Motherland
The planet’s busiest maternity hospital is located in one of its poorest and most populous countries: the Philippines. There, poor women face devastating consequences as their country struggles with reproductive health policy and the politics of conservative Catholic ideologies.
Janine Jansen: Falling for Stradivari
A riveting documentary that follows superstar violinist Janine Jansen as she embarks on a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to record a new album on 12 Stradivari violins.
Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio
For 50 years radio dominated the airwaves and the American consciousness as the first “mass medium.” In Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio, Ken Burns examines the…
Race Against Pandemic
Healthcare systems are overwhelmed, economies are disrupted and governments impose lockdowns to contain the spread of the virus. Where did this novel coronavirus come from? In what way was it…
Peter O’Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba
Reflecting Peter O’Toole’s theatrical legacy, this feature documentary is structured into four acts, each introduced by a quote about O’Toole that encapsulates his life during a specific period.
Mankiller
The story of an American hero and the Cherokee Nation’s first woman Principal Chief who humbly defied all odds to give a voice to the voiceless.
Fraud
A family’s home movies document a desperate crime spree and the bid to outrun the consequences. Born from a colossal trove of innocuous uploads to YouTube, Fraud is an impressionistic…
The Zerda or the Songs of Forgetting
“La Zerda and the songs of oblivion” (1982) is one of only two films made by the Algerian novelist Assia Djebar, with “La Nouba des femmes du mont Chenoua” (1977)….
Flight 103 Bombing: Minute by Minute
This documentary provides a chronological recount of the tragic events surrounding the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland. Over the seconds, minutes, years and decades, the…
Alaska: Silence & Solitude
Alaska Silence & Solitude is the follow up to Alone in the Wilderness, filmed 20 years later. Bob Swerer and Bob Swerer Sr. visit Dick Proenneke at his famous cabin…
How to Tell a Secret
A film that brandishes the documentry form and art to try to dismantle the stigma of being HIV positive that still persists in society. The film honours the past and…
Dean Martin: King of Cool
Dean Martin had a laid-back charm that made him successful in everything from big-screen comedies to television variety shows to live acts in Las Vegas. Filmmaker Tom Donahue explores Martin’s…
Senses of Cinema
As notions of civil rights transformed across the world, so was the screen landscape reformed by the ascension of grassroots film movements seeking to challenge the mainstream. Some aspired to…
