Dog Power. It’s a passion shared. Dozens of dog breeds, men, women, young, old, world class athletes from all nationalities and athletes with disabilities are taking to the world’s landscapes and shattering the horizon. This film takes you to the frontier of sled dog sports and gives…
Dreamworlds 3, the latest in Sut Jhally's critically acclaimed Dreamworlds series, takes a clarifying look at the warped world of music video. Ranging across hundreds of images and stories from scores of music videos, Jhally uncovers a dangerous industry preoccupation with reactionary ideals of…
A story of love, hope and the survival of Aboriginal law and culture against the odds. Also available on iTunes: https://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/movie/putuparri-and-the-rainmakers/id1171887396?mt=6 Amazon Video: http://amzn.eu/66df1se Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/movies/details/Putuparri_and_the_Rainmakers?id=6wmMzzjW1qQ&hl JMAN.tv: https://jman.tv/film/5800/Putuparri+and+the+Rainmakers Tom…
Problems encountered by disabled people seeking work. A report on the problem of the 100,000 disabled people who want a job but cannot find one.
Peking Symphony Orchestra (21 mins) By contemporary films Freedom Railway (45 mins) Chinese construction of Africa’s longest railway. Built by 14,000 Chinese people and 40,000 Africans, and financed by generous loans by the Chinese government, this was the largest infra structure in Africa.…
Cuba, 12 years after the revolution Felix Greene managed to make a vast survey of Cuba only 12 years after the overthrow of the corrupt and venal dictatorship of Batista. In a series of vignettes the following are shown: a typhoon, new projects, enthusiastic youngsters, medical service, the first…
THE HOLLYWOOD SHORTIES is a documentary on the birth of organized sports in the American dwarf community. Beginning in the 1950s and rising to prominence in the 1980s, the Hollywood Shorties were a basketball team, the first of their kind and unique in the history of dwarf athletics. Formed from an insular…
The story of Jorn Utzon and the design and construction of the Sydney Opera House. Danish architect, Jørn Utzon, was awarded the first prize in a competition to design an Opera House for Sydney in 1957, he flew to Australia to begin work on the construction of the greatest building Australia…
In the spring of 2012, a massive student strike in opposition to a tuition hike, rocked the streets of the Montréal for over six months. Protests and militant street actions became part of the daily and nightly reality of this Canadian metropolis. Several times during this tumultuous spring, the…
As Trump’s election has shown, rightwing fascist groups cannot be considered fringe and periphery groups easily discounted for their extremism and small numbers. SILHOUETTE CITY couldn’t be more relevant as it compellingly tracks the rise of one faction of the American right, charting a troubling…
The film draws us into the lives of two young leaders: Marylynn Poucachice, a mother of five, and Norman Matchewan, the soft-spoken son and grandson of traditional chiefs. Both spent their childhoods on the logging blockades their parents set up to win a sustainable development plan protecting their…
This documentary examines the U.S. government's marijuana regulations, and how these laws have influenced public perceptions of the drug. Narrated by noted pot advocate Woody Harrelson, the film opens with a series of comically outdated anti-drug reels before chronicling America's relationship…
