A Painter Who Farms 2018
Allen Whiting is a farmer who has been living off the land as his family has for 12 generations, though he is known more for his plein-air paintings, depictions of island landscapes that can be found in the collections of those lucky few who have been visiting his home gallery since the 70s. From his taciturn delivery to his creative expression of the beauty that surrounds him, Whiting is the human embodiment of Martha's Vineyard, the island in which his roots run deep, and from which he derives his inspiration.

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Four People: A Ballad Film 1962
Story of four sufferers from polio.

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The Vision of William Blake 1958
The artistic and spiritual vision of William Blake as expressed through his books and illustrations.

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People Apart 1957
Demonstrates different types of epilepsies in various personalities and age groups.

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Thursday's Children 1954    star_border 6.6
Won the Academy Award for the Best Documentary Short of 1954. The subject deals with the children at The Royal School for the Deaf in Margate, Kent. The hearing-handicapped children are shown painstakingly learning what words are through exercises and games, practicing lip-reading and finally speech. Richard Burton's calm and sometimes-poetic narration adds to the heartwarming cheerfulness and courage of the children. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with British Film Institute in 2005.

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