Molly Dineen Collection, The

Synopsis: Molly Dineen is one of Britain's most acclaimed documentary filmmakers, known for her intimate and probing portraits of British individuals and institutions during the dusty decline of the great British empire.

Volume One:

-Home from the Hill (1987): Dineen's much-loved debut follows charismatic Colonel Hilary Hook, an elderly retired soldier, as he returns to Kenya from Britain.

-My African Farm (1988): Dineen returns to Kenya and to the home of Sylvia Richardson, building a complex and uncompromising portrait of an unswerving stalwart of British colonialism.

-Heart of the Angel (1989, 39 mins): capturing life in one of London's busiest underground stations, this account of staff's struggles to cope with the great British travelling public is filled with humour, philosophy, and pathos.

-In the Company of Men (1995): in this three-part series we join Major Crispin Black and his men in the Prince of Wales Company of the Welsh Guards during a final tour of duty in pre-ceasefire Northern Ireland.

Volume Two:

The Ark (1993, 240 mins)
- In this 4 part delightful, candid and moving 4 part portrait of the London Zoo. Dineen Accompanies the Zookeepers, managers, and varied animal inhabitants during a period of profound crisis.

Volume Three:

- Geri (1999, 89 min): Geri Halliwell, the most colourful and outrageous of the Spice Girls, has dramatically left the band. Two days later Dineen joins her as she seeks solace with family and friends, dodges the paparazzi, and embarks on her new career.

- The Lord's Tale (2002, 105 min): Dineen follows the great upheavals of the abolition of hereditary peers. Sensitively weaving together the strands of the personal and the public to make one of the most astute and human political documentaries of the Tony Blair era.

- The Lie of the Land (2007, 90 min): As Britain clamours for a ban on fox hunting, Dineen uncovers the unpleasant truths of life in the countryside, where farmers struggle under the weight of government legislation and the national indifference towards them.