This "Making of" documentary directed by Roland Gallois is an exemplary sample of the genre, observing the ideas and experiences involved in making the feature film, TRAPS, directed by Pauline Chan. TRAPS was Pauline's first feature after several award-winnng short films, and expectations…
This film examines our culture’s addiction to systematic violence and environmental exploitation, and probes the resulting epidemic of poisoned landscapes and shell-shocked nations. Based in part on Endgame, the best-selling book by Derrick Jensen, END:CIV asks: “If your homeland was invaded…
This film takes a closer look at the effect on the local people living in the area of the Canadian oil sands in Alberta. Through a young Norwegian woman’s eyes we get an insight into the complicated industry's navigations between the lack of governmental rules and regulations, and the violations…
"Kettling" is a police tactic used to control large crowds during protests. Officers surround the crowd from all sides, pushing them together into a smaller area. In many cases an individual's only means of exiting the kettle is through arrest. Set against the backdrop of the Toronto G20…
While Lee Whitmore has contributed animation sequences to many feature films, shorts and documentaries, it is her body of four short personal works that are her most unique and original work. The four films are linked through the intimate moments of family life that they depict, the memories they record,…
Extra from "The Renaissance of Mata Ortiz." Two generations of artists in one family tell how ceramics changed their lives in the tiny Mexican village of Mata Ortiz. Hector and Graciela Gallegos learned how to make pottery which brought them out of poverty. The legacy continues with their children,…
A film by Andrew Wiseman. WONDER BOY is the follow-up documentary to the highly successful 1992 documentary DRIVING WITH RICHARD, the story of Richard Rook, a boy with special needs (physical and intellectual disabilities), and his parents Deirdre and Charlie. Since the last film, DRIVING WITH…
A powerful documentary about the lives of the women who played leading roles in the ground-breaking drama series, WOMEN OF THE SUN. WOMEN OF THE SUN is a remarkable drama series that screened on Australian television in 1981. It had a tremendous impact, bringing the Aboriginal story through the eyes…
A short drama by Ivan Sen [director of BENEATH CLOUDS, TOOMELAH and MYSTERY ROAD] about the relationship between a black tracker and his 'boss’. They are tracking an Aboriginal man accused of murder. 1857, Australia. In the cold, bleak terrain of the high country, a young black tracker,…
Directed by Ross Gibson. Produced by John Cruthers. Exploring the beauty and unruliness of the Pilliga forest in northern New South Wales, the film activates several mentalities, visions and languages - from cinematography, surveying, science and poetry to horticulture, history and ecology. Woven…
A film directed by Rick Cavaggion, and produced by Martin Gordon and Rick Cavaggion. STORIES FROM THE STOLEN GENERATIONS. WHY ME? explores the human costs of a government policy which removed children from their families and country. This documentary is one of the most compelling films on this…
In 1985 Christian Blackwood embarked on a documentary project about his landlords and neighbors at 115 Bank Street in Manhattan, Alwin Nikolais and Murray Louis. Alwin Nikolais was a student of the greats of modern dance, Hanya Holm, Martha Graham, Doris Humphrey, Charles Weidman, Louis Horst, and…
