S1.E18 ∙ Skirts in Sports

'Second Base' is the follow up to the award-winning Boys of Summer (screened at Phoenix Film Festival - closing night - 2006). For years after the original project, people constantly asked the Director, Robert, 'how is your father?' This film answers that question and opens up many more. This is part two of six of an anthropological series, in the vein of 7up, with the next four films coming out every five years. It looks at life, death, Parkinson's disease, baseball and fatherhood through the eyes of Dan and Robert Cochrane.

Are you ready to change your mind about soccer fans? Going to the stadium to root for your favorite soccer team is a very exciting moment to share and exchange with others. STANDARD is the story of the Standard Football Club fans of Liege in Belgium and the passion they experience everyday. It's about the fervor that helps them to preserve whatever the cost, the spirit of their club, a battle flag flying high and strong in the face of global foot-business. Recounting the stories of a few fans, STANDARD brings the idea of transmission alive, the need and proud feeling of belonging to something indestructible, something that will be perpetuated for generations, so that the spirit of the Standard Club continues to soar above the stadium.

Every soccer superstar has to start somewhere... Follow the inspirational true story of 11 boys from different backgrounds and cultures, as they develop and compete at the highest national and international levels. They become unified through injury and adversity, on a quest to be number one in the country. Witness the trials and tribulations, the pain and ecstasy of the U17 boys of Albion Soccer club in San Diego, as they strive against all odds to realize their dreams of playing for the US national team or joining an international soccer club.

Beets and Beans: Living and Dying with Hospice attempts to dispel some myths abut what it means to work with a Hospice provider. The video interweaves the rich journey of patients, caregivers, and family members, at different points in their interactions with Hospice services as their lives are touched by Hospice. The story of Hospice is everyone's story. The documentary features a diverse cast of all ages, interviewed in their homes or Hospice settings. Moving and credible interviews supported by true life events show that the Hospice movement can revolutionize our views of dying. While making the documentary, producer Sue Perlgut became a volunteer at her local Hospice. Her surprising journey is part of this video.

Taboo... Yardies, is a film that captures the violence against lesbians, gays, bisexuals, and transgender in Jamaica West Indies and the violation of ones human rights; the socio-economics, socio-political, mental health and the intergenerational trans-Atlantic transmission of homophobia. Taboo Yardies will provide a unique visual experience of how violence gets generated on one side of the Atlantic and perpetrated, preserved and re-enacted on the other side (here in the US).