Primetime (Firm)
1) Illegal
Series
Film Movement volume 9, film 1
Publisher
Film Movement
Language
Français
Description
Tania is a former teacher from Russia, living illegally in Belgium with her 14-year-old son, Ivan. One day, they are stopped on the street for a routine check by the police; Tania is arrested and placed in an immigration detention center for women, while Ivan manages to escape. Threatened with imminent deportation and fearful for Ivan's fate, Tania embarks on a harrowing journey, determined to preserve her dignity and find her son.
Series
Publisher
Films for the Humanities & Sciences
Pub. Date
2005, c2004
Language
English
Description
Using an untraveled highway built by Tito to connect Croatia and Serbia as a metaphor, this documentary examines the breakup of Yugoslavia into heavily armed and contentious ethnic camps, run by demagogic war lords, and the bleak prospect for peace to return there.
Publisher
Films for the Humanities and Sciences
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
A look at the loyalists of Northern Ireland who are Protestant, monarchist and against unification with the Republic of Ireland. They feel abandoned by the rest of the United Kingdom who do not share their "traditional values."