Documentaries
Landlocked Films' documentary videos are an eclectic reflection of our life histories and passions. Each film represents several years' commitment to a story and its telling.
"Song of Our Children."
How do schools
successfully include children with disabilities in classrooms with non-disabled
peers? In SONG
OF OUR CHILDREN, we meet teachers, parents, and students whose daily routines
exemplify what “educational inclusion” means and what it takes to make it work.
This moving portrayal of four memorable children -- preschool through high
school – reveals the challenges, strategies, and benefits of inclusion for all. Visit the Web
page.
"Streams of Gold"
tells the story of a filmmaker's journey to uncover his
family’s past in the gold mines of southern Ecuador. This one-hour documentary
traces the history of an American company's presence in an Andean mining town
called Portovelo from the 1890's to World War II, where filmmaker John Tweedy's
grandparents lived and worked for nearly 30 years. Silent film footage and
stills from the 1920s and 30s are pieced together with the recollections
of old miners, their children and grandchildren to form a moving mosaic of the
struggles of a town whose history was intertwined with an American company for
three generations, and whose uncertain future reveals much about the nature of
global economics today. Visit the web
page.
"Iwo
Jima: Memories in Sand"
is the story of the battle
of Iwo Jima told by veterans who returned to the island of black volcanic sand
for the 50th Commemoration ceremonies in 1995. They were joined by
Japanese veterans on a similar voyage of peacemaking and remembrance. The story
begins with the battle of Iwo Jima and expands to encompass the story of the
B-29 bombers, the families left behind in the United States, the Japanese
defenders, and the atomic bombing of Japan. Interviewees include former members
of the Marines, Air Corps, and Naval Construction Battalion. Returning to the
island of Iwo Jima for the first time in fifty years, they revisit the past and
reflect on how their war experiences affected them over the years. Visit the web page.
"Lieweila: a Micronesian Story"
is the first-person account of the history and culture of
a small, culturally endangered group of Pacific Islanders. Cinta Kaipat of
Saipan narrates the story of how in the 1800s her ancestors were forced to
leave their earthquake- and flood-ravaged atolls in the Caroline
Islands for the high islands of the Marianas. They sailed their outrigger
canoes north, navigating by their knowledge of rising and setting stars and
ocean swells. In the Marianas, they experienced a series of colonial regimes
led by Spain, Germany, Japan, and the United States. "Lieweila" is their
examination of their painful history and exploration of how to maintain
traditional cultural practices, beliefs and values.
Visit the web
page.
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