poverty
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Why? Food waste, reproductive rights, and claiming the ultimate truth
THE WHY: Three shorts made over the years that are just as relevant today.
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Venus without furs
POVERTY: Inside the microcosm of a Portuguese tannery, director Inês Gil presents a story of decline among those on Europe’s fringes.
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Selling off the nation’s health
HEALTHCARE: The world's first universal public health service, the NHS today is under threat of being sold off and converted to a free market model.
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Hopeless endeavours down the supply chain
CAPITALISM: No justice in a world where Third World workers are as disposable as the cheap garments they make.
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Forty years in Nicaragua, dreaming
LIFE: Shot over 40 years, an epic about one woman’s struggle for independence requiring her to face her past in the macho-culture of Central America.
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More than just a place to eat
POVERTY: Following the kitchen staff & guests of a North Philadelphia soup kitchen, Petr Lom's documentary sees firsthand what happens when an undocumented Mexican family asks for sanctuary in its church.
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Peru’s battle for water over greed for gold
CAPITALISM: An incredible story of a Peruvian farmer who stood up to one of the world’s largest gold-mining companies and triumphed.
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Flying the battered nest of circumstance
POVERTY: Let down by society’s promises, a generation of young Scots carve out moments of tenderness amidst bursts of frustration and violence.
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Finding a Western husband is not the cure to all pains
Spanning a ten-year period, Heartbound tells the stories of Thai women who realise their dream of marrying a Western man.