Flip Flotsam – An African Recycling Story
26 mins, 2007 This highly visual documentary traces the fantastic journey of Africa’s most popular shoes – the flip-flop – from manufacture in Mombasa Kenya to ultimate recycling and resale as toys and mobiles. In the process it colourfully illustrates a striking form of sustainable development and its impact on the environment and economy of… 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 »
Working In Sainsbury’s
30 mins, 2006 Supermarkets – the retail powerhouses of the 21st Century. Their people are crucial to their fight for high street dominance. This film looks at the working lives of four staff in Sainsbury’s. THE PERSONNEL PERSON: Jenny does one of the most important jobs in any supermarket – not filling shelves but filling… Read more »
Sustainable Development
34 mins, 2006 What’s meant by sustainable development? This film offers a stark account of the dangers threatening the planet and explores what we can do to avoid disaster. INDUSTRIALISATION: The problems started about 250 years ago with the industrial revolution. First coal, then oil, fuelled a world of mass production, mass consumption – and… Read more »
Systems In Local Government
35 mins, 2006 Local councils are often huge organisations, providing a wide variety of services, from running libraries to keeping the roads free of ice. Critical to their operation are information systems. This film visits Cornwall County Council to explore how five of these information systems work. ADMINISTRATION: Councils are vast bureaucracies generating mountains of… Read more »
Managing Personnel
26 mins, 2006 Jenny Wooledge has one of the most important jobs in a supermarket – personnel manager. Crucial to her job is a computer system. This film tells the story of what she does in Sainsbury’s, Thanet branch. RECRUITMENT: First you need to get the workers to manager. Sainsbury’s goes in for what’s called… Read more »
Made In China
33 mins, 2006 US carnival revellers throw shiny beads to pretty girls to get them to take off their clothes. But where do the beads come from? How are they made? This acclaimed film reveals the human realities of globalisation in a factory in China. WORKING CONDITIONS: The beads are made in a Chinese factory… Read more »
The Local Council
26 mins, 2006 Local government is a massive part of the UK economy – but why is it there? What does it do? This film goes inside Cornwall County Council to find out. THE LOCAL COUNCIL: A local council may appear similar to a private business. It employs people. who undertake many of the same… Read more »
Inside A Factory 3: The Crisp Makers
28 mins, 2006 Walkers and Tyrrells both make the same basic thing – crisps – but in very different ways. Walkers is the biggest crisp-maker in the country. Tyrrells is tiny by comparison. But success for both depend on how their crisps are made – on what happens inside the factory. RAW MATERIALS: Crisp-making at… Read more »
Innocent Drinks
27 mins, 2006 This is the story of Innocent Drinks – the fruit smoothie company which has used its healthy image to carve out a unique position for itself in the drinks market. HOW IT ALL STARTED: The company was set up by three young men in 1998. The early days were difficult – raising… Read more »
Case Studies In Recruitment
30 mins, 2006 Getting a job is one of life’s big challenges. But how does it look from the employers’ point of view? This documentary looks at how a small business, a hospital, and a supermarket recruit their staff. SMALL BUSINESS: Small business SNS supplies computer networks to schools and has to work out their… Read more »
Can You Be Sure Of Shell?
30 mins, 2006 Shell is one of the richest companies on earth. It does business in 140 countries dealing with 25 million customers every day. It claims to be dedicated to renewable energy and sustainable development. But is Shell as green and clean as it claims? This film offers a profile of this famous multinational,… Read more »