Filip, a clerk in a small Polish town, buys an 8mm camera to film the baby his wife is expecting. His bosses take an interest in it & commission him to film the company's 25th anniversary celebrations. When the result wins a prize at an amateur film festival, Filip, encouraged by his success, becomes consumed by his new passion. He soon discovers, however, that filmmaking has unexpected consequences as tensions rise in his marriage & his managers begin to impose censorship on his films. ...

India's first woman photojournalist, Homai Vyarawalla photographed the last days of the British Empire & her work traces the birth & growth of a new nation. She was the only professional woman photojournalist in India during her time. This title tells the story of Homai's life & her work that spans an entire century of Indian history. ...

Take your photography to new heights of artistry by working in black & white. Wonderful images by a master photographer, accompanied by jargon-free explanations of concept, composition, & technique, provide amateur photographers with the inspiration & information they need to make the most of monochrome. ...

Craig Mc Call directs this documentary tribute to cinematographer Jack Cardiff, who died in April 2009. After working as a cameraman for Hitchcock & for Powell & Pressburger in the 1940s, Cardiff was asked by director Michael Powell to oversee the cinematography for the 1946 film 'A Matter of Life & Death'. Before long he had earned a reputation as a master of Technicolor cinematography, & went on to work on classic films including ' Black Narcissus' (1947), ' The Red Shoes' (1948), ' Pandora & the Flying Dutchman' (1951), ' War & Peace' (1956) & ' The Prince & the Showgirl' (1957). The film combines film clips, home movies, documentary footage & interviews with Cardiff's associates including Kirk Douglas, Lauren Bacall, Charlton Heston & Martin Scorsese. ...