Responsible Corporations? BAE Systems
22 mins, 2012 Multinational BAE Systems make everything from aircraft to missiles and big profits.They make big profits,create skilled jobs and use cutting edge technology. But is it in an immoral business? GLOBAL BUSINESS: Originally formed from a merger of British aviation companies in the 1970s, BAE was originally called British Aerospace. Now it’s ditched… Read more »
Responsible Corporations? Apple, News Corp & Google
25 mins, 2012 This film looks at three famous companies in the world of media and technology and explores the ethics of their approach to business. APPLE has amazing products, but they’re made by people in China who work long hours for small wages. Some workers have even killed themselves: the “Foxconn Suicides”. Apple now… Read more »
Impact Of Tourism: Kenya
29 mins, 2011 Tourism is Kenya’s third largest source of income. Last year alone, more than half a million tourists spent their holidays here. But what don’t the tourists see? MASAI MARA: The Masai Mara is one of the best-known game parks in the world. All around the game park, mock villages have been built…. Read more »
The Energy Question: Nuclear, Wind Or Fossil?
24 mins, 2011 In March 2011 a tsunami hit a Japanese nuclear reactor and ignited a new debate on the safety of nuclear energy. This film explores the very different energy policies of two countries: Australia and Sweden. AUSTRALIA: For decades people in Australia campaigned against the nuclear and uranium industries – but global warming… Read more »
Egypt: Tourism In Turmoil
30 mins, 2014 Tourism has been vital to the Egyptian economy for decades. Despite setbacks, the 20 years up to 2011 seem like a golden era in the light of subsequent events. Since the revolution of 2011 and the political and social upheavals that followed, tourism numbers and income have nose-dived. TOURISM: BLESSING OR CURSE?… Read more »
The Power Of A Multinational
30 mins, 2010 Are people right to fear the spread of genetically modified crops? This powerful documentary tells the story of one farmer who takes a stand against the massive multinational Monsanto. THE BATTLE: Representatives from the multinational company Monsanto visit Canadian farmer Percy Schmeiser and demand he surrender his canola crops. Percy refuses and… Read more »
Impact Of Globalisation 3: The Car Makers
30 mins, 2010 The car was once a symbol of American ingenuity and technological progress. But now production has been outsourced to countries across the world. This film demonstrates the huge impact globalisation is having on an industry and the people who work in it. INDIA: In Chennai, India, Boniface works making radiator caps which… Read more »
Fair Trade And Chocolate
30 mins, 2010 Buy a bar of fair trade chocolate and help people in the developing world, too. This is the unique selling point of Divine Chocolate – but is it too good to be true? SOCIAL ENTERPRISE: Divine was set up a co-op of cocoa farmers in Ghana to give them a share in… Read more »
Too Much Tourism? 2: Snowdonia
27 mins, 2009 This is a film about the Snowdonia National Park in North Wales. It’s a beautiful place but is its beauty also its biggest threat, attracting more tourists than it can sustain? NATIONAL PARK: Snowdonia is the second largest of Britain’s national parks, which were established after years of campaigning by an act… Read more »
Pig Business: The Cost of Cheap Food
30 mins, 2009 In this shocking and provocative film, Tracy Worcester sets out to discover who’s paying the true price for the cheap pork for sale in Britain’s supermarkets. WHERE IT ALL STARTED: Industrialised pig farming was pioneered in America, and it’s the way most supermarket pork is produced. Critics here argue the factory farms… Read more »
Impact Of Globalisation 2: USA, China & Europe
42 mins, 2009 Three films look at how people in countries around the world are feeling the bitter effects of globalisation – from Europe and the USA to China. USA: Detroit, the city of Motown music and big cars is turning into an industrial wasteland. When the car industry was booming Detroit was the fifth… Read more »
China’s Pollution Busters
31 mins, 2009 China’s rapid industrialisation has come at a heavy price – polluted waterways and huge health problems. This film follows two Chinese environmentalists risking threats and violence to locate the factories polluting their water. CHONGQING: The film begins in Chongqing, one of China’s new mega cities, home to six million people, and a… Read more »