Film Distribution
Films for Change Centre
CFC works in partnership with the Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) to produce and distribute films on environment & development issues. CFC's Films for Change video resource centre has over 700 documentaries, docu-dramas, animations, public service announcements, news reports, and short feature films which highlight issues such as debt, community development, biodiversity, children, women, desertification, energy, health & medicine, indigenous people and land rights, pesticides, poverty, urban settlements, recycling, water, waste, and wetlands. Many of these films have won international broadcast awards.
CFC distributes films to Nigerian broadcasters at cost price, with all broadcast rights cleared. CFC also distributes films to private individuals, schools, NGOs, corporate bodies, and community groups. The centre organises special film events to entertain and educate key audiences on environment and development issues.
Highlights from our Video Resource Centre
TITLE: SNAPSHOTS OF CHANGE - THE SKY IS THE LIMIT
Year: 2005
Duration: 4mins
Language: English
Country: Sierra Leone
Before the civil war in Sierra Leone, only one in four girls attended school: today, it's one in two. During the fighting Fatima Kainesse was captured by rebels and used for sex. She escaped to Freetown and returned to school as an adult student. If more people had been educated, she says now, the conflict wouldn't have happened.
TITLE: SNAPSHOTS OF CHANGE - THE LADY MECHANICS
Year: 2005
Duration: 4mins
Language: English
Country: Nigeria
Motor mechanic Sandra Aguebor is teaching disadvantaged young women the skills of her trade - and the new women car mechanics are gaining the respect of the community. One elder in the community, King Bamidele Oladigbolu says 'Women mechanics in Nigeria - it amounts to civilisation!'
TITLE: SNAPSHOTS OF CHANGE - Honour and shame
Year: 2005
Duration: 4mins
Language: English
Country: Jordan
Kalud is the first woman butcher in Jordan - a job traditionally regarded as shameful and out of bounds for women. But across Jordan, a new generation of young women like Kalud are now challenging tradition and fighting for their right to participate in society - and to support their families as breadwinners.
TITLE: SNAPSHOTS OF CHANGE - positive result
Year: 2005
Duration: 4mins
Language: English
Country: Kenya
Elly is HIV positive: his wife Jane is not. But knowing the risks of contracting HIV in Kenya, Jane encouraged Elly to check his HIV status early on in their marriage, and together they took the necessary steps to stay healthy - a vital decision in a country where three quarters of the population don't know if they are infected.
TITLE: SNAPSHOTS OF CHANGE -life promises
Year: 2005
Duration: 4mins
Language: English
Country: Zimbabwe
In this powerful drama, Angie can't afford to attend the ante-natal clinic - and she loses her baby in labour. She's not alone: Zimbabwe's infant mortality rates have soared because of its failure to invest in the health service. Angie's experience drives her to confront the health minister to demand the government fulfil its obligations.
TITLE: SNAPSHOTS OF CHANGE -workers on the line
Year: 2005
Duration: 4mins
Language: English
Country: South Africa
South Africa's Eastern Cape region was once home to a thriving textile industry. But globalisation has hit the industry hard, with over 100,000 textile workers, mainly poor, black women, laid off in the past five years - among them Rochelle Julies and her family who are now unemployed and struggling to feed their families.
TITLE: SNAPSHOTS OF CHANGE - the power and the fury
Year: 2005
Duration: 4mins
Language: English
Country: Spain
Enrique is in prison in Barcelona, serving a sentence for beating up his wife. In 2005, reports of domestic violence cases in Spain increased by 20 percent. 'The Power and the Fury' investigates what motivates men to resort to violence against women and asks whether those convicted of this crime can ever learn to change their ways?
TITLE: SNAPSHOTS OF CHANGE - home sweet home
Year: 2005
Duration: 4mins
Language: English
Country: Italy
Forget bag ladies, druggies and beggars: squatters in Italy are increasingly middle class families driven to desperate moves by the soaring increases in rents in the last two years. One woman, Pina, is leading a brave - but illegal - campaign to convert empty buildings in Rome into basic accommodation for homeless families.
TITLE: SNAPSHOTS OF CHANGE - equal in the eyes of the law
Year: 2005
Duration: 4mins
Language: English
Country: Sweden
Sweden: renowned as the most egalitarian country in the world. But Sweden's justice system is far from equal in its treatment of women and men. Gang raped three years ago, Johanna sought justice from the courts, but found herself instead subjected to intense scrutiny about her personal behaviour and background.
TITLE: SNAPSHOTS OF CHANGE - women in power
Year: 2005
Duration: 4mins
Language: English
Country: Czech Republic
In the Czech Moravian highlands, Ivana led an all women's party to contest traditionally male dominated seats in the local town election. Despite early ridicule, the women won. Now, as Deputy Mayor, Ivana is now channeling funds in new directions, and increasing opportunities for women and their families.
TITLE: SNAPSHOTS OF CHANGE - as it is in heaven, so be it on earth
Year: 2005
Duration: 4mins
Language: English
Country: Lithuania
In a live radio broadcast, a priest, a gender specialist academic and a theologian probe the thorny question of why the Catholic Church's ideas about Christianity is still dictated by men, with little understanding or consideration of the role of women or the progress towards equality occurring throughout Lithuanian society.
TITLE: SNAPSHOTS OF CHANGE - www.whynot.ly
Year: 2005
Duration: 4mins
Language: English
Country: Latvia
In theory, Latvia enjoys equality between the sexes. In practice, until recently, gender roles were more traditional: men were the breadwinners, women the homemakers. But Ainars is part of a new group of men who are happy to swap roles with their partners to stay at home and play their part in bringing up their children.
TITLE: SNAPSHOTS OF CHANGE - a plea for love
Year: 2005
Duration: 4mins
Language: English
Country: Russia
In Russia, 14,000 disabled children are raised in state institutions. Fathers often reject them. The government provides little support. Schools refuse to educate them. But mother-of-five Olga refused to let an institutional upbringing become the fate of her youngest son, Vasia, and now supports other mothers who want to follow her.
TITLE: SNAPSHOTS OF CHANGE - first steps to survival
Year: 2005
Duration: 4mins
Language: English
Country: Kazakhstan
Before Vera Klimova arrived to shake it up, Yacevka was just one of the many dying villages in rural Kazakhstan abandoned by inhabitants who'd moved to the flourishing, new oil-rich cities. But now, there are plans for a hotel, jobs for women, even a local newspaper - bringing hope and power back into local peoples' lives.
TITLE: SNAPSHOTS OF CHANGE - the daughter in law
Year: 2005
Duration: 4mins
Language: English
Country: Uzbekistan
After the lavish wedding ceremony and family rituals, young wives in rural Uzbekistan move into their husband's family home. Here, the mother in law rules the roost, often treating them as domestic slaves, responsible for all the housework and work in the fields. This mini-drama explores why this cruel system still exists and what role men play in perpetuating it?
TITLE: SNAPSHOTS OF CHANGE - I won't hide
Year: 2005
Duration: 4mins
Language: English
Country: China (CCTV)
Shuqing Xia and her husband inadvertently contracted HIV through blood donations in the early 1990s. Initially stigmatised and shunned by her local community, Xia is now a champion for the rights of HIV/AIDS sufferers in China, calling for respect, compassion and understanding from society.
TITLE: SNAPSHOTS OF CHANGE - spring buds
Year: 2005
Duration: 4mins
Language: English
Country: China (Jiang Xi)
After both her parents had died, Fangfang's grandmother worked tirelessly collecting scrap metal to earn cash to send her granddaughter to school. Poverty almost forced Fangfang to quit after primary school, but support from the Spring Bud project aimed at redressing discrimination in education of rural girls in China, came just in time.
TITLE: SNAPSHOTS OF CHANGE - a bad practice
Year: 2005
Duration: 4mins
Language: English
Country: Afghanistan
Intercutting dramatization with interviews, this film explores the illegal but wide-spread practice of BAD in Afghanistan, which allows a murderer's family to 'give' away one of their daughters in marriage to a member of the victim's family to atone for the crime. Endorsed by mullahs, it's a practice which condemns young Afghan women to a life of abuse and violence.
TITLE: SNAPSHOTS OF CHANGE - from pakistan with love
Year: 2005
Duration: 4mins
Language: English
Country: Pakistan
Journalist, editor and environmental activist, Saneeya Hussain embodied 'feminism' and 'women's rights' in the most un-dogmatic way, living life on her own terms and - in doing so - countering the trends that militate against women's individual freedoms in Pakistan specifically and South Asia in general. This film celebrates her life and the inspiring legacy she left behind.
TITLE: SNAPSHOTS OF CHANGE - gender bender
Year: 2005
Duration: 4mins
Language: English
Country: India
Ten year-old Kavita is a professional barber, shaving the beards of local men in her village. Twenty one year old Suhag Khemlani cleans the windows of skyscrapers in Mumbai, dangling from a harness thirty floors above ground level. Filmmaker, Poojita Chowdhury travels India to discover women who, despite prejudice, won't let society dictate what jobs they should or shouldn't do.
TITLE: SNAPSHOTS OF CHANGE - shakti: empowerment
Year: 2005
Duration: 4mins
Language: English
Country: Nepal
Sold by an uncle, and forced into prostitution in India by ruthless traffickers, Anu lived a life 'in hell' for two years before she escaped and returned home to Nepal. There, faced with ostracism and hostility from her community, Anu responded by setting up the first agency to help trafficked women and tackle prejudice against them.
TITLE: SNAPSHOTS OF CHANGE - billy's struggle
Year: 2005
Duration: 4mins
Language: English
Country: Bangladesh
Billu Rani lives in a remote village in the Barishal district of south Bangladesh, with no electricity and few modern amenities. But Billu now runs a highly successful restaurant business - thanks to financial help and training from a local micro-credit scheme. With her husband' support, she's overcome villagers' disapproval of women entrepreneurs, and now makes key decisions about her and her family's future.
TITLE: SNAPSHOTS OF CHANGE - mending broken pieces
Year: 2005
Duration: 4mins
Language: English
Country: Jamaica
In Jamaica, 12 percent of 15 to 19 year olds have had two or three pregnancies. As young mothers, often forced to abandon hopes of an education, their future prospects are bleak. But one organisation has provided an important lifeline, by helping pregnant teens and young mothers continue their studies and look after their babies.
TITLE: SNAPSHOTS OF CHANGE - 2 sides of the coin
Year: 2005
Duration: 4mins
Language: English
Country: Trinidad and Tobago
Child sex abuse is increasing in Trinidad and Tobago. 2 Sides of the Coin shows that girls are often not valued within families, leading to a vicious cycle of abuse and vulnerability in their adult lives. But now teenagers have a new role model - athlete and Olympic hopeful Christal Skeete, who with the support of her extended family, has succeeded in both sport and school.
TITLE: SNAPSHOTS OF CHANGE - a silence to be broken
Year: 2005
Duration: 4mins
Language: English
Country: Mexico
Lured to Mexico City by the promise of work, Juanita was just 14 when she found herself trapped into prostitution. By intercutting her story with interviews with government and NGO professionals discussing why the police are so ineffectual, this film explores the difficulties of eradicating the illegal, but highly lucrative sexual exploitation of young girls in Mexico.
TITLE: SNAPSHOTS OF CHANGE - carmen the music teacher
Year: 2005
Duration: 4mins
Language: English
Country: Cuba
Carmen Rosa, mother of two and a professional musician, teaches gifted children choral singing in Havana. She says she couldn't have succeeded without the support of women neighbours and friends - this vital informal network of Cuban women is the lifeline for many working mothers and has grown stronger since the collapse of the economy in the 90s and the resulting hardships in everyday life.
TITLE: SNAPSHOTS OF CHANGE - indaia
Year: 2005
Duration: 4mins
Language: English
Country: Brazil
One in four babies is born to teenagers every year in Brazil. Many young mothers face an uncertain future of poverty, ignorance and an often volatile family life. A Nineteen year old Indaia once lived on the street, pregnant and a drug addict, but now with information, healthcare and skills training, she's changed her life around.
TITLE: SNAPSHOTS OF CHANGE - weaving the future
Year: 2005
Duration: 4mins
Language: English
Country: Bolivia
Excluded from the mainstream, indigenous women in Bolivia have less access to education than their Spanish-speaking peers. This is the story of how Quechan Jesusa Flores - poor and uneducated, but rich in cultural knowledge - taught herself to read and write and joined forces with other women to promote Bolivia's cultural diversity around the world.
TITLE: SNAPSHOTS OF CHANGE - single life
Year: 2005
Duration: 4mins
Language: English
Country: Japan
Haruka is typical of many urban Japanese women in their thirties. She's single, financially independent, and she won't compromise with what she wants out of marriage. By contrast, Japanese men appear confused, and are now trying to find out what women want in relationships from the newly launched 'Bridegroom School'.
TITLE: SNAPSHOTS OF CHANGE - amazing grace
Year: 2005
Duration: 4mins
Language: English
Country: Philippines
Grace Padaca, accountant turned broadcaster, succeeded in toppling a 40 year old family dynasty to become the first female Governor of Isabela province - without the backing of money, or a mainstream Filipino political party. She brings a very different style of leadership compared to her predecessors. Amazing Grace profiles this determined, unorthodox woman.
TITLE: SNAPSHOTS OF CHANGE - my baby brings me bucks
Year: 2005
Duration: 4mins
Language: English
Country: Indonesia
Unable to find work, many migrants from rural Indonesia end up begging on the streets of Jakarta to survive. Women are particularly vulnerable and often resort to using their babies to attract more donations - unaware of the potential damage to their children's health.
TITLE: SNAPSHOTS OF CHANGE - we can change
Year: 2005
Duration: 4mins
Language: English
Country: Fiji
Five thousand Fijians are thought to be infected with HIV, but there is still a strong taboo against speaking about sex, or sexually transmitted diseases, in Fiji. But Apikali braved the shame to tell islanders how she and her husband only discovered they were HIV positive after their child died. As a result, more Fijians people are beginning to discuss the disease and go for testing.