The Body Beautiful Autobiographical account of a mother-daughter relationship, exploring beauty standards and female sexuality. Animation & Artists Moving Image 1990 24 mins Flight of the Swan A young black ballerina rejects prejudice and finds her African spirit in Swan Lake. Drama 1992 12 mins White Men Are Cracking Up The fatal fascination with the myth of the black feminine mystique is uncovered in Ngozi Onwurah's short Drama 1994 20 mins I'm British But... Britain beats to the sound of Bhangra and Bangla in Gurinder Chadha's debut film. Documentary 1989 29 mins Gurinder Chadha Around the Village Green Rural life in the Essex villages of Finchingfield and Great Bardfield - and the mixed reactions of older residents to changing times. Travelogue 1937 12 mins So This Is London London at its best? This gorgeous lyrical portrait was made by pioneering female director Marion Grierson. Documentary 1933 14 mins Today We Live A key social issues film documentary from the British Documentary Movement, this two-part film follows the establishment of social enterprises in England and Wales. Documentary 1937 24 mins Black to Front World in Action interviews the residents of Haycroft Road, Brixton as a controversial by-election stokes concerns about race and immigration. Current affairs 1978 27 mins Tunde's Film Tired of being hassled by the police and with no job opportunities, a group of teenage East End lads plan to rob a bank. Documentary drama 1974 40 mins Cedar Wood & Silk Insightful exploration of the relationship between a Jamaican mother and her British-born daughter. 1995 14 mins Dover, Spring 1947 Dover gets a makeover in this offbeat and pointed public information film. Documentary 1947 11 mins Hedging Is your hedge thin and straggly? Don't worry, help is at hand Documentary Government sponsored film 1942 9 mins Fair Rent Power cuts, housing shortages and exorbitant rents – Aberdeen man Norrie Williamson goes head to head with his greedy landlady Documentary Government sponsored film 1947 11 mins Frida Kahlo & Tina Modotti Immerse yourself in the work of Frida Kahlo and Tina Modotti - icons of the Mexican Renaissance. Animation & Artists Moving Image Documentary 1983 30 mins An Exchange for Fire: Sacrifice (Film London Jarman Award 2012) Anja Kirschner and David Panos investigate the financial crisis from its European epicentre - Greece. Animation & Artists Moving Image 2012 3 mins An Exchange for Fire: Non-Citizens (Film London Jarman Award 2012) The global financial crisis viewed through the prism of modern Greece. Animation & Artists Moving Image 2012 3 mins An Exchange for Fire: Debt (Film London Jarman Award 2012) The concluding episode in Anja Kirschner and David Panos' series of films on the Greek financial crisis. Animation & Artists Moving Image 2013 3 mins The Necromancers (Film London Jarman Award 2010) Theatre director Steve Pearl talks about his chance meetings with a female ventriloquist. Animation & Artists Moving Image 2010 3 mins The Paramnesiac (Film London Jarman Award 2010) The instability of memory comes to the fore when artist Lindsay Seers' step-sister Christine is involved in a moped accident which severely damages her memory. Animation & Artists Moving Image 2010 4 mins Serios/Seers (Film London Jarman Award 2010) Writer M. Anthony Penwill, an occult photography expert, recalls how his meeting with Ted Serios led him to encounter the artist Lindsay Seers. Animation & Artists Moving Image 2010 3 mins Carlyle's Hands 1 (Film London Jarman Award 2011) Eitienne, a neuroscientist who is working around ideas of self awareness, is haunted by his patient, who he calls 'Marathon Man' a man who cannot move his own body unless he sees it. Animation & Artists Moving Image 2011 3 mins Carlyle's Hands 2 (Film London Jarman Award 2011) In the second in the series of Emily Wardill films, Eitienne the neuroscientist meets Georgia, a woman with whom he is able to connect and they fall in love. Animation & Artists Moving Image 2011 3 mins Carlyle's Hands 3 (Film London Jarman Award 2011) Eitienne's dates with different women explore proprioception through a contemporary situation. Animation & Artists Moving Image 2011 3 mins Footsteps Actor and cameraman engage in a game of ‘grandmother’s footsteps’ in a playfully delightful film. Animation & Artists Moving Image 1974 6 mins Carlyle's Hands 4 (Film London Jarman Award 2011) Eitienne the neuroscientist delivers a lecture to students that explores ideas of self-awareness. Animation & Artists Moving Image 2011 3 mins Carlyle's Hands 5 (Film London Jarman Award 2011) An overworked neuroscientist is encouraged to begin online dating. Animation & Artists Moving Image 2011 3 mins Real Time As she recollects her childhood, the filmmaker reflects on time, family and ageing. Animation & Artists Moving Image 1971 33 mins Muybridge Film Anne Rees-Mogg pays tribute to Muybridge’s studies of human motion with this portrait of filmmaker Renny Croft. Animation & Artists Moving Image 1975 4 mins A Length of Time A documentary on life, filmic time and stock car racing. 1970 22 mins Focii A female dancer performs in front of what appears to be a wall of mirrors until her reflection takes on a life of its own. Animation & Artists Moving Image 1975 9 mins Guerillere Talks Six film portraits of women associated with the punk music scene in 1970s New York. Animation & Artists Moving Image Documentary 1978 24 mins Tea Leaf An intimate account of frustration and disarray in 1980s Britain from the point of view of a young woman. Documentary 1988 8 mins Exhibition (Q&A) Director Joanna Hogg and ex-Slits guitarist Viv Albertine discuss their experiences filming Exhibition Inside Film Non-Fiction 2013 14 mins The London Story Sally Potter's lively dance film about spies and government intrigue. Comedy Musical 1986 16 mins Near Home A rare outing for a 1945 drama documentary on local studies education in Bishop Auckland by one of Britain's pioneering women directors. Government sponsored film School programme and Educational film 1949 24 mins Plan to Work On Kay Mander's film about the planning for Dunfermline’s post-war reconstruction is a fascinating record of the idealism of mid-20th-century town planning. Documentary 1948 33 mins Quiet Morning Everyday family life in suburban North London - as seen by folk learning English in the 1950s. School programme and Educational film 1955 11 mins The Christmas Visitor The Night Before Christmas meets Toy Story in this charming British cartoon from 1958. Animation & Artists Moving Image 1958 7 mins Cycling Proficiency Scheme: Father and Son "Dad... I want a bike!” Fun animated campaign aimed at 50s parents and their over-eager offspring. Advert Animation & Artists Moving Image 1959 1 mins Carnival in the Clothes Cupboard A cartoon fantasy brings fabric patterns to life in a literal soap opera - yet even here the reality of Home Front life creeps in Advert Animation & Artists Moving Image 1941 6 mins Charley's Black Magic Cartoon propaganda short sweetens the pill of post-war coal prices by promising jam tomorrow Animation & Artists Moving Image Public Information Filler 1949 9 mins Cold Comfort A dancing radio stops partying to transmit an announcement on fuel conservation in this WWII cartoon short Animation & Artists Moving Image Public Information Filler 1944 1 mins Once We Were Four Innocent bunnies face an onslaught of badgers, bombs and birds of prey in this black comedy masquerading as a nature film. Documentary 1942 9 mins 4 and 20 Fit Girls Flock to your local keep fit class - there's a war on and Britain needs its citizens in tip-top shape. 1940 11 mins Nursery Island The birdlife of Northumberland's Farne Islands comes under the spotlight in this pioneering documentary from the Secrets of Life nature series. Documentary Nature and Science programme 1936 18 mins Wisdom of the Wild Fun mixture of natural history and wartime public information. Documentary 1940 12 mins London Pigeon Urban nature explored in this wonderful short film looking at the lives, habits and habitats of London’s pigeon population. Documentary 1940 9 mins Market Town Rise and shine! Newark market calls with a seductive array of produce. Travelogue 1942 10 mins Mrs. T. And Her Cabbage Patch Poetic tribute to Mrs Turner's vegetable growing prowess, plus the delights of "wartime steaks" Public Information Filler 1941 12 mins Civilian Front It's all action on the home front with civilians on high alert to support the war effort. War 1940 10 mins Double Thread The Secret Life of 4 Year Olds (1940s-style) at a nursery in Guildford. Documentary 1943 33 mins The Way We Live This stylish film shows the cramped life of one family in post-war Plymouth, and expands on the contentious plans for the city's rebuilding. War 1946 64 mins Out of Chaos "Why in the height of a world war, should there be this terrific interest in painting?" Documentary War 1944 27 mins Never Go with Strangers Is this the scariest public information film ever? This hard-hitting warning against 'stranger danger' was considered too distressing to be broadcast on television. Documentary 1971 18 mins Together Two deaf-mute dock workers eke out a humble East End existence in Lorenza Mazzetti's striking and poetic example of Free Cinema. Animation & Artists Moving Image 1956 48 mins Lorenza Mazzetti
