Films
PEOPLE'S HISTORY AND
COMMUNITY FILMS
Our films are priced at £10 each - plus p&p for UK purchase orders*. Some are currently not for sale (N/S) - we are in the process of gradually changing the format from VHS to DVD. Please check the date of the films – some of the older films (ie produced before 2000) were filmed on old tape formats and the quality is not as good as we would like but we have decided to transfer them to DVD as many of them are important archive films. All our films are PAL format.
Contact us if you want to talk about buying or hiring a film, want to find out more before buying, or if you are interested in hosting a visit to your group. Contact us also if you would be interested in us making a video either with or for your group, project or organisation. You can also see some clips from some of our films on this web site.
(*NB. For videos which are purchased in bulk packs of 10 or over, there will be a price reduction. Please contact us for more info).
A Patchwork of Betws Life
This People’s History film uses video interviews, photographs and images and features a range of members of the Betws community with different experiences of the village, to create a video patchwork of Betws in 2005. Facilitated by Sophie Cobb. Funded by Communites First and supported by The Betws Partnership.
Running time: 15 minutes approx
Year Produced: 2005
Format: DVD (Region 2)
Cost: N/S
You can watch a clip of this film here (broadband connection recommended).
Ghost Investigation
As part of the On Common Ground Project, The Red Cross Young Carers group in Ceredigion worked with Valley and Vale Community Arts to create this film on the history of superstitions, myths and legends in their county. To make this film, the group visited Nanteos Mansion, Llywernog Silver Lead Mining Museum, St.Fagan’s National History Museum, and the National Waterfront Museum in Swansea to help with their research. The film was premiered at Aberystwyth Arts Centre and exhibited at the National Waterfront Museum, Swansea and Amgueddfa Cymru National Museum Wales.
Running time: 20 minutes approx
Year Produced: 2007
Format: DVD (Region 2)
Cost: £10
Mountain Murals
We spent 2 weeks in August 2005 up in the Garw Valley Forestry, at the
top of Carn Mountain in the Mountain Murals project. For this project
we spent two glorious weeks with local children in the sunshine making
artwork on stones, exploring our local mountains, learning about the
danger of fires, creating a beautiful mural on the entrance to an old
coal mine, and carving a thick slate bench at a viewpoint for both the
mural and down the valley to the coast.
Many of the children and young people we worked with on this project had never been that high up the mountain and were proud to show off their natural artwork to their friends and family on top of the mountain at the end of the summer. This project was very special and we had many local dog walkers and hikers thanking us for the mural and place to sit at the top of the mountain and think. Many people said they would make the walk to the top just to see the artwork the young people had created.
Running time: 10 minutes approx
Year Produced: 2006
Format: DVD (Region 2)
Cost: £10
