Original version in Portuguese, with english subtitles A woman defies the odds, fighting for survival. Verônica Almeida suffers from a rare degenerative disease that limits her movements. In 2007, doctors gave her only a year to live. Following medical recommendations she started swimming.…
An award-winning feature-length documentary film, Break the Chain captures the first-hand accounts of Debbie and Kwami, two survivors of child sex and labor trafficking. The film provides a startling look at how this overly sensationalized issue is, in reality, hiding in plain sight. Accompanied by interviews…
In September 2010, 18 year-old Tyler Clementi took his own life following the online posting of a secret video, made by his roommate, of Tyler’s sexual encounter with another male student. This tragedy and betrayal touched people across the country, but none more intensely than young adults questioning…
Graphic explanation of the biology, prevention, early detection and treatment of breast cancer. This film, clearly narrated by Angela Rippon, uses a combination of live images and computer graphics to explain breast cancer intelligibly and comprehensively. It covers biology, prevention, early detection…
How to breastfeed. The first section deals with preparation, and explains how breast milk is produced, positions for nursing, how to attach and release the baby from the breast, avoiding problems, nutrition for the pregnant woman, Caesarean birth and hospital experience. In the second section managing…
The first section deals with preparation, and explains how breast milk is produced, positions for nursing, how to attach and release the baby from the breast, avoiding problems, nutrition for the pregnant woman, Caesarean birth and hospital experience. In the second section managing breastfeeding is…
Discusses and illustrates the advantages of breast feeding. With the help of numerous experienced breastfeeding mothers, this film discusses and illustrates the advantages of breast feeding for both mother and baby; the range of normal feeding patterns; some common problems; and where to get help…
Pregnant bodies are easy for society to accommodate. What follows birth is a different, messier story. With a wide range of frank, revealing and often hilarious interviews, this documentary follows the lives of breastfeeding women from all walks of life and the experts who guide them through this nurturing…
Fear, breathing, movement, presence. Breath, an inside look at Margarita Cardoso’s process to climb one of the most technically difficult and beautiful sport climbing routes at Los Dinamos, Mexico City. Seven Summits Award - Mountain Film Festival 2019. Official Selection 2019: Melbourne Documentary…
150 years in the future, an American refugee is forced to leave her life behind – seeking a different way of life from the technologically advanced society she has grown up in. As she journeys along this new underground railroad, she reflects on her original harrowing escape to Canada and the recent…
Over four transformative years, follow the extraordinary journeys of young adventurers battling cystic fibrosis. Fueled by their relentless passion for sports and the mountains, they defy the odds, pushing their limits and embracing life. As a groundbreaking treatment emerges on the horizon, their dreams…
A touching ode to Leonardo de la Cruz, the filmmaker’s late father, who died earlier this year of lung cancer at the age of 65, the film is a personal meditation of sorts. It is at once dark, yet not unrelieved by poetry on the mysteries of life, existence and mortality. ___ A filial tribute.…
