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See No Evil
1 x 72’ or 1 x 60’, 2014, HD
This poetic documentary follows retired apes as we look back at their lives. We meet Cheetah, star of Tarzan films, who eats porridge with a spoon and augments his pension by making abstract art; and Kanzi, who is regarded as the cleverest monkey in the world, and who was filmed in a study about acquiring language. This is an investigation into the intriguing relationship between chimp and man, as ‘remembered’ by the protagonists.
Dieptescherpte BV Director: Jos de Putter
Some Kind Of Spark
1 x 85’, 2015, HD
This film follows children from New York as they begin the life-changing experience of studying Juilliard’s music advancement programme, an outreach class for communities that are underrepresented in the arts. This is a new world for these children, and demands are high. Ultimately, the film aims to serve as an inspiration for other programmes to nurture two of our most valuable national treasures: our children and our musical heritage.
Plow Productions Director: Ben Niles
Spider House
1 x 89’, 2014, HD
Ever wondered what spiders really get up to in your home? In this special, Alice Roberts overcomes her arachnophobia to enter a spider-filled house where an astonishing drama unfolds within its walls. Inside she meets entomologist, Tim Cockerill, who loves spiders and quickly immerses Alice in the wonders of web- building, the secrets of fly-catching and the dangerous spider- eat-spider world they inhabit.
Windfall Films
Producers & Directors: Tom Cook & Clare Stronge
Shake Hands With The Devil
1 x 90’ or 1 x 60’, 2007, HD
In 1994, in one of the greatest tragedies of the twentieth century, nearly 800,000 people were murdered amid civil unrest in Rwanda. This documentary tells the story of Roméo Dallaire, a Canadian general in charge of the UN’s unsuccessful peacekeeping mission in the country prior to the killings. Returning for the first time in ten years, Dallaire recalls his painful memories and wonders if he could have stopped the disaster.
White Pine Pictures
Director: Peter Raymont Featuring: Roméo Ddallaire
Soul Of A People
1 x 90’, 2009, HD
In the grip of the Great Depression, unemployed men and women joined a program to document America in guidebooks and interviews. With Federal Writers’ Project, the government pitted young, untested talents against the problems of everyday Americans. From that experience, some of America’s great writers found their own voices, and discovered the Soul of a People.
Smithsonian Networks Director: Andrea Kalin
Stupidity
1 x 75, 2003, SD
Is our culture hooked on deliberate ignorance as a success strategy? From Adam Sandler to George W Bush, to the origins of the word moron, Stupidity examines the ‘dumbing down’ of contemporary culture. Featuring opinions and comments from John Cleese, Noam Chomsky, Selma Hayek and Bill Maher, Stupidity reveals that, despite our culture’s access to information, humans continue to choose stupidity. (Also available: Laughology and Boredom)
Elevator Films
Director: Albert Nerenburg
Feature Docs