For 100 years Aboriginal people were the backbone of a vast cattle industry in the Kimberley, based on their land and their slave labour. But when equal pay was introduced in the mid-1960s, most of the black stock workers lost their jobs, and they and their families were kicked off the stations to gravitate…
Join award-winning filmmaker Michal Siewierski on his three-year journey to expose the truth about our food choices. This ground-breaking documentary explores the impact that food choices have on people’s health, the health of our planet and on the lives of other living species. And also discusses…
Download for personal use only. Please contact us for public screenings. info@CloseToHomeProductions.com Constance Eberhardt Cook was a Woman Ahead of Her Time As one of only three women in the New York State Assembly in the 1960s and 70s, Connie Cook led extraordinary efforts — against…
A sixteen year old girl reads THE CHERRY ORCHARD, a play by Anton Chekhov, and her world is changed forever. This documentary examines acclaimed theatre director Libby Appel's lifelong love of Chekhov and her effort, over fifty years after reading the play, to bring this great writer's final…
A warm and poetic documentary about a brother-and-sister couple, Magnar and Oddny. At about 70 years old, they live on the family farm and run it in about the same manner as it was run by several generations before them. It is about people who live the way many Norwegians lived before petroleum- driven…
The Grande Hotel in Beira, Mozambique’s second-largest city was built in the 1950s. With its 370 rooms it was called the “pride of Africa” but closed after a few years and was squatted since the 1980s. Today, it is home to nearly 3000 people. We came with a huge collection of masks:…
“Finding Edge Road” shows how immigration is changing and challenging a small city in Finland. It explores how the city of Lieksa in Eastern Finland near the Russian border is dealing with a recent influx of new asylum seekers from Somalia and Iraq. The newcomers have moved to vacant council…
The Warsaw Ghetto 1940-1943 is documentary project that features three films. The main film is 912 Days of the Warsaw Ghetto (37 min.), and the two short ones are Children in the Ghetto and Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. These films were created for the Jewish Historical Institute as part of its permanent exhibit…
A thrilling journey to one of the world's most perilous environments, Antarctic Edge: 70° South follows a team of scientists as they explore the West Antarctic Peninsula. In the wake of devastating climate events like Superstorm Sandy and Hurricane Katrina, oceanographer Oscar Schofield teams…
DVDS HERE: www.ferraropavingtheway.com/get-the-film/ The life and legacy of the trailblazing woman who made history in 1984 as the first female Vice Presidential nominee on a major party ticket in United States. Geraldine Ferraro's nomination changed the face of American politics forever…
Trucks Gone Wild presents Michigan Mud Jam CHAPTERS 1. Intro 2. Hale Yeah 3. Open Bog Part 1 4. Camps 5. Open Bog Part 2 6. Nightlife 7. Truck Pulls 8. Mega Truck Freestyle 9. The Chapel of Mud 10. Open Bog Part 3 11. I'm on a Boat 12. Credits BONUS FEATURES Slideshow
When Muslim writer and activist Asra Nomani returns to her hometown mosque in West Virginia, she believes she sees signs of trouble: exclusion of women, intolerance toward non-believers, suspicion of the West. Her resulting campaign for change alienates would-be allies in the mosque, leading many to…
