Most Popular Brand Thumim Trailers
Total trailers found: 27
Who Needs a Heart Trailer (1991)
02 January 1991
The tumultuous life of the controversial 1960s black revolutionary (and convicted murderer) Michael X is illustrated by a kaleidoscopic melding of sound and images.
Gholam Trailer (2017)
10 November 2017
An Iranian expat living in London has a shady past and an enigmatic present.
Goldie: When Saturn Returns Trailer (1998)
01 January 1998
Goldie, the godfather of drum and bass takes us on a roller coaster ride through his frenetic life. A journey that takes us from Wolver Hampton to Tokyo, Miami to Hong Kong; through his years in council care and his life as a musician and international pop star.
The Principles of Lust Trailer (2003)
29 January 2003
Crippled by his writer's block, Paul enters into a new, exciting relationship with risk-taking Billy and super-sexy Juliette.
Correction, Please: or, How We Got into the Pictures Trailer (1979)
01 January 1979
Experimental essay in film history, associating very early archive material (circa 1909) and studio shot footage in an attempt to provide insights into the way in which "film language" developed during the silent era, with emphasis on the process by which spectators came to be increasingly "contained" with the space time of narrative.
Exodus Trailer (2007)
04 September 2007
The story of Exodus is relocated to the seaside town Margate. Moses lives in the Promised Lands with his adoptive parents, until he finds his mother in the shanty town, Dreamland, where she’s been ghettoised with other ‘undesirables’.
Testament Trailer (1988)
16 May 1988
Focuses on the Kwame Nkrumah era in Ghanaian history and paints a portrait of a female African government minister forced into exile after a coup d'état in 1966.
A Town Under Siege Trailer (1984)
01 January 1984
Looks at Southall, one of the major Asians centres in Britain, and shows how this community organised to resist fascist attacks from 1976 to 1981.
From You were Black You were Out Trailer (1984)
01 January 1984
About the black community in Ladbroke Grove and Notting Hill which grew up in the 1950s. “No Irish, no coloured, no dogs" read the rooms-to-let signs in what was already a decaying inner area of London.
A Sign is a Fine Investment Trailer (1983)
01 January 1983
Documentary on advertising. Investigates the way work has disappeared from advertising images, and traces the phenomenon through archive advertising films from 1897 to 1960.
Tiger Bay is my Home Trailer (1984)
01 January 1984
Made in Butetown, Cardiff, shows that black communities have been developing since the 1850s. Whereas in the 20th century the 'new' communities are made up of black industrial labour, in the 19th century they began with black colonial seamen.
I Am Slave Trailer (2010)
14 September 2010
Based on the real-life experiences of Mende Nazer, the story unfolds as twelve-year-old Malia, daughter of champion wrestler Bah, is abducted from her Sudanese village in the Nubar Mountains by pro-government Arab militia and sold into slavery to a woman in Khartoum, who beats her for touching her daughter.
Anchoress Trailer (1993)
10 September 1993
A 14th-century peasant becomes transfixed by a statue of the Virgin Mary, and petitions to be walled into a cell attached to the church as a religious hermit.
Death of a President Trailer (2006)
27 October 2006
A fictional investigative documentary looks back on the "assassination" of George W. Bush and attempts to answer the question of who committed the murder.
My Childhood Trailer (1972)
05 June 1972
The first part of Bill Douglas' influential trilogy harks back to his impoverished upbringing in early-'40s Scotland.
DAU. Natasha Trailer (2020)
26 February 2020
Natasha runs the canteen at a secret 1950s Soviet research institute. This is the beating heart of the DAU universe, everyone drops in here: the institute's employees, scientists and visiting foreign guests.
Handsworth Songs Trailer (1986)
08 May 1986
The Black Audio Film Collective’s acclaimed essay film, 'Handsworth Songs', examines the 1985 race riots in Handsworth and London.
Nicaragua Part 2: The Making of a Nation Trailer (1985)
21 October 1985
Shot in 1983–84 and focusing on the work of the Historical Institute, this film witnesses how Nicaraguans are recovering their history, the memory of Sandino’s struggle, to transform their sense of identity.
DAU. Nikita Tanya Trailer (2020)
12 May 2020
Within the top secret Institute of Physics Problems, the scientist Nikita Nekrasov is visited by his wife and small children.
My Crasy Life Trailer (1992)
19 January 1992
Jean-Pierre Gorin’s gripping and unique film about a Samoan street gang in Long Beach, California, is, like other works by the filmmaker, a probing look at a closed community with its own rules, rituals, and language.
The Wet House Trailer (2002)
17 March 2002
A documentary team investigates the day-to-day operation and lives of the residents at a wet house, a hostel for the homeless which allows those living there to continue drinking.
Nicaragua Part 3: In Their Time Trailer (1985)
28 October 1985
Through the eyes of journalists and photographers working at Barricada, the official publication of the FSLN, the film observes the problems of putting socialism into practice, with reports on the war, the economy, the prison system and the political process leading up to the 1984 elections.
The Death of Klinghoffer Trailer (2003)
24 January 2003
An adaptation from the controversial John Adams opera about the true life incident that took place in the mid 80s.
For Memory Trailer (1986)
18 April 1986
Charts a journey through various `memory' productions such as murals, monuments, TV histories, commemorations etc, and in so doing questions the role that historical memory plays in our society.
A Common History Trailer (1984)
01 January 1984
A record of the unity and continuity of black struggle in Britain. Underlines the fact that the 'new' black communities consist of workers from different countries in Asia and the Caribbean joined in the same struggles against racism in Britain since World War Two.
