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In this meditative short documentary, a woman who works on a lobster boat reflects on what keeps her doing a dangerous, male-dominated job despite pressure from friends and family to return to school or find a new line of work. Instead of caving to those pressures, she embraces living outside the ‘real world’, seeing beauty and clarity in a life connected to the sea, and finding meaning in the very act of defying expectations.
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Anthropology
Margaret Mead explains why the family was entering a brave new world in this 1959 film
29 minutes
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Demography and migration
In California’s farmlands, immigrant workers share their stories of toil and hope
17 minutes
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Home
Life moves slowly in a Romanian mountain village, shaped by care and the seasons
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Film and visual culture
Space and time expand, contract and combust in this propulsive animation
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Sports and games
Young Palestinians find fleeting moments of freedom at a West Bank skate park
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History of science
Meet the Quaker pacifist who shattered British science’s highest glass ceilings
14 minutes
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Gender
A catchy tune explains the world’s ‘isms’ – according to your mum doing the laundry
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Human rights and justice
Surreal, dazzling visuals form an Iranian expat’s tribute to defiance back home
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Consciousness and altered states
‘I want me back’ – after a head injury, Nick struggles with his altered reality
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