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Child development expert and noted paediatrician Harvey Karp demonstrates the technique of the 'calming reflex', the secret trick to getting babies to stop crying.
This third collection of British filmmaker Molly Dineen's works features three made-for-TV documentaries. Filmed shortly after she left girl group the Spice Girls, 'Geri' (1999) follows the career of Geri Halliwell, containing interviews with the singer and behind-the-scenes footage. 'The Lord's Tale' (2002) explores the effect of the change in Britain's political system that no longer allowed for Lords in the House of Commons to inherit their position, resulting in 700 losing their titles. 'The Lie of the Land' (2007) investigates the agricultural issues faced by farmers and other country dwellers due to changes being made in government legislation.
Docu-drama about a woman whose body was not discovered until three years after her death. Joyce Vincent died in 2003 in her North London bedsit. In 2006 her remains were found lying on her sofa, surrounded by wrapped up Christmas gifts and with the TV still on. The film investigates the facts of Joyce's tragically short existence and the mysterious circumstances of her death, featuring interviews with friends and colleagues who had lost touch with her and reconstructed dramatic scenes from her life, as imagined by writer-director Carol Morley, with Zawe Ashton playing the role of this seemingly forgotten woman.
Documentary about the breakout of AIDS in San Francisco in the early 1980s. During the 1970s, San Francisco had a very open gay community where men and women were able to enjoy a sense of freedom denied them in most other cities in America. However, when AIDS began to spread it caused a huge increase in deaths in the city, as it did around the world. The film focuses on the impact of the disease on the people of San Francisco and how the community rallied together to support one another through the crisis.
A documentary profile of the life and work of the great Italian tenor, including film of some of his most iconic performances.
This second collection of British filmmaker Molly Dineen's works features her four-part documentary series, 'The Ark' (1993). During a tough economical period, with the possibility of redundancy, the workers at London Zoo must make difficult decisions about the future of the animals.
Collection of 15 documentary shorts from British filmmaker Humphrey Jennings. The films in this volume were made between 1934 and 1940 and include 'The First Days' (1939), 'Spare Time' (1939) and 'London Can Take It!' (1940).
David Gladwell's film looking at Britain's rural traditions. A local churchyard keeper explores the way of life for villagers in Suffolk, England, focusing on how the introduction of machinery has affected the community.
Documentary about Vidal Sassoon, hairdresser to the stars. From his impoverished childhood in a Jewish orphanage in London, Sassoon went on to enjoy a jet-setting life of art, style and international fame in the 1960s, and revolutionised the world of hairdressing with his pioneering styles and liberating 'wash and wear' philosophy.
Documentary about the life and career of American photographer, model and war correspondent Lee Miller. The film provides a portrait of Miller, featuring interviews with those who knew her, and explores the friendships she had with many other artists, including Pablo Picasso and Max Ernst.
Ann Crowther draws upon 20 years of experience as a fitness trainer to bring this unique workout to the DVD market. Ann has won extensive praise for the development of her own highly successful Pilates system which she utilises in this programme. This DVD includes two exhilarating workouts:
rench documentary film, from director Thomas Balmes, which depicts the early lives of four young babies from around the world. The children are followed on film for the first year of their lives, with all footage shot in their respective countries of origin. Bayar is from Bayanchandmani (Mongolia) and Ponijao is from Opuwo (Namibia), both rural areas; Mari is from Tokyo (Japan) and Hattie is from San Francisco (USA), both urban areas. The film aims to showcase the cultural differences and connections of the world through the fresh and innocent eyes of tiny children.
All eight episodes of the BBC ancient history series presented by Neil Oliver, which looks back thousands of years to tell the story of how Britain and its people first came to be. From the glacial wasteland of ice-age mammoth hunters through to the Stone Age and the Bronze Age, the series taps into the latest discoveries and experimental archaeology to show how science is helping to solve some of the longest-enduring mysteries of ancient technology, such as how Stonehenge was constructed.
A five-hour collection of short films, filmed between 1947 and 1978 by the National Coal Board Film Unit, that brings to life the working history of British miners, their families, and the communities that supported them.
Jessica Smith presents five ten-minute workouts designed to fit into even the busiest of schedules. Workouts are: 'Better Booty Camp', 'Strong and Slim Thighs', 'Trim and Toned Tummy', 'Lower Body Makeover' and 'Belly Flab Fighter'.
Award-winning documentary, narrated by Dustin Hoffman, that tells the stories of five of the 47,000 people whose lives are commemorated in the AIDS quilt. Constructed in 1989, the quilt, made as a memorial to and celebration of the lives of people who have died of AIDS-related causes, has become the largest piece of community art work in the world, covering 14 acres, and weighing over 50 tons.
Kimberly Spreen presents five workouts based around the fitness ball, each designed to tighten and tone your body. The secret of the ball is that it works on your midsection without you even knowing it. Just by maintaining balance on the ball, you constantly activate your core muscles - so all the workouts will help give you leaner, flatter abs. You can split the five ten-minute sections into five separate workouts, mix and match to hit your own unique problem areas, or do all of them together for a full body workout.
Profile of D.H. Lawrence, author of 'Lady Chatterley's Lover', 'Sons and Lovers', and many other classic novels.
A collection of short films produced by the GPO Film Unit. The BFI National Archive, in partnership with BT, Royal Mail and The British Postal Museum and Archive, has curated and restored the output of short films produced by the GPO Film Unit from 1933-1940. The unit provided a spring board to many of the best-known and critically acclaimed figures in the British Documentary Movement, including John Grierson, Alberto Cavalcanti, Basil Wright and Harry Watt, alongside innovators and experimentalists such as Len Lye and Norman McLaren. This, the second of three volumes, contains the following titles: 'Rainbow Dance' (1936), 'Saving of Bill Blewitt' (1936), 'Calendar of the Year' (1936), 'Fairy of the Phone' (1936), 'Night Mail' (1936), 'Roadways' (1937), 'Trade Tattoo' (1937), 'Big Money' (1937), 'We Live in Two Worlds' (1937), 'N Or NW' (1937), 'A Job in a Million' (1937), 'Book Bargain' (1937), 'What's On Today' (1938), 'Love On the Wing' (1938), 'The Horsey Mail' (1938), 'Heavenly Post Office' (1938), 'News for the Navy' (1938), 'Mony a Pickle' (1938), 'North Sea' (1938), 'Penny Journey' (1938), 'The Tocher' (1938) and 'Gods Chillun' (1938).
Award-winning documentary focusing on the life and times of San Francisco's first openly gay politician. After having run unsuccessfully for office on three occasions, Harvey Milk was finally elected a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1977, when the growing political and economic power of the city's gay community heralded sweeping social changes. After serving eleven months in office, Milk, along with Mayor George Moscone, was assassinated by Dan White, a disgruntled former supervisor, desperate to be reinstated. The film traces Milk's rise to prominence and election, his assassination, and the aftermath, when a miscarriage of justice allowed White to receive a unjustly short jail term, provoking widespread condemnation and rioting.
A collection of short films produced by the GPO Film Unit. The BFI National Archive, in partnership with BT, Royal Mail and The British Postal Museum and Archive, has curated and restored the output of short films produced by the GPO Film Unit from 1933-1940. The unit provided a spring board to many of the best-known and critically acclaimed figures in the British Documentary Movement, including John Grierson, Alberto Cavalcanti, Basil Wright and Harry Watt, alongside innovators and experimentalists such as Len Lye and Norman McLaren. This, the first of three volumes, provides an exploration of the unit's early experimentation with sound and features the award-winning 'Song of Ceylon' (1934) and other neglected works, many of which will be available for the first time since their original release.
Live stage performance of Lou Reed's 1973 album, recorded at St. Ann's Warehouse in Brooklyn, New York over five nights in 2007. When it was first released, 'Berlin', Reed's third solo outing, received a critical mauling, especially since it followed his earlier triumph, 'Transformer', with its hit single 'Walk On The Wild Side'. 'Berlin' is a tragic rock opera which deals with the drug-addled relationship of a doomed couple, and all its attendant depression and angst. The use of orchestral arrangements, horn sections and top session musicians alienated a large section of Reed's fanbase on release. However, over time the album has been re-evaluated, and is now regarded as one of Reed's best solo works, ranking 344 on 'Rolling Stone' magazine's 500 greatest albums of all-time.
Jacques Rivette's elusive, disquieting drama that many considered to herald his second wind as one of the great French filmmakers. The plot concerns a number of drama students who encounter the same mysterious man, who tells them each a different story about a friend in danger. The inherent theatricality of the drama students plays into the film's aura of unresolved menace, where conspiracy is so pervasive that it is essentially invisible. The film intentionally creates an air of mystery and paranoia designed to leave the viewer unsettled and grasping for explanations. |
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