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NARINA’S STORY

For the Community Liaison Unit of the Foreign & Commonwealth Office. This film tells the story of Narina Anwar’s dramatic escape, with her two sisters, from the threat of forced marriage in Pakistan. 2001.

Educating Igor

Educating Igor gives an insight into the isolated, impoverished world of Slovakia's Roma community. Often excluded and derided as "gypsies" this is the story of Igor and his sister, Irma, and their efforts to use education to change the future for the children in their community. 2015.

TYING THE KNOT

This film for schools and youth groups, explains the difference between arranged and forced marriages, and informs young people that choice in marriage is a fundamental human right. 2002.

APHRODITE’S DROP

Aphrodite’s Drop dives into the sensuous world of pearls uncovering their past and exploring their present– from their production, symbolism and pleasures, to the hard knocks of the market place. 2004.

Through the Looking Glass

Monica Whitlock - former BBC correspondent - retraces the steps of the 2005 Andajini massacre. After five years she was able to trace some of the people in exile who had been given up for dead. Their families are still under threat but they have for the first time told their story. 2011.

Divorce Sharia Style

Monica Whitlock - former BBC correspondent - retraces the steps of the 2005 massacre. After five years she was able to trace some of the people in exile who had been given up for dead. Their families are still under threat but they have for the first time told their story. 2008.

LOVE, HONOUR AND DISOBEY

Love, Honour and Disobey tells the story of domestic violence in Britain's black and ethnic minority communities through the eyes of the Southall Black Sisters, who have been working to combat domestic violence for more than 25 years. 2005.

Oaxacalifornia

An engaging portrait of the migrant experience through the Mejía family, who left Mexico 23 years earlier and set up home in Fresno, California. Filmed in Mexico and the USA, this is a gentle and illuminating portrait that weaves stories about the dangers of illegal border crossings, what it is to belong, and the importance of maintaining the Mejía family’s Mexican heritage, traditions, and customs as American citizens. 1994.

War Takes

With conflicts raging on nearly every continent, war now regularly transcends the battlefield into everyday life - whether its increased security at airports or infringements on personal privacy. In WAR TAKES, Colombian filmmakers Adelaida Trujillo and Patricia Castaño turn the cameras on themselves to portray the tough realities of life in the war-ravaged country of Colombia. 2002.

The Hum

An investigation into the mystery of low-frequency noise, looking at sufferers who hear a ‘hum’ around Britain.

Cuban rebel ball

A whole Different Ballgame

For over 30 years baseball has symbolised Cuban defiance and national pride. ‘Cuban rebel Ball’ explores the deep roots that baseball has in Cuban popular consciousness, and looks to a future where economic privations threaten the collective spirit so studiously nurtured by the state in its local and national teams.

Part of a four-part series looking at sport and nationalism in Brazil, Cuba, South Africa and India. 1994.

Voortrekker Truck

A Whole Different ballgame

This episode exposes Rugby's role in South Africa at the time of apartheid, finding optimism for the long road ahead, while addressing fears over the possibility of sporting equality in an unequal society.

Part of a four-part series looking at sport and nationalism in Brazil, Cuba, South Africa and India. 1994.

Dream Before Wicket

a Whole Different Ballgame

Cricket runs as a common thread through Indian social, economic, political and religious life. The game is played everywhere, from pavements to vast stadiums. And even the pavement cricket draws a crowd. In its cutting between the stadium and the street, the film stresses the all-pervasive relationship between the nation and its game.