— For Home Use Only — When Terry and Monique left the opera to pursue their true passion—ecological, small-scale farming—their story of community and resilience took center stage. FROM SEED TO SEED follows their young family and a diverse group of farmers in Southern Manitoba,…
A black, straight preacher and a white, lesbian activist form an unusual bond as they seek to find the intersection between the Black Civil Rights and the LGBTQ Equality movements. Synopsis The two main characters in “From Selma to Stonewall: Are we there yet?” are the Rev. Gil Caldwell…
Dive into the mind of French alpinist Charles Dubouloz as he achieves Rolling Stones (5.10 A3, or M8, 1100m) a rarely repeated route on the fabled north face of the Grandes Jorasses above Chamonix, France. He spent six days with five bivies on the wall, pressing on through strong winds and low temperatures…
How do we heal our deepest wounds? An intimate and raw look at the transformational journey of two combat veterans suffering from severe trauma as they abandon pharmaceuticals to seek relief through the mind-expanding world of psychedelics. Recent scientific research coupled with a psychedelic renaissance…
FROM SLAVERY TO FREEDOM portrays the story of Soviet "Refuseniks" through the prism of Natan Sharansky's biography. In 1977, Sharansky, a famous human rights activist, was arrested on charges of spying for the USA, treason and anti-Soviet agitation. The film takes you back to a Soviet…
From Spikes to Spindles - Film This raw, gutsy portrait of New York's Chinatown captures the early days of an emerging consciousness in the community. We see a Chinatown rarely depicted, a vibrant community whose young and old join forces to protest police brutality and racial discrimination.…
The most complete look at the long-log industry. Men cut trees by hand and load them onto horse-drawn sleds to be hauled over snow to rivers. Skilled river drivers maneuver the logs downstream, risking their limbs and lives every day. Also, work in the steam-powered mill. Remarkably detailed scenes,…
Examines the mental health issues behind arson attacks A woman examines what drove her to the point of lighting a fire in a waste bin at her place of work. Convicted of arson, she was sent to Broadmoor. In this film she finds that an astonishing number of arson attacks are signals of distress. Although…
The journey, from the end of summer to deepest winter, from East Germany, across Poland and the Baltics, to Moscow is one Chantal Akerman wanted to make shortly after the collapse of the Soviet bloc "before it was too late." She captures sounds and images that "touched" her, following…
A documentary chronicling Simon Dominguez's historic swim from the Golden Gate Bridge to the Farallon Islands. No one has successfully swam from the Golden Gate Bridge to the Farallon Islands. The Farallon Islands is a cluster of islands 30 miles off the coast of San Francisco notoriously known…
Musical wandering through Moldavanka, the neighbourhood where the old Odessa maffia songs originate from. A Jewish musician Alec Kopyt, born in Odessa and currently living in Amsterdam is searching there for musicians to play in a restaurant. Vladimir, a warm-hearted pensioner is strolling along the…
It began with a close-knit loving family followed by the horrors of war, genocide, two years in forced labor camps, and three concentration camps, but the result was not only liberation but an ultimate victory over the enemy. Born in Paris, France (1926) Robert Clary is the youngest of 14 children;…
