24 Sep 2003 Director: Phillip Noyce Australia 2002 94mins Set in Western Australia in 1931. Molly, Daisy and Grace are snatched from their mothers’ arms and taken a thousand miles away as part of official government policy to train as domestic servants and to integrate them into white society. Lead by Molly, they escape, pursued… Continue reading Rabbit-Proof Fence
Tag: 2002
City of God
Cidade de Deus Oct 22 2003 Brazil, France, USA 2002 130 min Directors: Katia Lund & Fernando Meirelles This is the critically acclaimed story of gang violence in Rio de Janerio. Cidade de Deus (City of God) is a poor housing project built in the 60’s, which became one of the most dangerous places in… Continue reading City of God
The Pianist
5 Nov 2003 UK, France, Germany, Netherlands, Poland 2002 150 min Director: Roman Polanski The true story of celebrated composer and pianist Wladyslaw Szpilman. At the outbreak of World War Two, Szpilman’s world changes from that of concert halls is to the Jewish Ghetto of Warsaw. In the brutality and devastation of occupied Warsaw he… Continue reading The Pianist
The Vampyre Craig
Dec 17 2003 Director: Melvyn Williams Wales 2002 10 min A very funny short. Craig a gormless, charmless vampire who lives on a run down council estate, demonstrates his vampiric powers to a local television news crew.
Sweet Sixteen
Jan 7 2004 UK, Germany, Spain 2002 106 min Director: Ken Loach Liam’s 16th birthday approaches and he looks forward to his mother’s release from prison. He lives in the dismal streets of Glasgow and in the company of his mother’s boyfriend, Stan and his mean-spirited grandfather. Hope looks bleak. He is determined to take… Continue reading Sweet Sixteen
Rabbit Proof Fence
24 Sept 2003 Director: Phillip Noyce Australia 2002 94 min Set in Western Australia in 1931. Molly, Daisy and Grace are snatched from their mothers’ arms and taken a thousand miles away as part of official government policy to train as domestic servants and to integrate them into white society. Lead by Molly, they escape,… Continue reading Rabbit Proof Fence
He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not
A la Folie… pas du tout 21 Jan 2004 Director: Laetitia Colombani France 2002 92 min Angelique, a pretty and passionate young student, is in love. The object of her desire is Loic, a cardiologist. Loic’s attention to Angelique is neglectful and sometimes cruel, yet Angelique’s spirit is constant and her devotion for him never… Continue reading He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not
Bowling for Columbine
4 February 20044 Director: Michael Moore Canada, USA, Germany 2002 119 min Why do 11,000 Americans die each year because of shootings? With its motivation founded in the massacre at Columbine High School, Michael Moore seeks to discover the roots and causes of this bloodshed. Alternately humorous and horrifying, he looks at the culture of… Continue reading Bowling for Columbine
Magdalene Sisters
17 Mar 2004 UK, Ireland 2002 119 mins Director: Peter Mullan The last Magdalene Asylum closed in Ireland in 1996. Only since then has the true horror of conditions in these institutions emerged. Set in 1960’s Ireland, this is the compelling and emotional experience journey following the lives of four ‘fallen women’. While the World… Continue reading Magdalene Sisters
Twin Sisters
De Tweeling 11 Jan 2006 Director: Ben Sombogaart Netherlands, Luxembourg 2002 129 min An epic story of separation from the best selling Dutch novelist Tessa de Loo. Six-year-old twin sisters are torn from each other following the death of their parents in 1920s Cologne. Lotte is sent to her wealthy aunt in Holland, while Anna… Continue reading Twin Sisters