2022 marks the 500 year anniversary of Magellan and Elcano’s landmark circumnavigation of the globe. It was a turning point in history: an incredible three year voyage that opened the gateway to the modern age. Before, man saw the world in a completely different way. It was considered much smaller.…
American Indian Movement leaders on Alcatraz Island, Dennis Banks, Lehman Brightman, Vernon Bellecourt, Clyde Bellecourt perform a pipe ceremony at the start of the February 11, 1978 Longest Walk - a spiritual walk across the United States opposing anti-Indian legislation that was before congress - while…
Filmmaker Kale Brock (The Gut Movie, 2018) visits specific communities with significantly improved average life expectancies, remarkably low rates of disease and an extremely high quality of life well into the later years. Traveling to Okinawa (Japan), Loma Linda (California) and Ikaria (Greece) for…
Coach Joe Newton is one of the great coaches in the history of American sports. He teaches high school cross-country in Illinois. Newton is old school, doling out tough love to kids from tough neighborhoods. "Priceless life lessons..." Chicago Sun-Times.
Coach Joe Newton has used the sport of Cross Country Running to teach simple but important lessons to high school boys for the last 50 years. “Always do your best”, “be on time” and “it’s nice to be great but far greater to be nice” are mantras, which have turned…
St John's head on the Island of Hoy is a wild and remote 1150 foot sea cliff. It was first climbed in 1970 by climber and poet Ed Drummond together with Oliver Hill. They took 7 days to climb the cliff, sleeping on ledges and in hammocks along the way. Now, 40 years later, one of the World's…
A documentary about a small group of South Americans longing to affirm their faith. Their ancestors, European Jews, were forced to convert during the Spanish Inquisition. Isolated in Catholic countries, rejected by local Jewish communities, they battle to become Jews regardless of the consequences.
It's 2010. Tom and Nacole's daughter is missing. She's run away from the home they built for her. Within 48 hours she'll be forced into a life of prostitution. It's 2007. Lisa is 13 years old and on the streets. She needs to find a way to survive. She'll spend…
An urgent, heart-breaking investigation into the young lives changed forever by under-age prostitution and exploitation. The Long Night was directed by Tim Matsui and produced by MediaStorm. This film was made possible by the Alexia Foundation Women's Initiative. Find out more about their work…
It’s human nature to try and pretend things are okay in times of struggle. That used to be the case for New Jersey runner and race director Kim Levinsky. Through her attempt to set the FKT on the relatively unknown 358-mile New York State Long Path, Kim unravels her journey from reluctantly starting…
The over representation of First Nations children in child-care, stems from decades of suffering and inter-generational trauma. The infliction of these deeply stressing and disturbing experiences has led to dangerous coping methods, incarceration and often death among Indigenous populations. A brave…
In 2020 a global pandemic struck the world, shutting down entire countries and forcing people into the safety of isolation. Centred with ceremony a courageous group of Indigenous people continue on the 4 year horse ride they began a year prior. A ride to bring their children home while bringing awareness…
