It’s Thanksgiving Day, 1970, the Atlantic Ocean. A US patrol boat meets a Soviet fishing vessel. A Soviet sailor jumps across the icy water onto the American boat in a frantic bid for freedom. To his horror, and to the outcry of the world media, the Americans return him to the Soviets. Through…
THE KALACHNIKOV YEARS / LES ANNÉES KALACHNIKOV (1992) directed by Arthur MacCaig and Gilles du Jonchay An in-depth three-part documentary series on the history of the Kalachnikov rifle and its role in revolutionary struggles throughout the world since the Second World War. Filmed in the Middle…
Rumored to be the descendants of Alexander the Great, the Kalash people have in fact inhabited northern Pakistan's Chitral valley since long before the legendary conqueror came to the region. They uphold a rich cultural heritage, with polytheistic beliefs, seasonal festivals, and a variety of other…
Artist Michael Shaw – also known as “The Kaleidoscope Guy at the Market” – has been selling his unique stained-glass creations at Pike’s Place Market in Seattle for 25 years. This 20-minute documentary uses his personal narrative to delve into a deeper dialogue about these…
This award winning adventure travel series has successfully pioneered a new genre in sea and river kayaking films. It features talented paddlers, some of the world’s most beautiful paddling destinations and cutting edge expeditions. The films are shot with a kayak mounted camera system which captures…
Michael Walden is having one bad day after another ... and there is no end in sight. After losing his job and finding his house in foreclosure, he becomes increasingly negative and frustrated. It doesn't help that his fiancee Anne, tired of his rants, breaks off their engagement. Depressed and discouraged,…
Stephen King, a Chicago film actor, plays the part of keeper Clifford Sanderson who was Assistant Keeper of Cana Island from 1884-92 and Keeper from 1924-33. Join him as he starts the story in 1867 when plans for Cana Island Light are first being discussed and follow the events as ships wreck and storms…
THE KEY OF G is an award-winning feature documentary about disability, caregiving and interdependence. The film follows Gannet, a charismatic 22-year-old with physical and developmental disabilities, as he leaves his mother's home to share an apartment with a close-knit group of artists and musicians…
The Kid and the Clown tells the story of the relationship between a young boy Tobias and Angus, the hospital clown, as they spend days together at the cancer ward at a Danish hospital. It is a story about magic, bubbles and friendship, but also one of tears, pain and the unbearable feeling of uncertainty. …
Creating a show with teenagers about their lived experience in 2022, off the back of two years of intermittent covid lockdowns intruigued me. How was drama therapist, Anne, hearing teenagers secrets and then how were these confronting topics going to be handled in a public performance by the kids themselves?…
"The Kids Table" was produced in partnership with the American Contract Bridge League Educational Foundation. Bridge was once the second-most popular pastime in America behind only baseball, and the card game now teeters on the brink of extinction. Four young friends discover the highs and…
The Kiev Trial, also known as the “Kiev Nuremberg”, took place in January of 1946 in the Soviet Union, and was one of the first post-war trials convicting German Nazis and their collaborators. 15 criminals, guilty of atrocities, which were later identified by the Nuremberg trials as “crimes…
