In 2001, Channel Four planned a series of programmes focusing on suicide, including this film about Beachy Head, the notorious suicide hotspot in East Sussex. In the event the season was cancelled but press preview DVDs were sent out, including this one, an hour-long heartbreaking documentary on the strange allure of this beauty spot.
In 2001, Channel Four planned a series of programmes focusing on suicide, including this film about Beachy Head, the notorious suicide hotspot in East Sussex. In the event the season was cancelled but press preview DVDs were sent out, including this one, an hour-long heartbreaking documentary on the strange allure of this beauty spot.
A visual montage portrait of our contemporary world dominated by globalized technology and violence.
Anthropology Professor Robert Orwell Sutwell and his secretary Marianne are studying the sex habits of teenagers. The surfing teens led by Frankie and Dee Dee don't have much sex but they sing, battle the motorcycle rats and mice led by Eric Von Zipper and dance to Dick Dale and the Del Tones.
This is the extraordinary true story of Trudy Ederle, the first woman to successfully swim the English Channel. Through the steadfast support of her older sister and supportive trainers, she overcame adversity and the animosity of a patriarchal society to rise through the ranks of the Olympic swimming team and complete the 21-mile trek from France to England.
The true story of teen surfer Bethany Hamilton, who lost her arm in a shark attack and courageously overcame all odds to become a champion again, through her sheer determination and unwavering faith.
During a high-profile Mafia testimony case in Riverside County, a hired killer checks into a hotel room near the courthouse, while his depressed neighbor contemplates suicide over marital problems.
Programming prodigy and information activist Aaron Swartz achieved groundbreaking work in social justice and political organizing. His passion for open access ensnared him in a legal nightmare that ended with the taking of his own life at the age of 26.
A doctor treats a woman suffering from multiple personality disorder.
As a parting shot, fired reporter Ann Mitchell prints a fake letter from unemployed "John Doe," who threatens suicide in protest of social ills. The paper is forced to rehire Ann and hires John Willoughby to impersonate "Doe." Ann and her bosses cynically milk the story for all it's worth, until the made-up "John Doe" philosophy starts a whole political movement.