Mike Atfield is a traditional wooden boatbuilder based in Salcombe in Devon, England. For well over half a century, he built more than 120 boats using the skills he learned as an apprentice and went on to perfect during his career. In this intimate film, we watch Mike building his last boat alongside…
A revised version of the award-winning hemp documentary BRINGING IT HOME, focusing on hemp fiber and grain uses and benefits. A 40-minute version for educating viewers about all the uses of industrial hemp and its potential for helping climate change. Hemp is making headlines in American media with…
'Up For Air' explores the human spirit's fight for survival through the eyes of Jerry Cahill - a 53-year-old pole-vaulter who continues to fight respiratory degeneration, depression and a potentially fatal double-lung transplant. Shot over a period of five years, Up For Air captures the…
In 1860, as the American Experiment threatened to explode into a bloody civil war, there were as many as four hundred thousand slave-owners in the United States, and almost four million slaves. The nation was founded upon the idea that all men are created equal and endowed by their creator with the inalienable…
“Up From the Bottoms: The Search for the American Dream” tells the story of the massive migration of Black Americans from the rural south to the prosperous north during the World War II years and beyond. They left behind the legacy of slavery and segregation and set out to find the American…
Joackim Guichard, a former professional surfer looking for a new start, a meaningful life, his true north.
Up North follows former professional surfer Joackim Guichard as he leaves the competitive world behind in search of a deeper purpose and a meaningful life — his true north. After years on the surf circuit, he realises that competition no longer fulfils him. He journeys to Northern California, where…
Refugees, immigrants and locals migrate year-round to harvest wild mushrooms in the American west. Working on foot in public forests, it's an accessible path to self-employment. Despite sustainably supplying the world's restaurants, the workers are frequently denied access to public lands.…
An examination of monastery life around a one hundred thirty foot rock out-crop on which a Georgian monk hopes to live and become the first stylite there in six hundred years. This short documentary was shot during a research trip to the Republic of Georgia for "The Stylite", a feature length…
A campaign film supporting the fight to retain their jobs by the workers at Upper Clyde Shipyards who developed a new weapon for waging this fight - the occupation and the work-in. The film was screened at the time at meetings attended overall by 25,000 workers. It includes a speech by Jimmy Reid. (cinema…
At the end of the day, snowboarding is really about having a fun time with your friends. So whether these guys find a fun line to ride or not, they are having a good time in the search for the elusive Upper Peninsula Backcountry. Backcountry snowboarding is growing in popularity as people are getting…
DIRECTED BY: Tracy McDonald CAMERA: A. Gershtein & T.Lahusen MUSIC: “Vorotechki” and “Molodost'” by Ivan Kupala. 20 minutes; color; Russian with English subtitles; digital video; Canada, 2008. А film on gender, violence and memory. In the fall of 1929, Joseph…
