Morris Dancing at Berkhamstead

Amateur film of a road trip through northeastern India, showing traditional dances and a gigantic flower float.

Equal parts punk and psychedelia, the Flaming Lips emerged from Oklahoma City as one of the most bracing bands of the late 1980s. The Fearless Freaks documents their rise from Butthole Surfers-imitating noisemakers to grand poobahs of orchestral pop masterpieces. Filmmaker Bradley Beesely had the good fortune of living in the same neighborhood as lead Lip Wayne Coyne, who quickly enlisted his buddy to document his band's many concerts and assorted exploits. The early footage is a riot, with tragic hair styles on proud display as the boys attempt to cover up their lack of natural talent with sheer volume. During one show, they even have a friend bring a motorcycle on stage, which is then miked for sound and revved throughout the performance, clearing the club with toxic levels of carbon monoxide. Great punk rock stuff. Interspersed among the live bits are interviews with the band's family and friends, revealing the often tragic circumstances of their childhoods and early career.

Rare amateur footage of East India.

A fun tour of 1950s West End with international film star Yoko Tani.

Millions of Muslims flee to Lahore in the newly created state of Pakistan, prompted by the partition of British India.

A collection of amateur films made by photographer Roderic Vickers and friends.

Step by Step

Formato ridotto - Libere riscritture del cinema amatoriale

Java, l'âme de l'Indonésie

An astonishing English tourist’s view of street life in pre-partition Srinagar and Kashmir.

From time immemorial, the Bretons have fought many battles to safeguard their culture, rich in language, music and dance. However, Brittany was for a long time a forgotten land, neglected by the Republic which forbade its language. From the 1960s onwards, the agricultural revolution turned peasant life upside down. Its culture, which had long been supported by Catholic priests, was emancipated in the seventies, carried by a new breath of air that accompanied the Breton angers. The youth then reappropriated their language and culture. From the long years of relegation to their great anger, the Bretons have written a fascinating saga since the end of the 19th century.

Armoured elephants, sacred monkeys and a camel carriage from Rajasthan.

A group of teenagers from Flint, Michigan filmed themselves kidnapping and terrorizing a new acquaintance, before taking her out to a woods and dumping her in a shallow grave. They then taunted their terrified and blindfolded victim asking if she had any last requests before they cut her throat. But was the kidnap real or just a game? Three days later the tape was in the hands of the police and the 5 teenager friends were in custody facing life imprisonment. This program talks to the people at the heart of this story - including two of the defendants - in an attempt to understand what really happened in the woods around Flint last year. It also screens the video of the 'abduction'. What is revealed is an extraordinary and disturbing record of a night when something went terribly, terribly wrong.

A scenes from a tour of Manipur State and a women's bazaar in Imphal.

In the Sardinian town of Tonara, where the ancient art of crafting cowbells teeters on the edge of extinction, a family battles to preserve their heritage, passing down skills to a new generation while grappling with personal struggles and the pull of modernity. English subtitles.

Learn how to climb Great Gable in the Lake District, via the Arrowhead ridge climb.

Muharram procession through Lahore bazaar, crowded streets and buildings.

Grand buildings and missionary work come together in the 1947 Indian tour of construction magnate John W. Laing.

Rural life in the mountainous valley near Gilgit - now in the Northern areas of Pakistan.

Thirty-three shots based on the landscapes of the Isère region near Vienne. A work of observation on light, the dilation of Time, wind, calm and storm.