For the English, the French port town of Calais is the gateway to Europe or a place to buy cheap alcohol. For hundreds of refugees and migrants it is the final barrier in the desperate search for a new life in England. This intimate film weaves together character driven stories of refugees, migrants and English expatriates to build a picture of life in a transient town where the inhabitants dream of somewhere better. Original music by Mustafa Santic and Michel Duvoisin. Rented with kind permissi
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SHARKWATER (2007)
Certification15 Our Rating
Cameraman Rob has loved sharks since he was a kid and, invited to join sea conservationist Paul Watson of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society on his specially equipped ship to hunt down illegal shark fishermen, he starts on an adventure that involves clashes with fishing and armed patrol boats, arrest on attempted murder charges, midnight escapes and the corrupt legal systems of Guatemala and Costa Rica, and all caught on camera!
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SIMON SCHAMA'S ROUGH CROSSINGS (2007)
Certification15 Our Rating
A little known passage of British history - the fate of the black men who volunteered for the King's Men in the American War of Independence. At least the Empire didn't abandon them to the slaver George Washington and his thugs, instead dumping them on the desolate Novia Scotia coastline. But where there's life there's hope and enter the radical Thomas Clarkson's brother, a young naval officer named John, who, energised by their living conditions, collected the remnants and shipped them to Freet
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