Hourglass Production's latest film takes is a revealing look at the fast-growing epidemic of self-injury or "cutting." This misunderstood disorder effects millions of people everyday. Hourglass Productions unravels the mystery of self-injury through candid interviews with self-injurers and their families, interviews with Karen Conterio and Dr. Wendy Lader from S.A.F.E. Alternatives, the foremost experts in the field. Ultimately, the main goal is to encourage self-injurers to receive treatment for a hopeful future.

The Body Trilogy is a powerful collection of award-winning and important informational films. This is a comprehensive series about people's bodies, the sometimes damaging relationships they establish with them and how they can be helped. We've taken three of our successful body related films:

and created this groundbreaking series.

This highly-regarded film is recommended by the Eating Disorders Awareness & Prevention Organization (EDAP), has been presented by the American Anorexia Bulimia Association (AABA). It is promoted by the esteemed Renfrew Clinic for Eating Disorders. Booklist Magazine said of the video, "Neither preachy nor overly dramatic, this impressive program slowly commands attention with its fine mix of visuals, interviews and commentary."

The use of steroids has exploded in the world of professional sports, amateur athletics and even mainstream lifstyles. Based on the film "Quest for Superman" which the FBI called "the best anti-drug film available, " Artificial Athletes reveals the effects of steroids and other performance enhancers such as Human Growth Hormone by compelling personal experiences told by athletes from the NFL, the Olympics and world class bodybuilding. Dr. Charles Yesalis, perhaps the worlds foremost authority on steroids, provides medical and scientific background.

Hourglass Productions takes the school bully by the horns! This essential program was designed for young viewers to demystify their school and peer environment. Dr. Michael Thompson, Ph. D. co-author of the New York Times best seller "Raising Cain: Protecting the Emotional Life of Boys" and "Best Friends, Worst Enemies: Understanding the Social Lives of Children," says that "Bullying: You Don't Have to Take it Anymore!" will "encourage and support those children who want to do something to stop bullying--and that is the vast majority of children."

This exciting program covers the British poet and artist William Blake, whose visionary and mystical works appeared at the dawn of the industrial age. The 20-minute film features college professor, poet and author Jack amey, who examines Blake's role in English literature.

A film about Colombian-born painter Fanny Sanins artistic life as seen through the crtics eye. Inspired by the 2000 lifetime restrospective exhibition of her work by the Museo D'Arte Moderne in Bogota, the film draws upon a unique collection of stills and slides some dating back to the 1940s along with film and video from 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. The script was assembled from written and filmed critiques and explanations from art critics from around the world. This film succeeds at revealing the mastery of light and color that this special artist brings to the canvas.

Timely Television is proud to add a new title to their catalogue: "Latin American Women Artists 1915-1995" a twenty-five minute long program commissioned by the Milwaukee Art Museum in 1995 to accompany the extensive and superb exhibit of the same name. : Latin America has produced some of the most innovative, exciting and relevant artists in the contemporary art world. This film focuses on the critical and influential role of women in the Latin American art in the twentieth century.

"Farewell to Bosnia" provides a window on a pre-9/11 world conflict (Bosnia). And it documents the impact of this war on Americans. From February, 1994 through March of 1995, Gilles Peress' photographs of the Bosnian war traveled around museums and galleries in the United States, including the Corcoran Gallery in Washington, DC, P.S. 1 Gallery in New York City, and the Southeast Museum of Photography in Daytona Beach, Florida. Peress spent 6 months in and around Sarajevo documenting the effects of the devastating Bosnian war on the people trying to conduct daily life in its midst.

A NEW timely television film about Walt Whitman.