Penny Woolcock Trailers
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Most Popular Penny Woolcock Trailers
Total trailers found: 22
John Adams: A Portrait and A Concert of Modern American Music Trailer (2000)
31 December 2000
Peer into the world of contemporary composer John Adams with this documentary that blends performance footage with insightful interviews and commentary from his collaborators and the master himself.
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.
On the Streets Trailer (2010)
08 November 2010
Filmmaker Penny Woolcock spent eight months in a parallel world, the world of the homeless, befriending people and finding out where they eat, sleep and socialise.
Trapping Trailer (2023)
15 September 2023
It centers on the affable London youngster Daz, who views drug dealing as a way to get quick money to support his needy family.
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’.
One Mile Away Trailer (2013)
29 March 2013
This documentary produced by Rare Day and directed by award-winning filmmaker Penny Woolcock charts the attempts by two warring gangs in inner city Birmingham, the Burger Bar Boys (B21) and the Johnson Crew (B6), to bring peace to their neighbourhoods.
Mischief Night Trailer (2006)
03 November 2006
Everyone has Halloween, but in Yorkshire, they have Mischief Night, where madness and mayhem rule. In the course of one night, the barriers that separate two families—one white, one Asian—come tumbling down in a blaze of crime, clubbing, love and fireworks—changing all their lives forever.
Mad Passionate Dreams Trailer (1995)
01 January 1995
A documentary crew investigates the stagnating life of the unemployed in a former mining town in Wales.
When the Dog Bites Trailer (1988)
18 September 1988
“Film questions whether the encouragement of very low paid jobs and schemes - both in general and specifically how they function in the area affected by the closure of the Consett steelworks in 1980 - is a sufficiently visionary response to the question of survival in post-industrial Britain.
Women in Tropical Places Trailer (1990)
08 November 1990
Celia, an Argentinian expatriate, arrives in Newcastle to marry her fiancé, George. Instead of meeting her at the airport, George sends his chauffeur, who drops her off at a local hotel.
Waste Man Trailer (2006)
02 December 2006
In 2006, Antony Gormley was commissioned to make a large figure out of wooden rubbish using volunteers in Margate for the Penny Woolcock film Exodus.
Out of the Rubble Trailer (2016)
08 February 2016
In Out Of The Rubble, Woolcock shows how planners grappled with the grimmest poverty imaginable in the post-war era, from Brixton to Glasgow, Islington to Birmingham, believing that tower blocks would transform the lives of those living in decaying slums.
1 Day Trailer (2009)
21 October 2009
This searing British thriller follows Flash (Dylan Duffus), who's safeguarding his buddy Angel's (Yohance Watson) cash until his release from prison.
Bizet: The Pearl Fishers Trailer (2016)
15 January 2016
Bizet’s rarely heard opera returned to the Met for the first time in a century on New Year’s Eve 2015, in Penny Woolcock’s acclaimed new production.
Tina Goes Shopping Trailer (1999)
28 September 1999
The first film in the Tina trilogy, using the actual inhabitants of a tough Leeds council estate in the leading roles.
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.
Tina Takes a Break Trailer (2001)
23 May 2001
Second in the Tina trilogy of films (Tina Goes Shopping, Mischief Night) set on a tough Leeds housing estate and starring the residents who actually live there in real life.
From the Sea to the Land Beyond Trailer (2012)
12 June 2012
From the Sea to the Land Beyond is a film about the British coast made from 100 years of our film heritage stored in the British Film Institute collection, edited by Penny Woolcock with a soundtrack by British Sea Power.
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.
Cleaners Trailer (2015)
22 October 2015
Migrating is seldom an easy solution. It is rather a journey, that begins with a journey. After more than eight years of campaigning, the immigrant cleaners outsourced at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in London continue to demand being brought in-house.
Going to the Dogs Trailer (2014)
12 June 2014
Dog fighting was banned in the UK in 1835, but 180 years later is growing in popularity in inner-cities.
