Citizenship - DVDs |  Citizenship concerns itself with the political, moral and cultural issues that crop up within today’s society. Students study the institutions and systems that influence their lives and, as a result, become actively involved in the workings of their school, neighbourhood and community. Key themes include justice, democracy, diversity and participation. Noisy Planet’s Citizenship range includes films that will increase knowledge of topical world affairs, highlight the work of voluntary groups around the world, analyse the significance of the media in today’s society and encourage volunteering. | |
| |  | This is an in-depth, fly-on-the-wall documentary about the laws, traditions and the philosophy of Judaism. We follow a community of rabbis, their wives and families in order to appreciate the dedication, hard-work and responsibility required by a follower of the Jewish faith in today’s Britain.
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| |  | This DVD tells the stories of five girls and three boys, aged 8 to 16, who live in the coastal areas of India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Thailand. Each was affected by the Asian Tsunami of December 2004, losing loved ones, their home or their belongings. Their stories of survival, courage and resilience give an insight into the long and arduous journey back to normalcy for millions of Asians affected by one of the worst natural disasters of all time. Along the way, we also probe what happened to the massive volume of donations the world pledged to help the survivors.
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| |  | This is the dramatic story of the West India Regiment, a regiment of slaves created to defend the interests of the British Empire at the end of the 18th century. In return for their fierce loyalty, soldiers were rewarded with the status of being the first black Britons. This film tells their story from establishment to dissolution, bringing the slave trade to life in this anniversary year.
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| |  | Europe is home to five million illegal immigrants. 500,000 more arrive each year. This programme looks at the living conditions of these men, women and children who live without papers, insurance and other things that we take for granted. Difficult questions are raised because Europe’s agriculture, catering and health service sectors would simply not be able to function without them. The film includes footage from the UK, Germany, Spain and China plus a well-made reconstruction of the Morecambe Bay cockle-picking tragedy.
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| | _.jpg) | Swaziland has the highest proportion of AIDS infection in the world. More than 40% of the population is HIV-positive and average life expectancy is just 32 years. SWAPOL (Swaziland Positive Living) is a women’s organisation that challenges the victimisation and discrimination of HIV-infected women in the country’s rural communities. This presents its own difficulties in an undemocratic country where the king is suspicious of any form of activism. The film follows the women who devote their lives to SWAPOL, working to help their community in its time of crisis.
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| |  | Many of India’s lowest caste, the Untouchables, work as debt slaves for members of higher castes. These are people who have in the past borrowed a sum of money, for instance to pay for a wedding or a funeral, that they have no realistic hope of ever paying back - many find it impossible even to find out how much they owe. They are doomed to work unpaid for the lender in perpetuity. This film looks at the injustice of the system and the work of activists to liberate the victims from their slavery.
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| |  | Does the presence of news cameras in war zones such as Palestine actually prompt the violence? This film follows two cameramen whose pictures bring the horror of the Arab-Israeli conflict into our homes. Alon Bernstein is an Israeli who works as a freelance news cameraman for broadcasters including the Associated Press. His close friend is Jimmy Michael, a Palestinian who works principally for the BBC. Their job is to film the pictures that we see on our evening news.
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| |  | Five years after filming Primetime War 1, we return to the Palestinian and Israeli cameramen filming the conflict for the daily TV around the world. In the interim, the situation has degenerated into a real war - a war in which cameramen are injured and killed. Primetime War II focussed more closely on the day-to-day newsgathering process.
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| |  | Ein el-Helweh is the largest Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon. It is notorious as a violent and lawless place where there is daily conflict between Fatah and militant Islamic groups linked to Al-Qaeda. With unparalleled access, this film shows the daily life of the people who live there - their jobs, their pastimes, their children's education, the radicalisation of some of the number, the frustrations of ghetto life and their dream of one day returning to their homeland.
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| |  | Large tranches of the Arctic ice cap are melting. For the first time it is possible to sail all the way around the islands of Svalbard – the world’s most northerly civilisation. These islands provide the best demonstration of how global warming is affecting Arctic wildlife. The film-maker’s journey around these harsh coasts brings him uncomfortably close to the polar bears that are starving as their hunting grounds melt away. We also meet walruses, polar foxes and many birds, all of which are feeling the climatic changes.
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| |  | As we come to the end of the Oil Age, there is a general acceptance that the next era of human existence will have to be powered by renewable energy sources. This level-headed, non-cranky analysis examines how the three key alternative energy sources - solar, wind and biomass - are being developed for everyday applications and how they point the way towards genuine energy sustainability for future generations.
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| |  | In the 1920s PCBs were considered to be wonder-materials. Their fire resistance, electrical insulation and ability to make other materials more pliable led to use in countless applications. They were routinely used in hydraulic fluids, paint, ceiling tiles, Linoleum, electrical components, concrete, railway sleepers and domestic white goods. But in the 1970s PCBs were found to have leaked into the environment and entered the food chain, where they were wreaking a devastating effect on animal and human organisms around the world. They were banned, but it was too late. PCBs do not simply disappear and they continue to cause harm to this day.
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| |  | This is Lin Sutherland’s journey to look for the planet’s tallest trees on the island of Tasmania. Unfortunately she is not alone in this search - it’s a race against the massive and relentless wood chipping industry. Can Lin locate these ‘living legends’ before the woodcutters bring them down? Our forests depend on the cycle of growth, decay and renewal for survival but this is now threatened by logging, mining and cattle grazing.
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| |  | This film looks at the roles carried out by four different types of volunteer in the UK: 1. Sailing instructor: Volunteer instructors introduce local children to the basics of sailing 2. Lifeboat team: Volunteers from the Margate lifeboat talk about what they do and why they do it 3. Race marshal: Volunteer race marshals at Brands Hatch, without whom there would be no motor racing 4. Glider pilot: Volunteer pilots who give disabled and disadvantaged children an experience of unpowered flight
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