Tony Benn

In the last 250 years, free-market ideology has played a central role in the development of the logic and rhetoric that have influenced the daily life of populations throughout the world. It was cornered for a few decades during the twentieth century in favor of a social economy for the public interest, and then returned to the limelight in the last thirty years of the century to dominate the logics that drive world economies, doing the favor of the elites at the expense of 99%. Through the testimony of six people informed about the facts, Laissez-faire offers a historical and ideological perspective through which to identify the fundamental problems of the economic mechanism on which societies are based.

Tony Benn (87), the longest serving Labour MP in history, looks back over his life and career.

Documental que ofrece una mirada al pasado en los años de post guerra en la conflictiva Gran Bretaña. Una mezcla de imágenes de archivo y testimonios únicos para acercar el recorrido de unos ideales que han evolucionado de forma significativa. Desde el nacimiento del nuevo socialismo en torno al año 1945 que busca encarecidamente la creación de una sociedad justa y unida a través del esfuerzo común, a la decadencia de los ideales y la avaricia del ser humano. El cambio del idealismo teórico al desengaño y la comodidad empírica en forma de documental de la mano del director Ken Loach, responsable de otros títulos como 'La parte de los ángeles', 'Buscando a Eric' y 'El viento que agitaba la cebada'.

London: The Modern Babylon is legendary director Julien Temple's epic time-traveling voyage to the heart of his hometown.

The true life story of Margaret Rutherford (1892-1972) is in fact much more eccentric than the most famous fictional role she ever played: Miss Jane Marple, Agatha Christie's amateur sleuth. Rutherford's version was the very first appearance of Miss Marple on the big screen and it was far removed though from the petite, upper middle-class lady in the detective novels.

Harold Wilson and Edward Heath are two very different men equally overlooked by history, but they were the political titans of the era in which Britain changed for ever. For ten years they faced each other in the House of Commons, and swapped in and out of Number Ten. They fought four general elections, three of which were amongst the most exciting of the century.

Organizado por Woody Harrelson, actor y activista dos veces nominado al Oscar, Ethos levanta la tapa de una caja de Pandora de problemas sistémicos que garantizan el fracaso en casi todos los aspectos de nuestras vidas; del medio ambiente a la democracia y nuestra propia libertad personal: desde terribles conflictos de intereses en la política hasta el poder corporativo no regulado, a un medio en manos de conglomerados masivos, y un complejo industrial militar que prácticamente posee nuestros representantes. Con entrevistas de algunos de los principales pensadores actuales y material fuente de los mejores realizadores de documentales de nuestro tiempo, Ethos examina y desenreda estas relaciones complejas, y ofrece una solución, ¡una manera simple pero poderosa de cambiar este sistema!

Michael Moore vuelve a la carga con un documental que denuncia el sistema sanitario norteamericano; un sistema que, al no existir la sanidad universal, excluye a 50 millones de norteamericanos (que, o bien no tienen seguro de salud privado, o no pueden pagárselo) y que se basa en compañías privadas que buscan principalmente beneficios económicos y en aseguradoras que pagan bonos a los empleados que más rentabilidad les proporcionan al denegar prestaciones y reclamaciones a los asegurados.

Paul Robeson: Here I Stand presents the life and achievements of an extraordinary man. Athlete, singer, and scholar, Robeson was also a charismatic champion of the rights of the poor working man, the disfranchised and people of color. He led a life in the vanguard of many movements, achieved international acclaim for his music and suffered tremendous personal sacrifice. His story is one of the great dramas of the 20th century, spanning an international canvas of social upheaval and ideological controversy.

Like many women active during the miners' strike, May Murton (Charlie Hardwick) has been left to clean up the mess. The closure of the pit, a failed marriage and the community’s disintegration have shattered both her personal and political beliefs. Her teenage children (Darren Bell and Katja Roberts) are out of control. Her estranged husband (Brian Hogg) has taken up residence in the allotments. At a dance, the night before the Durham Miners’ Gala, May meets Roy Cotton (Bill Speed) the recently arrived manager of an open cast mine.

To celebrate the 700th anniversary of Parliment, Tony Benn has been taking his video camera around the Palace of Westminster. He films some of the people who work behind the scenes and visits places the public never see.

Documentary showing the many travails of the UK Labour Party during its long period in opposition from 1979 and through the 1980's and 1990's.

Documentation of the 1984 Chesterfield by-election, which saw Tony Benn returned to parliament, and the early days of the Miners’ Strike which began shortly after.

Ken Loach documentary, contrasting the 1982 Labour and Conservative Party conferences.