A film by Mark Taylor about a program in Redfern, in inner Sydney, that uses a variety of healing approaches to help Aboriginal men break the cycle of incarceration and addiction and to regain their Aboriginal heritage and identity. The inner Sydney suburb of Redfern is the urban stronghold of Aboriginal…
Set in Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso, Lieux Saints(Sacred Places) deals with the fight to survive and to maintain one's dignity in a hostile environment. The film explores the contradictions of the absence of African films in Africa in a digital era that should facilitate…
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In the aggressive search for the 'black gold' that drives Western economies, multinational corporations are working to extract billions of dollars of oil reserves from beneath Ecuador's rainforest. This film investigates the operations of the EnCana Corporation, a firm that, despite proud…
I KNOW A WOMAN LIKE THAT brings to its audience interviews with 17 exceptional and vigorous women who share an extraordinary attitude about how to live the upper decades of one's life. Each of them exercises an unexpected passion for their unique individual choices at a time when society expects…
A love story about a bond that cannot be broken, even while facing death. A couple battling ALS travel the country and live their lives unencumbered until ALS nearly claims the husband’s life, changing their lives as they know it.
Cyclists are building critical mass in Vancouver, Canada, and changing the face of the city. This film charts the development of critical mass rides in Vancouver from the protest rides across the historic Lions Gate Bridge in the early to mid-Nineties, through the "No Fun City" years of the…
This one-hour documentary unearths the little known story of the women, men, and children who studied and taught at Canada’s racially segregated Black schools. It is a poignant and unfailingly honest evocation of the struggle of African Canadians to achieve dignity and equality through education-…
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…
The colourful and joyous festival of Durga Puja is one of the largest religious festivals in India. However, while the goddess is celebrated, millions of Indian women live another reality, much less revered. This haunting visual poem examines the contradiction between the spiritual worship of femininity…
Twenty eight concerned citizen groups are demanding that at least a moratorium be placed on the billion-dollar shale gas industry operations until the “infant industry” methods can be proven to be safe. Citizens are worried about well water contamination, heavy industrialization of rural…
In 2003, on the eve of the Iraq war, acclaimed filmmaker Iara Lee embarked on a journey to better understand a world increasingly embroiled in conflict and, as she saw it, heading for self-destruction. After several years, traveling over five continents, Iara encountered growing numbers of people who…
