America's most beloved "self-made orphan" was a Victorian lady accused of axing her parents to death in 1892. A media star from the start, Lizzie continues to draw an audience! This sardonic, entertaining, and unusual 1995 short features 28 "Bordenites," who each have their…
Grand Saline, Texas, a town east of Dallas, has a history of racism, a history the community doesn’t talk about. This shroud of secrecy ended when Charles Moore, an elderly white preacher, self-immolated to protest the town's racism in 2014, shining a spotlight on the town’s dark past.…
— For Home Use Only — SYMBIOTIC EARTH explores the life and ideas of Lynn Margulis, a brilliant and radical scientist, whose unconventional theories challenged the male-dominated scientific community and are today fundamentally changing how we look at our selves, evolution, and the environment. As…
The Soviet government deported millions. In Children in Exile survivors of Soviet deportation to Siberia describe their experiences as the youngest victims of the Soviet system. These crimes against humanity have never been legally confronted, and as one of the interviewed victims states, “a…
An Irish poet and a Lithuanian stage director retrace the steps of the 19th century Book Smugglers, who resisted Russification to save their language. Travelling through the forests and along the rivers, each looks into the mirror of history to explore the links between language and identity. „Knygnešiai“…
Cooling towers are a common site at many industrial plants, commercial buildings and public buildings. Skyscrapers, hospitals, office buildings, power stations, oil and gas plants, refineries, all need cooling towers. Irrespective of what engineering industry you work in, knowing a bit about cooling…
The film brings to life a lost interview with of one of the modern history's greatest leaders, David Ben-Gurion. It is 1968, he is 82 and lives in the desert. Ben-Gurion's introspective soul-searching provides a surprising vision for crucial decisions Israel needs to make today. At the time…
The reality of growing up as a bi-racial child in Ukraine, a rare and truly visible minority, is not for the faint of heart. Sundance Fiilm Festival premiered documentary follows the lives of headstrong foster mother Olga Nenya and her rambunctious brood of 16 orphans.
A story of international adoption unlike any other. Canadians, Cathy and Martin Ward, embark on a roller coaster ride to adopt five biological brothers and sisters – ages 6 through 17 – from a remote Ukrainian orphanage. But when they succeed, the eldest daughter struggles to find her place…
Affectionately known as La Pointe, Pointe-Saint-Charles is a working-class neighbourhood in southwest Montreal. Once among the biggest industrial districts in Canada, today it is under attack by real estate developers. With luxury condo towers springing up like weeds along the Lachine Canal, residents…
A comparison of women’s life in Niger and Norway. Film footage and photos taken in the beginning of the 1970s in the village of Maïné-Soroa, in Eastern Niger, are juxtaposed with audio-visual material from Tromsø in Northern Norway. Using a simple, didactic voice-over, the film…
A comparison of women’s life in Niger and Norway. Film footage and photos taken in the beginning of the 1970s in the village of Maïné-Soroa, in Eastern Niger, are juxtaposed with audio-visual material from Tromsø in Northern Norway. Using a simple, didactic voice-over, the film…
