This feature-length documentary by Alanis Obomsawin examines the plight of Native people who come to Montreal searching for jobs and a better life. Often arriving without money, friends or jobs, a number of them quickly become part of the homeless population. Both dislocated from their traditional values and alienated from the rest of the population, they are torn between staying and returning home.
Based on footage shot in the early seventies and lost for more than thirty years, we see and hear th...
Documentary about red-bereted Jimmy Mirikitani, a feisty painter working and living on the street, n...
Six blind Tibetan teenagers climb the Lhakpa-Ri peak of Mount Everest, led by seven-summit blind mou...
Lost Heroes is the story of Canada's forgotten comic book superheroes and their legendary creators. ...
Spies of Mississippi tells the story of a secret spy agency formed by the state of Mississippi to pr...
A Zen priest in San Francisco and cookbook author use Zen Buddhism and cooking to relate to everyday...
An account of the life of actress Jeanne Moreau (1928-2017), a true icon of the New Wave and one of ...
Shut Up and Sing is a documentary about the country band from Texas called the Dixie Chicks and how ...
A former U.S. Navy Seal seeks life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness living life as a transgende...
Seeds of Time follows agriculture pioneer Cary Fowler's global journey to save the eroding foundatio...
This pioneering documentary film depicts the lives of the indigenous Inuit people of Canada's northe...
The social contract: the rules we follow - and some don’t. Breaking Social uncovers the pattern of c...
Jesus Camp is a Christian summer camp where children hone their "prophetic gifts" and are schooled i...
A documentary on the once promising American rock bands The Brian Jonestown Massacre and The Dandy W...
In the Realms of the Unreal is a documentary about the reclusive Chicago-based artist Henry Darger. ...
Amanda is a divorced woman who makes a living as a photographer. During the Fall of the year Amanda ...
A look at the state of the global environment including visionary and practical solutions for restor...