A remarkable event the great American civil rights leader, Martin Luther King makes a powerful speech on a unique visit to Newcastle University.
This is a film about stuttering. Dedicated only to some of you. Oh, and it's also about pigeons, cat callers, apple trees, Goethe's Faust, forests, bridges, words, letters, DNA, benches, shopping streets, worms, symbols, computers, fallen trees and girls on horses.
Stammer School follows a cast of struggling stammerers as they enrol in a course that aims to help them finally find their voices. Stammer School features Musharaf Asghar – affectionately known as Mushy – from Educating Yorkshire. He found a place in the hearts of the nation as millions tuned in to watch him learn methods to overcome his crippling stammer and achieve the C grade he needed in his English GCSE. Although Mushy’s stammer has improved, he is often left speechless still. With the help of an intensive programme, led by other stutterers, Stammer School will follow Mushy and others as they attempt to overcome this huge stumbling block in their lives.
In een van de meest uitgebreide, op de Schriften gebaseerde presentaties over de verzoening geeft de gerespecteerde evangeliegeleerde W. Cleon Skousen inzicht in de reikwijdte van het offer van Jezus en hoe we de verzoening in ons leven kunnen gebruiken. Deze toespraak, oorspronkelijk opgenomen op 18 december 1980, was op uitnodiging van zendingspresident Orville Matheny voor ruim tweehonderd zendelingen op een conferentie van het zendingsgebied Dallas, Texas, die alle missies omvatte.
An exploration of immigration in Britain over the half century since Conservative MP Enoch Powell made his controversial speech. Issues surrounding race, religion, integration and multiculturalism are examined.
Never underestimate the power of one voice to change things, as wittily illustrated by 14 artists from around the world in this animated speech by Barack Obama.
Chanda Chevannes follows scientist Dr. Sandra Steingraber as she makes speeches against fracking and gets arrested protesting “the industrialization of the Finger Lakes.”
The making of patriotic films was not rare among FAI productions, and Il bacio della gloria is one example, together with Armi e amori (1913) and Per la Patria! (1915). In this Speech from the Throne, which opened the 14th Legislature, the King of Italy stressed and underscored with his words the period recalling the story of the glorious conquering of Libya, sending warm greetings to the courageous men who fought, and to the heroes who fell, for the loftiness of their country. In a response worthy of these august words, immediately thereafter Pathé released this patriotic film which tells one of the many stories of courage which bring glory to the Italian flag.
About the fear of public speaking and chronicles several characters as they prepare for the World Championships of Public Speaking. One leaves behind a job and his wife and 6 kids on his quest to be the best. Another spends 6 weeks writing and rewriting his speech only to write it once more 72 hours before the contest. For another, it is a fight for life that gives her the strength to speak and tell her story while she still has time. They all want to share with the world their very personal stories of triumph over adversity. But only one will be named the World's Best Speaker.
From A for accent to Z for zero - everything you wanted to know about the English language.
George Veditz, one-time president of the National Association of the Deaf of the United States, outlines the right of deaf people to sign instead of speak. The film is presented in American Sign Language and has no sub- or intertitles.
Belgrade in 2041 is a deserted city that looks like a dump yard. A few old men try to bring up a group of young girls in the old, traditional way of their Yugoslav ancestors.
Early Balkan footage.
Jean-Luc Godard's acceptance video for the 2015 'Prix d’honneur'.
A show troupe is engaged by Judge Culliman, who is running for Governor, to enhance his political campaign. When the inebriated Judge has to be replaced in doing his campaign speech by the troupe crooner, Eric Land, his political backers decide that they want him to run for Governor in the Judge's place. Romance, music, political corruption and the election results follow.
During the 1940s, Maurice Bendrix, a writer recently discharged from the armed service, falls in love with Sarah Miles, whom he interviews for a book. Sarah is married, but she and Maurice eventually give in to their mutual attraction, leading to an affair that lasts several months. Maurice's jealousy, along with the bombing of London by the Germans, seemingly leads to the end of their relationship. However, the reasons are later revealed to be more complex.
December 1944: de oorlog is zo goed als verloren. Toch wil de Duitse minister van propaganda, Joseph Goebbels het nog niet opgeven. Op nieuwjaarsdag moet de Führer nog eenmaal de mensenmassa moed inspreken. Maar er is één probleem: de Führer kan het niet. Ziek en depressief mijdt hij de openbaarheid. Er is maar één persoon die hem helpen kan; de voormalige toneelspeler Professor Adolf Grünbaum, een jood.
A Harvard man fights a railroad baron with a disguise and the power of the press.
De bescheiden wiskundeleraar Pierre Durois, die les geeft op een meisjesinternaat, komt bij toeval in aanraking met de beroemde filmster Jackie Logan. De kranten vermoeden een romance. Het kleine stadje in Zuid-Frankrijk wordt belaagd door paparazzi en Pierre Durois staat plotseling in het middelpunt van de belangstelling.
An honest, talented and well respected attorney defeats a corrupt incumbent U.S. Senator. After a very good start he has to face the subtle temptations and innocent looking traps of Washington.