Life Stories: Documentary & Factual
Sunday 28 March : 2pm : Cineworld : (94 mins) : £3
Exploring topical issues and personal stories around the globe in this enlightening documentary strand. Featuring films from Peru, Switzerland and France and UK. Followed by a directors’ Q& A session.
|Laguna Negra
An exploration of the core values of a subsistence farming community in Huancabamba (Peru) and the way the fabric of this society has been threatened by large scale mining and the destructive outcome of imposing a capital intensive model of development on a society based on traditional values.
Dir. Michael Watts (UK/Peru)
(23 mins 38 secs)
|Mother’s Day
Marie has already lost custody of two sons. Her determination to show she can be a good mother to one-year-old Charlie, despite her learning difficulties, is put to its final test at the Family Court
Dir. Ana Tovey (UK)
(8 mins 28 secs)
|Anti-Stigma
Six people’s experience of mental health services in Haringey from their perspective.
Dir. Ivan Riches (UK)
(25 mins)
|Dave
Dir. Adam Tyler (UK)
(8 mins 5 secs)
|Dir. Jimmy Watkins (UK)
(7 mins 30 secs)
Jimmy Then and Now
An autobiographical animation that looks at Jimmy’s battle with alcohol over the last 25 years.
Dir Jimmy Watkins (UK)
(7 mins 30 secs)
|Photograph of Jesus
Looking for photographs of Jesus, Yetis and Hitler in 1948? Help is at hand with this documentary-fantasy based on true stories of requests for impossible images.
Dir. Laurie Hill (UK)
(6 mins 40 secs)
|Rose Turquoise
A documentary shot in Morocco during a humanitarian campaign conducted by French and Swiss ophthalmologists and opticians. A little Moroccan girl guides the viewer through a journey marked by bizarre and sometimes frightening optical instruments.
Dir. Jérôme Bourquin and Viviane Murray (Switzerland)
(9 mins)
|Qu’est-ce qu’un trou noir (What is a Black Hole?)
For anyone who has ever wanted to know all there is to know about black holes without ever daring to ask….
Dir. Marc Chevalier (France)
(4 mins 41 secs)