Helvetica (2007)
directed by Gary Hustwit
As Helvetica celebrates its 50th anniversary, in addition to being one of the most ubiquitous fonts in the world, it is also very controversial. Investigating the colourful history of the font, director Gary Hustwit travels to seven countries to interview outspoken designers on both side of the Helvetica divide. Is it a triumph in the history of design or akin, as one interviewee says, to dining at McDonalds? In answering that question the film becomes a fascinating exploration of urban spaces in major cities and the type that inhabits them. You certainly won't be able to walk down a Hcity street in the same way again.
Wonderland: The Man Who Eats Badgers and Other Strange Tales from Bodmin Moor (2007)
directed by Daniel Vernon
Filmmaker Daniel Vernon takes his camera to one of the bleakest, loneliest outposts of Britain: Bodmin Moor. It is a world populated largely by men, and Vernon explores the way in which the lives, relationships and preoccupations of these men are effected by their living such isolated existences. It is a world of dark comedy and poignant tragedy, a world of extreme and deeply disturbing nuisance callers, a panther hunting obsessive, a enthusiastic and well meaning private detective and .....the man who eats badgers.
We are Together (Thina Simunye) (2007)
directed by Paul Taylor
Twelve year old Slindile lives in at the Agape Orphanage in South Africa with three of her sisters and her little brother. The siblings return home frequently, where their older sisters are nursing their eldest brother’s battle with AIDS -- the same disease which has left them all orphans. But life for this remarkable famly is far from grim, not least because of the music at the centre of their lives. At the orphanage, Slindile is one of the featured soloists in the spirited choir. They’re hugely excited at the prospect of a fund-raising choir trip to England. And back at home the siblings continue the beautiful harmonisations taught to them by their parents. Filmed over three years with unforgettable children, soaring music and a plot full of surprises, We Are Together is a stirring and uplifting theatrical experience.
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