AFTER TILLER intimately explores the highly controversial subject of third-trimester abortions in the wake of the 2009 assassination of practitioner Dr. George Tiller. The procedure is now performed by only four doctors in the United States, all former colleagues of Dr. Tiller, who risk their lives every…
Drug prohibition has failed. Drug usage rates have not declined and illegal drugs are more available - and cheaper - than ever before. At the same time, the costs of the drug war are staggering. More than one trillion dollars have been spent. More than 50,000 SWAT raids occur each year. Hundreds of thousands…
Documentário que investiga a inédia, um fenômeno antigo e presente em diversas tradições (orientais e ocidentais), que é a abstinência da ingestão de alimentos sólidos, e em alguns casos de líquidos também. Percorrendo países…
"Shelter Me: Let's Go Home, " hosted by Jane Lynch, celebrates shelter pets with positive and uplifting stories. This is the second film in the inspiring series about shelter pets improving people's lives. The series is presented by Ellen DeGeneres' company, Halo, Purely…
Bellringers have been called “the invisible music makers”, a community banded together by the passion for making those “whacking great sounds” that are often taken for granted when they ring out from church towers. “Ringing Every Day And Sunday” focuses on a group…
The settler movement is deliberately sabotaging the peace process, making the existence of a Palestinian state impossible. Settlers are no longer a minority fringe. They now control three major government ministries. On the ground, settlers wage daily war on the Palestinians who remain. They harass…
A documentary by Oliver Dickinson Language: French Subtitles: English Synopsis: An encounter with François, Vincent, Marie and others, who reveal the hardship of their daily work in France over the past three decades. Interviews include experienced workers from industrial meat processing,…
This aerial adventure through Burma is a stunning and revealing journey, opening up the world of a people who've remained isolated for over half a century. Offering a stark contrast to the world outside, it presents a beauty unattainable in the developed world. But it also offers a unique perspective…
How can an open society balance demands for security with democracy? State of Fear dramatizes the human and societal costs a democracy faces when it embarks on a war against terror, a war potentially without end, all too easily exploited by unscrupulous leaders seeking personal political gain. Based…
They say that when someone comes out of the closet, they can't stop talking about it. Vancouver filmmaker Gwen Haworth not only talked she made a movie. Using archival family footage, interviews, phone messages, and hand-drawn animation, Haworth's documentary SHE'S A BOY I KNEW begins…
DAMNED IF YOU DON’T is Friedrich’s subversive and ecstatic response to her Catholic upbringing. Blending conventional narrative technique with impressionistic camerawork, symbols and voice-overs, this film creates an intimate study of sexual expression and repression. Featuring Peggy Healey…
Riot Acts is a 'trans-fabulous' rockumentary representing the multi-dimensional lives of transgender and gender variant musicians. A first-hand perspective of the intersections between gender performance and stage performance, Riot Acts suggests that identities and bodies are undeniably political,…
