Citizenship - Films for School Networks | Welcome to Noisy Planet’s collection of Citizenship Films for School Networks. Click on any of the films featured on this page to see detailed information about that film, including a short clip from the film (nb. the preview clips are hosted via YouTube so you will need to watch them on a computer that does not have YouTube barred). The films are Windows Media files (WMV9) with a resolution of 320 x 240 pixels and a bit rate of 769 kbps. Typical file size is 258 MB for a 50 minute film. Films are supplied as a site licence to the purchasing institution and are available to schools and colleges in the UK and the Republic of Ireland only. There are two ways of buying: (1) INDIVIDUAL PURCHASE: Films can be bought individually and downloaded from this website. Payment is by credit/ debit card at time of purchase at a cost of £19.99 + VAT per download. (2) PACKAGE PURCHASE: Curriculum area packages can be ordered by email for delivery to your school on DVD for upload to your network. Please email your order to orders@noisyplanet.com. Include a Purchase Order number if your school operates such a system. Payment is by invoice to your school. The curriculum area package for Citizenship consists of the following films: (1) A child is a child (2) Animal warfare (3) Class queers (4) Letter to the Prime Minister (5) Newbury - wars of the British tree people (6) Occupation (7) Preventive warriors (8) Road to martyrdom (9) Slaves (10) The other Europe This package costs £175 + VAT. If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to email us at orders@noisyplanet.com | |
| |  | What will be the legacy of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon? Will he be remembered as a man of peace or a war criminal? In the refugee camps of Lebanon, the shadow of the Sabra and Shatila massacre darkens every day. Here, people regard Sharon as the man who authorised a genocide. Who ordered the Israeli army to surround the camps, let the Christian militias in and did nothing as they massacred thousands of innocent civilians in Sabra and Shatila. This documentary centres on four survivors who spearheaded the campaign to bring Sharon to trial. Includes shocking archive of the massacre.
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| |  | In the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal, one of the most popular children's games is "Funerals". Here, one in five children is an AIDS orphan. They live alone or in orphanages, forced to grow up before their time. This unique and uplifting film follows a project aimed at giving these kids back their childhood. It chronicles their experiences as they come together to record a CD. The plan throws together boys and girls from different backgrounds, confronting stereotypes and allowing them to get to know each other. And what starts out as a community project soon becomes a voyage of self-discovery for all the children involved.
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| |  | In a few days, charismatic teenager Rhaissa, a nomadic Tuareg from Niger, will marry a man she's never met. After the wedding, everything will change. This warm, intimate documentary follows Rhaissa as she enjoys her last few days of girlhood and navigates the long marriage ceremony. By engraining herself in the Tuareg community, filmmaker Bettina Hansen discretely captures their sense of values and perspective on love. The result is a unique and beautifully-crafted film.
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| |  | It's become a nightmarish vision of the ultimate failed state. In Iraq, death squads wage sectarian war protected by their police uniforms. Government ministries use private militias to abduct each other's supporters. And while the state descends into anarchy, a terrorised population is left to fend for itself. To what extent was this chaos fomented by US military strategists? This powerful investigation reveals the real story behind the endless stream of bloody statistics.
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| |  | From attacking scientists and destroying labs to desecrating graves and intimidating staff, militant animal rights activists are prepared to do anything to further their cause. How do they justify their actions? Are they freedom fighters or terrorists? This slick investigation goes undercover with the ALF. We join them on raids to liberate animals and hear from the scientists they target. A probing report into extremist activism.
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| |  | Once upon a time there was a quaint town in tropical north Queensland called Tully. Times were tough in the old town, and the villagers were feeling rather grim about it all. Ron Hunt, the quixotic and determined town elder was not going to see his town die, so he decided to build a tourist monument, proposing building The World's Biggest Gumboot in honour of Tully's Australian record rainfall of 7.98 metres in 1950.
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| |  | Whatever happened to the hunt for Bin Laden? In the wake of 9/11, President Bush vowed not to "rest until we find him". But five years into the most expensive manhunt the world has ever seen, "Public Enemy Number One" remains at large. How has he continually evaded capture? Did he escape from Tora Bora or did someone let him go? In this controversial documentary, key personnel involved in the search speak out.
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| |  | What's it like to be an American soldier in Iraq right now? To face constant attacks from the people you came to liberate; be away from your family for years on end and watch your friends die on a regular basis? This intimate, character-led documentary, takes you straight into the soldiers' lives. We follow one company as they conduct raids, go on patrol and relax at base. From the paternal sniper who watches protectively over "his boys" to the young recruits who just want to go home in one piece, it's a warm and unusual perspective of military life.
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| |  | The definitive account of Saddam's use of chemical weapons, and the atrocities his sidekick "Chemical Ali" performed in the name of the Ba'ath Party. Coupling eyewitness accounts with rare archive, we bring alive the horrific reality of campaigns made against his own people. Now they say they "want to be the proof of Saddam's crimes". Shocking and slick profile of what must be one of the cruellest men of the late 20th Century.
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| |  | What's it like being a gay teenager in high school? This intimate documentary provides a rare glimpse into the lives of three gay kids. We follow Adam, Richard and Adina as they weave their way in and out of school, braving harassment and rejection as they come to terms with their sexuality. Eventually, they find refuge in a special education programme for gays where they can continue their schooling without risk of abuse. Compelling and insightful, "Class Queers" is an empowering film about daring to be different.
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| |  | This documentary is the empowering personal story of one Roma woman taking control of her own destiny. Maria Jose is a pretty, charismatic twenty eight year old. She graduated from one of Spain's top universities and has a prestigious career in social services. But she's also a gypsy and has had to overcome insurmountable obstacles to succeed. This uplifting film provides a new insight into the Roma community. Through the eyes of Maria Jose, we see how gypsies are facing up to the challenges of twenty-first century life. Made by the Emmy award winning producer of "Behind the Veil."'''
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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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| |  | Can things get any worse for the Acehnese? For almost three decades, the people of Aceh have suffered a brutal civil war. Then came the tsunami. And now, as this high quality documentary discovers, the Indonesian military are using the disaster to make life worse still. This high budget film uncovers opportunism of the worst kind. The Indonesian military is accused of exploiting the disaster, both to secure more economic benefits and as a cover to crush Aceh's desperate and impotent population.
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| |  | Outer space is open for business. From orbits 36,000 km away, satellites run our daily lives and put missiles in contact with their targets. They see and hear everything. But this booming $50 billion dollar a year industry is virtually unregulated. Space has become the exclusive domain of the biggest and strongest. As space becomes increasingly commercialised and militarised, are we allowing the dangers to outweigh the potential benefits? This high-quality report investigates.
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| |  | `How Arnold won the West' is a hilarious political satire on the most bizarre American election to date. In true Hollywood-style and after much media speculation, Arnold Schwarzenegger announced his candidacy for Governor of California on The Jay Leno Show in August 2003. The world was watching. But as Schwarzenegger hit the campaign trail, were we just witnessing the cult of celebrity?
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| |  | Millions of people live illegally in Europe. Forced by circumstances beyond their control, they lead a virtually invisible life in the shadows, always hopeful things will improve. This thought-provoking film spends a year following five illegal immigrants from different parts of the world. They're prepared to overcome all challenges for one thing: the European dream.
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| |  | What happened to the billions of dollars of Iraqi reconstruction money entrusted to the American Coalition? In just fourteen months, the CPA burned its way through nearly $20 billion. But no-one can account for where it all went. Iraq's infrastructure is worse than ever before. Operating theatres are flooded with sewage. New-born babies are dying for lack of basic equipment. In this shocking `Dispatches' investigation, Iraqi doctor Ali Fadhil goes in search of the missing money. He uncovers a horrific story of fraud, incompetence and corruption.
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| |  | Did America knowingly allow Pakistan to become the first Islamic nuclear state? Did they look the other way as Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and others connived to create the ultimate weapon in defence of Islam? Was America so desperate to defeat the Soviets that they quietly sanctioned a trade off, permitting the Muslim world to create a nuclear bomb in exchange for help driving the Russians from Afghanistan? A powerful and compelling indictment of US nuclear policy over the decades.
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| |  | He's the man dubbed the "20th hijacker." A self-proclaimed member of Al Qaeda now serving a life sentence for his involvement in 9/11. But how did the polite, quiet boy from Narbonne grow up to be a terrorist? What radicalised and motivated Zacarias Moussaoui? This though-provoking documentary explores the religious-ideological roots of Islamic terror. Interviews with Moussaoui's family help explain his conversion while powerful Muslim voices, like the Secretary-General of Hezbollah, comment on the links between Islam and violence.
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| |  | Baby Kristen was born with giant tumours engulfing her face. She seemed doomed to a life full of shame, misery, pain and suffering. Then she met Dr Milton Waner, a medical pioneer who specialises in the "desperate cases" other doctors refuse to treat. We follow Kristen's brave eight year battle for a normal life.
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| |  | This documentary is a unique and personal account of the invasion and occupation of Iraq. Months before war broke out, renowned human rights activist Jo Wilding left for Baghdad to record violations of the Geneva convention. Filmed over the past few years and narrated as a letter to Tony Blair using original diary extracts, A Letter to the Prime Minister traces the non-violent resistance to the occupation. Includes exclusive and harrowing footage of the siege of Fallujah.
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| |  | This is the untold story of how the global racket in fake drugs turned an easily curable disease into Africa's biggest child killer. According to leading scientists, millions of children could have been saved if the pharmaceutical industry and World Health Organisation had collaborated to address the problem. Now, signs are emerging that malaria is developing resistance to the one effective drug which can still treat it. It's a development which threatens patients all over the world. But - after decades of silence - has the WHO left it too late to act?
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| |  | The haunting tale of families torn apart by a brutal dictatorship. During the reign of Argentina's harsh military junta, thousands of men, women and children simply disappeared. Parents lost their children, orphans were forced into unknown and uncaring families. Twenty five years on, the scars still refuse to heal. This is the deeply moving story of a never ending nightmare, told through the eyes and memories of four extraordinary individuals.
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| |  | A picturesque and daring tale of British anti-road protest, told from 50m up a majestic pine tree!
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| |  | This documentary is the inspiring tale of how a group of students took on and defeated one of the most powerful corporations in the world. Horrified that employees at Harvard were being paid starvation wages, the students decided to act on their behalf. When years of peaceful negotiations failed, they occupied the main offices, refusing to leave until they had secured a living wage for all employees. Narrated by Ben Affleck, this powerful film captures the students' struggle from start to finish.
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| |  | Are prisoners at Guantanamo Bay being severely tortured? As more and more former inmates speak out, evidence of this is stacking up. Whilst America may have signed the Convention against Torture, many of its allies in the War on Terror haven't. And by sending detainees to these countries for interrogation, the US is able to gain intelligence obtained through torture whilst at the same time keeping its hands clean. This documentary is the shocking story of one such case. It's the tale of Mamdouh Habib, arrested in a general round up and sent to Egypt for six months to be tortured.
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| |  | If in doubt - attack! The American neo-conservative policy of attacking rivals before they're a real danger represents a dangerous political shift within the most powerful nation on earth. But what will be the long term consequences of pre-emptive war? This documentary is a polished and critical investigation into the foreign affairs sledgehammer now being wielded out of Washington. Featuring interviews with leading intellectuals this documentary offers a frightening insight into what could become a harsh new world order.
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| |  | After the Iraqi government threatened to expel all foreign mercenaries following the Blackwater shootout, the role of private military contractors was once again in the spotlight. There's no denying that the rise of the private military contractor is transforming the way we wage war. They earn four times more than regular soldiers, act with impunity and - in Iraq - outnumber all non-US soldiers combined. Private Armies follows the training and deployment of these men. From skidding around a racing track, practising escaping from kidnappers, to dodging bullets in Baghdad, it's an eye-opening look at life as a private soldier.
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| |  | In the remote village of Jarnawala, Pakistan, everything rotates around the love affairs of younger residents. Self-proclaimed `ladies man', Nawaz, has just married his sheltered cousin. While he struggles to adapt to married life, former girlfriend Mehnaz runs from one controversial suitor to the next. When she decides to marry a man outside her caste, the scene is set for a family showdown. Funny and shocking, Punjabi Love Story is a surprisingly frank look at love in a country ruled by caste and kinship.
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| |  | After more than a decade in an African refugee camp, two Somali Bantu families are relocated to urban America. We follow their first eighteen months, beginning with cultural orientation classes, where they are introduced to electricity and other novelties. But crash courses in English have ill prepared them for life in the USA and they struggle to adapt to America's material culture.
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| |  | What prompts a young, well-educated Westerner to become a suicide bomber? We trace how one "kind, really nice boy" from England became the first westerner to carry out a suicide bombing.
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| |  | Twenty thousand private soldiers operate in Iraq. Who are these people? What do they do and why do they do it? "Shadow Company" is a groundbreaking investigation into the secretive world of modern mercenaries. It follows one British contractor on his tour of duty, contrasting his experiences in Iraq with previous operations in places like Sierra Leone and Equatorial Guinea. This is the definitive film on the changing face of modern war.
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| |  | Think slavery is a thing of the past? Think again. In the African state of Niger, an estimated 870,000 people are born into slavery. They spend their entire lives belonging to a master, who can beat, rape or sell them at will. Despite being technically illegal, slavery is so engrained in the national psyche that a government spokesman praises it as a "cultural tradition". But in the world's second poorest country, casting off the shackles of slavery and finding a job is unthinkable for many.
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| |  | An unspoken civil war is being waged for control of Pakistan. The Taliban already rule the tribal belt. Now, they're bringing their fight straight to President Musharraf's doorstep. Pakistan's capital has been rocked by a wave of suicide bombings. Islamic militias usurp all the functions of state while streets throng with protests demanding the President's resignation. Can General Musharraf survive? And how did the Taliban bounce back so quickly after their supposed defeat in Afghanistan?
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| |  | Away from the glare of the media, in the most remote and dangerous parts of Afghanistan, US marines are on a mission to hunt down the Taliban. But in many places their security sweeps are proving counterproductive. More and more villagers are alleging they have been abused by marines. This documentary is a disturbing expose of American actions in Afghanistan. Journalist Carmela Baranowska spent three weeks embedded with the marines. She then returned in secret to document what was really happening. It's a story of prisoners abused and villagers humiliated. This report prompted a US inquiry.
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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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| |  | In a world where inequality is increasing and individuals feel powerless, it's uplifting to know that ordinary people can make a difference. We tell the untold story of Bermuda's struggle to end segregation in the 1950s. Mixing unseen archive footage with lively characters this film paints a vivid picture of the struggle to end discrimination in the rich man's playground.
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| |  | Growing up surrounded by blond, blue-eyed children in Sweden, Chinese adoptees Alice, Mimmi, Nanna and Linna always felt different. The girls were adopted on the same day from the same orphanage but having moved abroad as babies they don't speak Mandarin and have no concept of their native country. Now ten years old, they are returning to China for the first time. What will they make of their homeland? A moving look at identity.
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