Speak KDSK
This short movie pays tribute to the great painter Vassily Kandinsky, illustrating the fruition of his work, his artistic uniqueness and some stories of his life through animation..
This short movie pays tribute to the great painter Vassily Kandinsky, illustrating the fruition of his work, his artistic uniqueness and some stories of his life through animation..
Pepe Serna, our host, and familiar veteran actor takes us through the issues involved in the debate of undocumented immigration. Laredo, Texas has the largest inland (import & export) trade route in the USA, and is located right across the Rio Grande from Nuevo Laredo in Mexico. The combined population of the two Laredos is approximately 750,000. Most residents have family ties between the two cities. Laredoans express their views on undocumented immigration through their unique perspective: directly from the front line. Currently we have over twelve million undocumented immigrants living and working here in the United States; many of them crossed at this border region. Among the topics discussed are the border fence/wall debate, immigration laws, and racism. This documentary strives to make one reexamine their views on the topic of undocumented immigration..
Do You Speak American? is a documentary film and accompanying book about journalist Robert MacNeil's investigation into how different people throughout the United States of America speak. The book and documentary look at the evolution of America's way of speaking from the English language to various ways of speaking in regions throughout the country. Divisions of ethnicity, geography and social status and how they affect how Americans communicate are addressed. As part of the project, MacNeil traveled across the country conducting interviews with ordinary people as well as experts such as William Labov..
Travel through time to the 19th century parish church of Ars, France, in this dramatic presentation performed by Leonardo Defilippis. There you will witness the inspiring sermons and intimate prayers of Saint John Vianney that vividly illustrate the human frailty, humility, and fervor of the patron saint of parish priests. 50 mins (Released 2011).
Rodrigo owns this room. He's the best twelve-step speaker in town. Unfortunately everything he says is a lie. Thursday's Speaker is a dark comedy dealing with unplanned pregnancy, used car scams, twelve step programs, and family..
How the accident happened no one could explain, but the lamp had exploded, and the girl was blind! She thought of and sent for Bob. He came. Sadly she told him what had happened, and horror-stricken, he recoiled from her. And that moment he decided to go away. When he told her he was going west, that he would soon return to her, she clung to him. He comforted her with deceit, and went out of the house, putting her out of his life..
In their predominantly white high school in Halifax, a group of black students face daily reminders of racism, ranging from abuse (racist graffiti on washroom walls), to exclusion (the omission of black history from textbooks). They work to establish a Cultural Awareness Youth Group, a vehicle for building pride and self-esteem through educational and cultural programs. With help from mentors, they discover the richness of their heritage and learn some of the ways they can begin to effect change..
Changes are happening in the high Amazon cloud forest, and a snake speaks out..
Katy is an attractive teenager on the run from a slavery Mexican gang. She will find help and a new family in a gay married couple of CIA agents in Los Angeles..
From the 4 DVD Set Mother Angelica Live! Few people in history have touched as many lives as EWTN foundress Mother Angelica. Her great warmth, wisdom and humor have inspired and delighted millions across the globe. Mother Angelica Live! features some of her most beloved teachings. These timeless classics are taken from her live call-in television show that aired for more than 30 years. Down-to-earth yet brimmed with spiritual insights, Mother's teachings will inspire and delight you..
Documentary short by Humphrey Jennings about transatlantic telecommunications. This film is structured around British attempts to prevent the V1 missiles from getting through to their targets..
'An instructional film made on behalf of the Department of Social Welfare, demonstrating a new technique to teach English to illiterate adult audiences in the Gold Coast. (..) This is a film with an almost entirely African cast, depicting an African teacher instructing a group of African students, produced by a predominantly African crew. Yet, the subject of the film – encouraging the widespread teaching of English – jars with this image of a modern Gold Coast. Just as the Gold Coast Film Unit was overseen by British figures – such as Sean Graham and, in this case, George Noble – this film also endorses the retention of British influence within a new national identity'. - Tom Rice, for colonialfilm.org.
Seeing What Was Before Me Took My Breath Away, I Stood In The Moonlight, The Glow Was Blinding, As The Wind Bellowed I Felt In That Solitary Moment Like I Never Have Before And When They Lined The Streets To Spit At Me I Could Look Up To The Sky And See The End Knowing That My Final Moments Were Spent In The Presence Of Overwhelming Beauty..
Les aventures d'un héros de l'ouest Whispering Smith, chargé de démasquer les pilleurs de trains..
Montana-area Native Americans speak about the Earth that drilling is taking from them..
Tony Marchant's eloquent and painful play about the changes to how people are employed, and what that does to their sense of self..
Speaking Directly is an essay-film making for a kind of State of the Nation address, from the perspective of someone other than the President of the United States, circa 1972-4. This film addresses both the political and cultural situation of the US at the height of the Viet Nam war, Watergate and its aftermath, and likewise addresses the personal life, in this context, of the filmmaker, at that time thirty years of age, recently out of two plus years in federal prison for refusal to accept military service..
Adoptive parents tackle issues ranging from the process of adoption, to being a conspicuous family, parenting teens and helping children develop their identity..