Vindication Swim dives into the extraordinary life of Mercedes Gleitze, who in 1927 became the first British woman to swim the English Channel. The film depicts Mercedes' upstream struggle in overcoming both the cold waters of the English Channel and the oppressive society of 1920s England. However, after a rival comes forward claiming to have accomplished the same feat, Mercedes is forced into battle to retain her record and her legacy.
At the 2024 Dulverton Exmoor Literary Festival, racehorse breeder and owner Janet Vokes shared her remarkable story about how she bred her own foal who was raised on her Welsh allotment and went on to win the Welsh Grand National! As a barmaid in a poor Welsh mining village, Janet convinced some of her fellow residents to pool their resources to compete in the ‘sport of kings’ with a racehorse they would breed and raise. This documentary also includes local trainer Johnson White who was persuaded by Jane to train the horse at Philip Hobbs’ Stables in Bilbrook. An incredible and inspirational real-life story that will thrill equine enthusiasts and novices alike.
A group of seniors plan to break out of their retirement home. It has been a long time since Caine, Bronson, Angus and Wendell, 'The Chain Breakers', escaped the torturous Vietnamese POW camp. They now find themselves sharing a new prison, The Hogan Hills Retirement Home for Returned Veterans. Each of the boys (James Cromwell, Dennis Waterman and Roy Billing) has an unrealised dream they want to achieve before it's too late. So, once again they band together to devise a plan to escape this new hell. But the rules of engagement have changed, in fact, they can't even remember what they were and that's half the problem.
Starring Scarlett Johansson and Channing Tatum, Fly Me To The Moon is a sharp, stylish romantic comedy set against the high-stakes backdrop of NASA's historic Apollo 11 moon landing. Brought in to fix NASA's public image, sparks fly in all directions as marketing maven Kelly Jones (Johansson) wreaks havoc on launch director Cole Davis's (Tatum) already difficult task. When the White House deems the mission too important to fail, the countdown truly begins.