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.

1945년은 영국역사의 중심이 되는 해였다. 양차 대전 사이의 씁쓸한 기억을 동반했던 전쟁을 거치며 영국이 가지고 있던 유대감은 더 나은 사회에 대한 비전으로 이어졌다. 이 시대의 정신은 우리의 형제, 자매들을 지키는 것이었다. 켄 로치는 풍부한 정치, 사회적 서술을 만들기 위해 영국의 지역 및 국립 아카이브에서 찾은 영상과 음성 기록물 그리고 그 시대의 인터뷰를 사용했다.

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.

Hosted by twice Oscar nominated actor and activist Woody Harrelson, Ethos lifts the lid on a Pandora's box of systemic issues that guarantee failure in almost every aspect of our lives; from the environment to democracy and our own personal liberty: From terrifying conflicts of interests in politics to unregulated corporate power, to a media in the hands of massive conglomerates, and a military industrial complex that virtually owns our representatives. With interviews from some of todays leading thinkers and source material from the finest documentary film makers of our times Ethos examines and unravels these complex relationships, and offers a solution, a simple but powerful way for you to change this system!

마이클 무어가 미국 민간 의료 보험 조직인 건강관리기구(HMO)의 부조리적 폐해의 충격적인 이면을 폭로하며 열악하고도 무책임한 제도에의 신랄한 비판을 서슴지 않는다. 수익논리에 사로잡혀 이윤을 극대화하기 위해 필요한 헬스 케어 서비스도 생략하는 미국의 의료보험제도의 진실은 돈 없고 병력이 있는 환자를 의료제도의 사각지대에 방치하여 결국 죽음으로 내몰고 있었던 것. 지상 최대 낙원이라 선전되는 미국 사회의 의료시스템을 캐나다, 프랑스, 영국, 쿠바 등의 국가의 의료보장제도와 비교하며 완벽하게 포장된 미국 사회의 허와 실을 무어 감독 특유의 도발적 화법으로 벗겨낸다.

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.