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.

Growing up in poverty as a child, Dylan dreamt of travelling the world on a motorcycle. Many years l...

The tombs of the grand lords of Moche civilization - one of Peru's most important pre-Hispanic civil...

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

After the disaster of March 2011, the Japanese authorities decided to build a gigantic 15 meter high...
Shipibo healer Ricardo Amaringo describes how he prepares, teaches, and shares the plant medicine ay...

Filmed on location in Saskatchewan from the Qu'Appelle Valley to Hudson Bay, the documentary traces ...
Through economic necessity, an Aran Islander is forced to travel to England to work on building site...

Before the summer of 2022, Ireland had never beaten the All Blacks in New Zealand. Using behind the ...

Crash 'n' Burn is an experimental film shot in and named after Toronto, Ontario's first punk rock cl...

Suh, whose favorite Packer will always be Mason Crosby; Omi and Ayaka, whose infant daughter already...

This documentary film follows for 22 years a nine-member family involved in the manufacturing of Udo...

Documentary about the world of the Japanese geisha. Unattainable by all but the wealthy and powerful...

Colorful widescreen travelogue along the Amazon River jungle of Peru, featuring an indigenous villag...
Recently diagnosed with ADHD, a symphony conductor uses the career shutdown of the 2020 pandemic to ...
The Shipibo-Konibo people of Peruvian Amazon decorate their pottery, jewelry, textiles, and body art...

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

This film takes us into the harsh realm of BC's early coal mines, canneries, and lumber camps; where...

Intimate confessions, paired with experimental choreography outside a woman’s clinic in Memphis, off...

As they play carefree music, their musicianship is met with surprise, wonder, and sometimes even lau...
A modern geisha travels through Japan trying to find a job as entertainer, and ends up by finding lo...