Women have always sought ways to terminate unwanted pregnancies, despite powerful patriarchal structures and systems working against them. This film provides a historical overview of how church, state and the medical establishment have determined policies concerning abortion. From this cross-cultural survey--filmed in Ireland, Japan, Thailand, Peru, Colombia, and Canada--emerges one reality: only a small percentage of the world's women has access to safe, legal operations.

A biography of the poet W. B. Yeats and his contribution to the Irish independence movement as a Pro...

Hot Docs will commemorate Canada's 150th anniversary of Confederation with the commissioning of In t...

This is the story of Kaori Kawabuchi, a samurai sword performer, singer and motion capture actor. An...
Three intrepid women battle for Indigenous women's treaty rights.

The evolution of skateboarding culture in Ireland since the late 1980s.

By mid-1945, Hitler is dead and the war has ended in Europe. Halfway around the world, however, the ...
Lengua de diamante submerges into the past, present, and future life of Elsa Riveros, Colombia’s Fir...

The struggle to pass the 1967 Abortion Act and its continued ramifications to the present day. Featu...

At a public hospital in Nicaragua, Ob/Gyn Dr. Carla Cerrato must choose between following a law that...

A journey into the unique, often bizarre, world of Japanese cat culture. Cat themed cafes, bars, tem...

The protagonists of the film are the Zainichi Korean women living in Kawasaki. They were tossed abou...

After years of preparation, a team of highly motivated Quebeckers set out on one of the longest wild...

Documentary about filmmaker Bonnie Ammaaq's memories of life on Baffin Island, where her family move...

Wisconsin's tribe's ongoing fight to protect Lake Superior for future generations. "Bad River" shows...

An in-depth look at the world of Japanese street racing.

As they play carefree music, their musicianship is met with surprise, wonder, and sometimes even lau...

This feature documentary retraces the century of haggling by successive federal and provincial gover...

Ornithologist Seán Ronayne from Cobh, Co. Cork is on a mission to record the sound of every bird spe...

The true story of the rise of a Japanese businessman from Los Angeles named Eishy Hayata from an Air...

A short documentary exploring the ways LGBT couples show affection, and how small interactions like ...