Inside China: 6. The Great Migration
21 mins, 2014 Chinese development has depended on a vast influx of 250 million migrant workers into the cities – some have prospered but most are poorly paid and housed, with few rights. Mass protests mean the government can no longer take them for granted. THE TRAINEE CHEF’S STORY Li Xu Bin is a migrant… Read more »
Urban Questions II: Nairobi, Kenya
22 mins, 2011 Nairobi, capital of Kenya is also known as the capital of crime because of a dramatic increase in kidnappings. This is rooted in one of Africa’s largest slums – Mathare. MATHARE: More than 35% of Kenyans live below the poverty line. In Nairobi, it’s more than 60%. In the centre of town… Read more »
Urban Questions: US, China & South Africa
60 mins, 2009 Three films look at cities in the developing and developed world and explore the problems facing their citizens. DETROIT, USA: The city of Detroit used to be a symbol of the industrial might of the USA. Now its factories have moved overseas in search of cheap labour. Former assembly workers freeze on… Read more »
China and Brazil: Tales Of Two Cities
26 mins, 2007 This film profiles two cities – one in China, one in Brazil – with very different tales to tell. CHONGQING, CHINA: Chongqing in China is already the largest city in the world and it’s growing at a rate that beggars belief. Migrant workers flood in from the countryside and skyscrapers spring up…. Read more »
Refugees And Migrants
50 mins, 2007 The plight of refugees and migrants is a major global problem. Two films provide dramatic case study material from the US and Bangladesh. Film 1: BANGLADESH In the early 1990s, members of the Rohingyas people fled persecution in Burma to seek a new life in neighbouring Bangladesh. But instead they found government… Read more »
Behind The Boom
27 mins, 2007 Over two hundred million migrants work illegally in China. Coming from the countryside into the cities, they power the country’s massive economic growth. This film features two powerful reports which offer contrasting views of migrants in Shanghai. REPORT 1 Kejun is 33 years old. He comes from one of China’s poorest provinces…. Read more »
Business & External Factors
25 mins, 2005 Much of what businesses do is a result of forces outside their control – external factors. What are these external factors and how do they affect businesses? This film uses real business case studies to demonstrate the importance of P-E-S-T – political, economic, social and technological factors. POLITICAL & ECONOMIC: People… Read more »
Can Regeneration Work?
30 mins, 1998 A study of the Cardiff Bay regeneration project. Cardiff was once a major international port, but the decline in the coal and steel industry led to a decline in the docks. Unemployment soared and Cardiff docks became a depressed area. Then in the 1980s the Government began a series of urban regeneration… Read more »