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| Arranged Happiness Wednesday, January 25 |
In the politically-charged Kashmir valley in India the Dar family are searching for the right man to marry their daughter Waheeda and it is her brother's task to vet the candidates.
Despite having experienced years of war, separation and loss, the family are positive and hope that Waheeda will find real happiness. This uplifting film reveals that love can be found in places of conflict and that matchmaking can work surprisingly well.
Arranged Happiness can be seen from Wednesday, January 25, at the following times GMT: Wednesday: 2000; Thursday: 1200; Friday: 0100; Saturday: 0600; Sunday: 2000; Monday: 1200; Tuesday: 0100.
| Fighting Eviction on Millionaires' Street Monday, January 30 |
Galina and her neighbours live on Millionaires' Street in St Petersburg, a once glorious row of palatial houses now in shocking disrepair and subject to the worst elements of predatory property developers and corrupt city officials.
The over-crowding and the lack of maintenance, together with sudden evictions, is taking a dreadful toll on the physical and mental health of the residents.
They are fighting back with the law and also with street protests, but the odds are stacked as the rampant capitalism of modern day Russia continues unabated.
Fighting Eviction on Millionaires' Street can be seen from Monday, January 30, at the following times GMT: Monday: 2230; Tuesday: 0930; Wednesday: 0330; Thursday: 1630.
| Kinshasa Symphony Wednesday, February 1 |
For 15 years the Kinshasa Symphony Orchestra in the DRC has kept on playing despite two coups, war and exasperating power cuts.
Central Africa's only symphony orchestra is an inspiration to all those who join it and go to their concerts. The musicians and singers are ordinary working people passionate about classical music who leave their day jobs to rush to the rehearsals.
They battle dust in their throats, electricity cuts and the competing noise of local bars. They build their own instruments when they have none and improvise when even that proves impossible.
They struggle to make ends meet but their passion for music lifts them out of the hardships of daily life. This uplifting film follows several determined characters whose lives have been transformed by the orchestra.
Kinshasa Symphony can be seen from Wednesday, February 1, at the following times GMT: Wednesday: 2000; Thursday: 1200; Friday: 0100; Saturday: 0600; Sunday: 2000; Monday: 1200; Tuesday: 0100.
| Gangster's Granny Monday, February 6 |
Ecuador is caught in the cross hairs of Latin America's drug war. In this tiny country there are gangs of every size and dimension on the streets.
In this tender look at the trauma of the drug war one an aging peace activist is trying to give the young people in these gangs hope and a way forward. She has built a safe haven for these gangs called Barrio de Paz - 'Neighbourhood of Peace'. But she has also become a grandmotherly figure to them, helping to guide them into a life of non-violence.
Gangster's Granny can be seen from Monday, February 6, at the following times GMT: Monday: 2230; Tuesday: 0930; Wednesday: 0330; Thursday: 1630.
| Back Home South Africa Wednesday, February 8 |
After 27 years of imprisonment by the apartheid regime, Nelson Mandela was released from the notorious Robben Island Prison off the coast of Cape Town in 1990. Four years later he became the first black president of South Africa.
This film follows three of his fellow prisoners who also endured many years of brutal treatment by the warders and agonising separation from loved ones.
But after their release these three came back to live and to work on this island in the new, free South Africa. The prison is now a tourist attraction and they have become tour guides, sharing memories and reflections of the place that shaped their lives, as well as the history of South Africa.
Back Home South Africa can be seen from Wednesday, February 8, at the following times GMT: Wednesday: 2000; Thursday: 1200; Friday: 0100; Saturday: 0600; Sunday: 2000; Monday: 1200; Tuesday: 0100.
| Circus of My Sun Monday, February 13 |
The Cirque Shemsy, or "Circus of my Sun", sits on the edge of one of Morocco's poorest slums in Sale, on the northwest coast. Evey year, hundreds of the country's poorest children and teenagers come to the circus to try out as performers, desperate to find a new future for themselves.
But only a handful of the young hopefuls can be taken on: Those who make the grade are pushed to their physical limits and constantly challenged to prove themselves.
Cirque Shemsy is the first circus of its kind in Morocco and its director, Alain, is determined turn the circus into a commercial success, so that it delivers a working future for its young performers.
Witness joins the circus on its first national tour, travelling by train and bus to Agadir to set up the tent and perform in front of a demanding audience.
Circus of My Sun can be seen from Monday, February 13, at the following times GMT: Monday: 2230; Tuesday: 0930; Wednesday: 0330; Thursday: 1630.
| Jaffa - The Orange Clockwork Wednesday, February 15 |
This film shows how Jaffa started out as a Palestinian place name before becoming an Israeli brand name and how the orange harvest shifted from being a joint undertaking into a symbol used by both parties in the conflict.
Archive film and photographs show how propaganda was used to erase the memory of a thriving place where Arabs and Jews worked together. Art historians and political analysts talk about the images which are projected onto their walls, and elderly orange growers remember the time before their world was destroyed.
Jaffa - The Orange Clockwork can be seen from Wednesday, February 15, at the following times GMT: Wednesday: 2000; Thursday: 1200; Friday: 0100; Saturday: 0600; Sunday: 2000; Monday: 1200; Tuesday: 0100.
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