A film documenting work shortages during the Depression of the 1930s and the attempts to deal with the unemployed, in particular young men. The film discusses the establishment of relief camps and projects, where men were paid twenty cents per day; the founding of organizations such as the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF), Workers' Unity League, and Relief Camp Workers' Union; general unionization and protest of the unemployed, including the On To Ottawa Trek, Regina Riot, sit-in strike from May to June 1938 at the Vancouver Main Post Office, Vancouver Art Gallery and Hotel Georgia, and the resulting Bloody Sunday of June 19.

In 1936, two female artists (a singer and a pianist) visit the city of Lushnja, which was very conse...

True story of the undersized Depression-era racehorse whose victories lifted not only the spirits of...

A week in the life of the exploited, child newspaper sellers in turn-of-the-century New York. When t...

By combining actual footage with reenactments, this film offers both a documentary and fictional acc...

A variety of scientific subjects, including the laboratory of a plastic surgeon in London, and his ...

In Warsaw in 1980, the Communist Party sends disgruntled radio reporter Winkel to Gdańsk to dig up d...

An exploration —manipulated and staged— of life in Las Hurdes, in the province of Cáceres, in Extrem...

John and Yoko in the presidential suite at the Hilton Amsterdam, which they had decorated with hand-...

In the early years of the 20th century, Mohandas K. Gandhi, a British-trained lawyer, forsakes all w...

Documentary following dockers of Liverpool sacked in a labour dispute and their supporters’ group, W...

Shut Up and Sing is a documentary about the country band from Texas called the Dixie Chicks and how ...

A working class teenager comes of age in 1910s rural Sweden, moving through a series of jobs and rom...

A portrait of union leader James R. Hoffa, as seen through the eyes of his friend, Bobby Ciaro. The ...

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

In 1987, five young men, using brutally honest rhymes and hardcore beats, put their frustration and ...

This film joins five of the world's leading whale researchers on a scientific expedition around Cana...

Summer 1936 - The Berlin Olympics, organized by the Nazi regime on the eve of World War II, acted as...

NiiSoTeWak means “walking the path together.” Tapwewin and Pawaken are 10-year-old brothers trying ...

In 1931, three Aboriginal girls escape after being plucked from their homes to be trained as domesti...

Depression-era bank robber John Dillinger's charm and audacity endear him to much of America's downt...