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A BABY TO SAVE OUR SON
BBC Nominated, BAFTA Best Current Affairs Documentary 2003.
Tells the story of , Jayson and Michelle Whitaker, and their seriously ill son, Charlie. Their only hope of finding a cure for Charlie and saving his life is to use a controversial gene technology–produce a baby that is a perfect genetic match for Charlie and harvest stem cells from the baby’s umbilical cord.
We follow the Whitaker’s two-year journey through a minefield of emotions and ethical issues, from one continent to another, as they prepare to create one baby to save another
DIRECTED BY RACHEL COUGHLAN.
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER EDWINA VARDEY.
ICEDOGS
6 x 30 minute films.
Modern day explorer/adventurer, Benedict Allen, visits Eastern Siberia, one of the worlds most remote and inhospitable environments.
Learning from the local Chukchi Indians he hopes to lead a dog team across 1500 miles of the most hostile terrain known to man.
PRODUCED AND DIRECTED BY JOHN HESLING.
THE TRIALS OF HENRY KISSINGER (BBC)
Winner, Best Human Rights Film, Amsterdam 2002.
Nominated Best Picture, Amnesty International Media Awards 2002.
90 minute Feature Documentary
Henry Kissinger, Nobel Laureate and the most famous American diplomat in history. This 80 minute film investigates charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
PRODUCED BY ALEX GIBNEY @ JIGSAW/THINK TANK N.Y.C.
DIRECTED BY EUGENE JARECKI.
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER ROY ACKERMAN.
THE SEARCH FOR MALLORY & IRVINE
Winner Canal Plus Award for Best Documentary 2002.
Finalist, BAFTA Best Cinematography 2000.
BBC Nomination, BAFTA & RTS Best Documentary 2000.
60 minute Doc
In the spring of 1924 a British expedition set out to conquer the as yet unclimbed peak of mount Everest. Two of the expeditions climbers, George Mallory and Andrew Irvine were last seen, 6 /800 metres below the summit. Was Everest scaled 29 years before Hilary and Tensing?
PRODUCED & DIRECTED @ BBC BRISTOL BY PETER FIRSTBROOK.
THE OPPONENT Starring Erika Eleniak.
Feature Film
A tightly woven tale of fear, passion and self-respect, THE OPPONENT finds love in the most unlikely of places. Patty , a victim of domestic abuse, meets her match in Tommy, a former boxing hopeful looking for a new star to put in the ring. But he never could have imagined it would be Patty. Due for release summer 2001.
PRODUCED BY THINK TANK N.Y.C.
DIRECTED BY EUGENE JARECKI.
PIPE DREAMS
60 minute Doc
Follows one mans journey back to the Venezuelan Amazon to honour a promise he’d made 7 years earlier to a young Yanomami tribesman to take him on holiday to Britain.
PRODUCED @ CAFÉ PRODUCTIONS.
DIRECTED BY DAVID GOODALE
MINDREADERS – EQUINOX
The film explores what the autistic mind can tell us about why male and female relationships so often end in divorce. Winner of 2 B.M.A. Silver Awards.
PRODUCED @ ILLUMINATIONS TELEVISION.
DIRECTED BY JEREMY TAYLOR.
SECRETS OF THE GREAT WALL – DISCOVERY
A scientific/dramatic look at one of mankind’s greatest achievements “The Great Wall of China” and how? And why it was built?
PRODUCED @ OCTOBER FILMS.
DIRECTED BY PATRICK FLEMING.
QUEST FOR THE CARIB CANOE
60 minute Doc
The small and marginalised remaining Caribs of Dominica set out on
a voyage to re-discover their heritage and raise awareness to their plight; by sailing a traditional 500 year old canoe back to their South American homeland in Guyana.
PRODUCED @ THINK TANK N.Y.C.
PRODUCED & DIRECTED BY EUGENE JARECKI.