Stairway to Light
"John Nesbitt's Passing Parade"
This John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short tells the story of 18th Century French physician Dr. Philippe Pinel, who initiated enlightened, humane treatment of the mentally ill.
"John Nesbitt's Passing Parade"
This John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short tells the story of 18th Century French physician Dr. Philippe Pinel, who initiated enlightened, humane treatment of the mentally ill.
John Nesbitt
Narrator (voice)
Dewey Robinson
Head Keeper (uncredited)
Gene Roth
Hector Chevigny (uncredited)
Harry Wilson
Keeper Hosing Down Patient (uncredited)
Wolfgang Zilzer
Dr. Philippe Pinel (uncredited)
This John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short tells the story of 18th Century French physician Dr. Philippe Pinel, who initiated enlightened, humane treatment of the mentally ill.
The unassuming Philippe Pinel (Wolfgang Zilzer) takes up a position in charge of a prison for the mentally ill in Paris and is horrified by what he discovers. There are people, unkempt and uncared for, who have been kept in the dark, chained to walls and fed a diet of gruel, bread and water - and they have been there for decades. Rather courageously, he concludes that chains and pain have never “cured” anyone so he determines to release some of these people back into society. Now there is an understandable scepticism from the public at large as none of those freed are tracked or monitored and so could easily revert to their violent ways, so they turn on this man as he walks to work. It’s going to take a somewhat miraculous intervention if he is to survive to prove the merits of his strategy. It’s far too short a feature to really develop the story of this visionary fellow here, but the monochrome and menacingly scored photography does raise heckles as we come to terms with the out of sight out of mind attitude that prevailed across so-called civilised society as late as the 18th century.
A stark and graphic portrayal of the conditions that existed at the State Prison for the Criminally Insane at Bridgewater, Massachusetts, and documents the various ways the inmates are treated by the guards, social workers, and psychiatrists.
Dick Proenneke retired at age 50 in 1967 and decided to build his own cabin in the wilderness at the base of the Aleutian Peninsula, in what is now Lake Clark National Park. Using color footage he shot himself, Proenneke traces how he came to this remote area, selected a homestead site and built his log cabin completely by himself. The documentary covers his first year in-country, showing his day-to-day activities and the passing of the seasons as he sought to scratch out a living alone in the wilderness.
Two ten year-old boys are detained by police under suspicion of abducting and murdering a toddler.
Featuring never-before-seen footage, this documentary delivers a startling new look at the Peoples Temple, headed by preacher Jim Jones who, in 1978, led more than 900 members to Guyana, where he orchestrated a mass suicide via tainted punch.
Ten Minutes Older is a 2002 film project consisting of two compilation feature films entitled The Trumpet and The Cello. The project was conceived by the producer Nicolas McClintock as a reflection on the theme of time at the turn of the Millennium. Fifteen celebrated film-makers were invited to create their own vision of what time means in ten minutes of film.
A documentary shot by filmmakers all over the world that serves as a time capsule to show future generations what it was like to be alive on the 24th of July, 2010.
ตีแผ่อาชีพที่มีความเสี่ยงสูง แต่ผลสำเร็จก็หอมหวานอย่างการเป็นดาราเด็ก ภาพยนตร์เรื่องนี้จะพาไปดูสิ่งที่เด็กคนหนึ่งต้องเสียไปทั้งในด้านชีวิตส่วนตัวและในเส้นทางอาชีพ ไม่ว่าพวกเขาจะประสบความสำเร็จหรือล้มเหลวก็ตาม
Centres on Canadian animator Ryan Larkin, who in later years lived on skid row in Montreal following a history of drug and alcohol abuse.
เจมส์ คาเมรอนคิดถึงการตัดสินใจของเขาเมื่อครั้งสร้างภาพยนตร์เรื่องไททานิค เขายังคงไขปริศนาของเหตุการณ์ที่เป็นสัญลักษณ์และโศกนาฏกรรมนี้ไปพร้อมๆ กับทีมผู้เชี่ยวชาญ
A look at the Apollo 11 mission to land on the moon led by commander Neil Armstrong and pilot Buzz Aldrin.