Gyatso, a Buddhist monk who was imprisoned and tortured for many years by the Chinese rulers in Tibet and wrote a book about his experiences. Made for Amnesty International.

DIVIDED BY RAPE 1984

The Sikh community in Southall, West London, is torn apart by accusations of rape against one of its most revered citizens.

TRIGGER FILMS ON MENTAL HEALTH AND ON SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES 1975

Trigger films were a concept developed at Liberation Films; they were short dramatized films made to be used in classrooms to trigger discussion about difficult or taboo subjects.

OTTO E. – FARMER IN ENGLAND 1985

Otto was a German prisoner of war held in Scotland where he learned to be a farmer and also fell in love with a local girl. After the war the couple chose to stay and made a new life for themselves in Kent. Made for German television with German dialogue.

POLICING AWAY 2001

The film follows British police officers as they volunteer to work with the UN peacekeeping missions training police forces in Kosovo, Bosnia and East Timor.