— For Home Use Only — Thirty years after historic logging protests on Vancouver Island, the battle to protect old growth forests is still raging. WAR FOR THE WOODS follows a new generation’s campaign against logging that once again has captured the attention of Canadians, including…
— For Home Use Only — The concept of a "gene" — which came about during the Gilded Age — conveniently supported the notion that biology was destiny and that creating policies to directly address social issues was a waste of time. Those problems were said to be inherent…
In 1996, the German nuclear engineer Karl-Heinz Schaab was accused of selling secret information to Iraq. With this data, which had been stolen by Schaab, about the nuclear centrifuge, Saddam Hussein obtained an indispensable link in the process of the production of nuclear arms. But was Schaab a shrewd…
Maria Cristina Carlini is a significant artist in the contemporary art scene. She has gained global recognition for her impressive sculptures. We discover more about this talented genius through interviews with the artist and those who know her. An open dialogue with her and those who surrounded her…
The Via D'Amelio massacre in 1992 profoundly shook Palermo and all of Italy, resulting in the tragic death of Judge Paolo Borsellino and his security detail. "Paolo Lives" masterfully intertwines Borsellino's relentless pursuit of justice, vividly portrayed by Bruno Torrisi, with…
À la veille d’une célébration familiale, Manon, jeune femme sourde et lumineuse, rejoint ses parents en Haute-Savoie. Dans la beauté des paysages alpestres, l’histoire du clan se redéploie entre archives familiales et images filmées par la réalisatrice depuis 25 ans. Porté par la…
Nima Shirali’s quietly witty, visually stunning film captures life in Katwe, Uganda; a community nestled between a salt lake and a national park. Through an enthusiastic teacher, a weary caretaker and a razor-tongued mother, the lake appears both lifeline and burden: promise eroded by seasonal…
The filmmakers followed D.O.A. frontman Joe Keithley during his 2022 reelection campaign to document the amount of work and commitment that goes into running for public office. Ultimately, this is a documentary film that proves music, political steadfastness and social advocacy can work together to effect…
Under the Franco dictatorship, Spain's censorship laws controlled all national entertainment. But following his 1975 death, Clasificada "S" films embodied a period when cinematic expression became cultural exorcism. In this award-winning documentary, writer/director Alberto Sedano explores…
— For Home Use Only — Best known for his captivating realist paintings, artist Alan Magee also creates works that delve into the darkest aspects of human nature. His arresting images which comment on corporate greed, on cruelty and gun violence, and on civilian and military victims of…
— For Home Use Only — WATER FOR LIFE tells the story of three extraordinary individuals: Berta Cáceres, a leader of the Lenca people in Honduras; Francisco Pineda, a subsistence farmer in El Salvador; and Alberto Curamil, an Indigenous Mapuche leader in Chile, all of whom refused…
— For Home Use Only — DANCE ME TO THE END OF TIME is a deeply personal film about love in the face of death. It documents the final years in the life of the pioneering theater director Nancy Diuguid as she battles breast cancer. Nancy, who grew up on a Kentucky tobacco farm that was regularly…
