Releitura dramática da fatídica última viagem do baleeiro de Nantucket Essex. Quando o Essex é atacado e afundado por um cachalote em novembro de 1820, sua tripulação leva três frágeis baleeiros. Sozinhos no meio do Oceano Pacífico, os homens devem decidir se vão para as ilhas mais próximas - mil milhas a favor do vento a oeste - ou partem em uma jornada épica de quase três mil milhas para chegar ao continente sul-americano. O medo dos canibais os obriga a escolher a América do Sul. Quase três meses depois, o primeiro baleeiro é resgatado por outro baleeiro. Apenas três homens ainda estão vivos. Uma semana depois, o baleeiro do capitão também é resgatado, com apenas dois homens a bordo. O terceiro baleeiro nunca é encontrado. Esta é uma história de resistência humana e o que os homens em extremis farão para sobreviver.
Drama inspired by the life of Walter Tull who, after years in an orphanage, went on to become a professional footballer and then the first black commissioned officer to lead British troops during WW1. The action concerns Tull's turbulent passage from ordinary soldier to extraordinary officer at officer training camp, where he had to face his own demons as well as fight the prejudice that surrounded him
A charming story about a West Indian girl who moves to 1950s London. Marcia has spent most of her 11 years living with her Jamaican grandmother but is sent to damp, dark London to start a new life with her parents. Missing her gran terribly, Marcia is surrounded by bullying schoolgirls, racism on TV and a jealous younger brother... Only her favourite pop star will help her feel at home. Concrete Garden is a wonderfully observed graduation film from director Alrick Riley. With warm performances from a young cast and exquisite detail in the production design, this tender short film powerfully evokes the trials and tribulations faced by kids settling in 1950s Britain.
A charming story about a West Indian girl who moves to 1950s London. Marcia has spent most of her 11 years living with her Jamaican grandmother but is sent to damp, dark London to start a new life with her parents. Missing her gran terribly, Marcia is surrounded by bullying schoolgirls, racism on TV and a jealous younger brother... Only her favourite pop star will help her feel at home. Concrete Garden is a wonderfully observed graduation film from director Alrick Riley. With warm performances from a young cast and exquisite detail in the production design, this tender short film powerfully evokes the trials and tribulations faced by kids settling in 1950s Britain.
Powerful, uncompromising drama about two boys' struggle for survival in the nightmare world of Britain's notorious Borstal Reformatory. [This is the feature film version Alan Clarke made after the BBC banned the original before its scheduled TV broadcast (see Scum (1977)].
