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 »
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 »
Marketing A National Park: Snowdonia
27 mins, 2009 The Snowdonia national park in Wales is an area of spectacular natural beauty – but it’s also a huge tourism business. So how do the four Ps of the marketing mix apply to a national park? Do they apply? PRODUCT: Snowdonia’s main product is the countryside experience – timeless, free of charge…. 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 »
The Great Firewall Of China
20 mins, 2009 Shanghai – on the face of it, a slick, modern, outward-looking city. But when it comes to the internet, as with much else in China, it seems the Government is in control. This film explores how China is trying to censor the web, but also how some Chinese people are finding ways… 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 »
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 »
World Tourism Case Studies
62 mins, 2008 Tourism is a huge global industry which is having a major impact on the economy, culture and environment of many different countries. Five films explore examples from across the world. FILM 1 CHINA: High up in the Himalayas, a poor Chinese community has called itself “Shangri-La” and is looking to tourism to… Read more »
Tipping Point?
35 mins, 2008 What is global warming? What is the evidence for it? How will it affect the world? This film explores these questions as it follows an icebreaker ship on a trip to the Arctic Circle. MELTING ICE: The Arctic Ice Sea, a plate of ice roughly the size of Europe, is disappearing. Scientists… Read more »
Systems At Dickens World
25 mins, 2008 Behind the Victorian façade of the Dickens World theme park state-of-the-art systems are at work. You might not see them, but without them Dickens World wouldn’t have a business. This film explains how the systems work and what they do. TICKETS: It all starts at the front desk with a point of… Read more »