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Creative DVDs and Videos
to entertain and inform

. Community Develoment and Youth
. Environment
. Gender and Workplace
. History and Heritage
. Violence Prevention

Community Develoment and Youth

Managing Rural Water
(20 mins) 2006
Communities & planners discover how gender and water management go hand in hand

Nuh Block de Road
(18 mins) produced for CIDA/ECSP 2005
Communities tackle their problems in new ways.

Caribbean Bananas - Danger Ahead
20mins)1997
Changes in trade policy impact greatly on workers in the banana industry of EU.

Know Your Rights
(3 Episodes, 10 mins each) 2001
Docu-drama series exploring what action to take when police sear or detain a citizen. Jamaicans for Justice

Everybody Needs a Friend
(10mins) 2001, Y.O.U.
'Big Brothers' and 'Big Sisters' guide young people though life's hurdles.

Making Workshops Work
(20mins) Parenting Partners/UNICEF 1996
We follow interactive workshops - some fail, some succeed. A "how-to" video.

Dead End Street
(10 mins) 2000
The poignant story of a young woman who is trapped into carrying drugs.JCF.

Let's Talk About It
(23 mins) 1998
Several 3-minute dramas frankly discuss questions that pre-teens would like to ask -

Moving On - Sistren of Jamaica
(15mins) 1995
A Women's Theatre Collective blazes new trails.Sistren

An Un-natural Disaster
(40 mins)1989
The Debt Crisis explored explained in way that everyone can understand. Assoc. of Development Agencies

Carrying a Heavy Load
(30 mins) 1990
Women's survival strategies in times of economic hardship. Sistren/ADA/WAND

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Environment

Caring for Our Watersheds
(10 mins) NRCA, 2000 .
A little girl's bad dream of a barren Jamaica leads to conversations with trees, flowers and a river.

Treasuring Watersheds: a community concern
(12 mins) NRCA, 2000
A Jamaican returning to his village after many years 'in farrin' is disturbed by changes in the beautiful Blue Mountains of his youth - and is surprised how much there is to learn from an environmentally aware student !

Water is Life
(1998)
The value of water - exploring ways to preserve, manage, and use water for the benefit of all.

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Gender and Workplace

Gender Analysis - A New Approach
(18 mins) 1996
A witty mime figure teaches an important lesson: gender analysis is essential for the success of any project. Bureau of Women's Affairs,

A Career for You
(12mins) 2000
Two young people discover a wide range of careers in the Jamaica Constabulary Force.

Breaking Down the Barriers
(29 mins)1996
A young woman and young man in non-traditional career paths overcome prejudice for a happy ending. Produced for U-Tech.

Moving Ahead
(15 mins)1998
Women entrepreneurs are trained for success.Centre for Gender Studies, UWI,

Women Can!
(35 mins)1993
We visit successful young women in non-traditional careers.Burau of Women's Affairs,

Putting Yourself in the Picture
(4 parts, each 15 mins) 1996
A lively docu-drama: a young woman meets an energetic elder whose fascinating tales open her eyes to the many career opportunities in tourism.TAP-Utech

Strong Jamaicans, Stirring Times
(6 Episodes of 22 mins each) 1999
The story of the working men and women of Jamaica, highlighting key events and personalities in Jamaican history, from the slave uprisings of 1831, through the riots of 1938, the struggles for workers' rights, to the birth of a nation and its trade unions.

Packed with information and entertainment, this six-part historical series, features leading Jamaican actors who bring history to life with humour and pathos, joy and despair, enriched by old-time mento and jazz, and original reggae and rap music. We meet many key historical figures: Garvey, Bedward, Sir William Grant, Coombs, Bustsmante, Aggie Bernard, Norman and Edna Manley, Shearer, Michael Manley, and many more.

Son of Jamaica, Father of the Nation: Norman Washington Manley
( 6 Episodes, 24 mins each) 2005
This six-part series documents the life and work of the N.W. Manley National Hero, from rebellious boyhood to elder statesman. We meet Norman the country boy, Norman the soldier in World War 1, and Manley, the famed young barrister whose reputation reached the Courts of London.

We meet N.W. husband and father, then the founding leader of a political party, the visionary who led the movement for a New Jamaica and Caribbean Federation. His extraordinary legacy is revealed by historians, researchers, political activists, family members and friends, and brought to life through dramatic scenes.

The Doctress: Mary Seacole of Jamaica
(39 mins) 2003
This docu-drama is based on the amazing autobio-graphy of t he fearless Mary Seacole, born in 1805, whose adventures as a healer and entrepreneur carried her to the cholera swamps of Central America, to Turkey, the Black Sea and the battle fronts of the Crimea, and to the royal courts of London. She became a pioneer in 'doctoring', and heroine of the people. Produced with the Mary Seacole Foundation & UNESCO.

Drums Keep Sounding: the Life of Miss Lou
(72 mins) 1996
Jamaica's foremost folklorist, actress and poet - the Hon. Louise Bennett-Coverley, is a much-loved symbol of national identity and pride. This unique and moving historical docu-drama traces her life from girlhood to marriage, through personal, political and social upheavals, to her life in Canada in the mid 1990s.. Featuring a host of leading Jamaican actors and Miss Lou, herself.

Edna - A Love Story
(52 mins) 2002
T he revealing video portrait of world famed sculptor Edna Manley - from radical art student to the wife of a Jamaican Premier, mother of a Prime Minister, and founder of the Jamaican art move-ment. Edna's art mirrored her emotions, her love for Norman Manley, and her own political development.

In Search of Jonkonnu
(23 mins)
Jonkonnu, masquerade and Christmas carnival are Caribbean traditions dating back to plantation days. But today, might Jonkonnu be disappearing? To find out, a film crew sets out to explore Jonkonuu - and finds it alive and well in many corners of Jamaica.

Miss Amy and Miss May
(40 mins)
One was the daughter of privileged white Jamaican plantocracy - the other the daughter of black country schoolteachers. Together, over sixty years of friendship, Amy Bailey and May Farquharson defied class and colour boundaries to fight undaunted for civil rights regardless of sex, class or race, and for the rights of women to enter political life. Produced with Sistren Research.

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History and Heritage

Packed with information and entertainment, this six-part historical series, features leading Jamaican actors who bring history to life with humour and pathos, joy and despair, enriched by old-time mento and jazz, and original reggae and rap music. We meet many key historical figures: Garvey, Bedward, Sir William Grant, Coombs, Bustsmante, Aggie Bernard, Norman and Edna Manley, Shearer, Michael Manley, and many more.

Son of Jamaica, Father of the Nation:
Norman Washington Manley
( 6 Episodes, 24 mins each) 2005
This six-part series documents the life and work of the N.W. Manley National Hero, from rebellious boyhood to elder statesman. We meet Norman the country boy, Norman the soldier in World War 1, and Manley, the famed young barrister whose reputation reached the Courts of London.

We meet N.W. husband and father, then the founding leader of a political party, the visionary who led the movement for a New Jamaica and Caribbean Federation. His extraordinary legacy is revealed by historians, researchers, political activists, family members and friends, and brought to life through dramatic scenes.

The Doctress: Mary Seacole of Jamaica
(39 mins)2003
This docu-drama is based on the amazing autobio-graphy of t he fearless Mary Seacole, born in 1805, whose adventures as a healer and entrepreneur carried her to the cholera swamps of Central America, to Turkey, the Black Sea and the battle fronts of the Crimea, and to the royal courts of London. She became a pioneer in 'doctoring', and heroine of the people. produced with the Mary Seacole Foundation & UNESCO .

Drums Keep Sounding: the Life of Miss Lou
(72 mins) 1996
Jamaica's foremost folklorist, actress and poet - the Hon. Louise Bennett-Coverley, is a much-loved symbol of national identity and pride. This unique and moving historical docu-drama traces her life from girlhood to marriage, through personal, political and social upheavals, to her life in Canada in the mid 1990s.. Featuring a host of leading Jamaican actors and Miss Lou, herself.

Edna - A Love Story
(52 mins) 2002
The revealing video portrait of world famed sculptor Edna Manley - from radical art student to the wife of a Jamaican Premier, mother of a Prime Minister, and founder of the Jamaican art move-ment. Edna's art mirrored her emotions, her love for Norman Manley, and her own political development.

In Search of Jonkonnu
(23 mins)
Jonkonnu, masquerade and Christmas carnival are Caribbean traditions dating back to plantation days. But today, might Jonkonnu be disappearing? To find out, a film crew sets out to explore Jonkonuu - and finds it alive and well in many corners of Jamaica.

Violence Prevention

It's Time!
(11 mins) 1999
Unmasking and challenging sexist portrayals and violence in the media. AWOJA/WMW

Together Against Violence
(25 mins), 1998
An inner-city community struggles against tremendous odds to end violence

Behind the Images
(12 mins)1995
A short drama illustrating some reasons why domestic violence occurs.Women's Media Watch

Behind Closed Doors
(10 mins)1994
Secret acts of domestic violence revealed and challenged. Woman Inc.