A truly wonderful and deeply moving film about Aliona’s Russian mother and her mother’s five sisters. They tell unimaginable tales about life under Stalin, which have been masterfully and poetically illustrated by renowned animation artist Simone Massi. A small history of women touching on…
Love is the Reason is valuable for anyone dealing with end of life challenges for themselves or with family or friends. The film is important for those working with patients in hospice or institutional settings and for encouraging people to have discussions about death and dying early in their lives. In…
Warren Barrow and Cory Ann Rudy are in love. They enjoy outings to New York City, picnics, long phone conversations, and sing-a-longs. Cory, who gets upset if anybody else pushes Warren's wheelchair while she's around, hopes they will one day marry. Warren's still not sure about marriage…
Love Lived on Death Row is a powerful documentary about a family torn apart by a domestic violence tragedy and reunited by another impending tragedy. Sister Helen Prejean (portrayed in the motion picture Dead Man Walking) calls it a "a powerful, poignant film about the tremendous healing powers…
Renowned New Zealand painter Rita Angus lived and worked at a time when to be a full time artist was unusual and hardly considered a serious occupation. Preston explores a colourful collection of friends and family who knew and loved Rita, while biographer Jill Trevelyan provides a fresh intelligence…
In this documentary, filmmaker Nguyen Trinh Thi follows Master Luu Ngoc Duc, one of the most prominent spirit mediums in Hanoi, and his vibrant community through their rituals and everyday life. The film explores how effeminate and gay men in homophobic Vietnam have traditionally found community and…
A film by Shalom Almond. In the highlands of North Vietnam lies the remote town of Sapa, home to a mosaic of colourful hill tribes. Sapa opened to tourism in the late 1990s, and now roughly 200 hill tribe girls aged 7 – 18 years live independently on the streets of Sapa selling embroidery. Australian…
Is there such thing as love before first sight? This doc explores the mail-order bride industry, chronicling on a group of Ukrainian women and the Western men they marry, in a search for modern love.
Director: Jan Louter | 2004 | documentary | art / history | 71 minutes | LOVE ME OR LEAVE ME is a documentary film about the Dutch etcher and painter Jan Montyn (1924), whose life was an almost surreal journey between war and peace, life and death, despair and happiness. Born into a devoutly protestant…
Love Notes to Newton is a film about what a beloved (but short-lived) pen-based Personal Digital Assistant created by Apple Computer has meant for the people who used it, and the community who adore it. The Apple Newton was beloved by almost everybody who had one. It came from an R&D group hidden…
Explanation for 15 year olds of V.D. VD: What forms does it take and what are the major causes? Some of the bacteria are becoming resistant to antibiotics, and yet early treatment is essential if the disease is to be completely cured. A man is shown attending a clinic, a girl describes her distress…
The art of tattooing is more than just marking the skin, it is an expression of passion and connection. As a tattoo artist, my goal is to create a safe space where women feel free to be themselves and embrace their beauty in all its forms. Here in my creative space, I enjoy every stroke that draws…
