A powerful documentary about restorative justice and conferencing. Two convicted criminals come face-to-face with the toughest jury of all: the family and friends of their murdered victim ... On one fateful night in 1994, a murder opened up a huge well of unresolved pain, guilt, anger, confusion…
Swimming phenom and multiple Olympic Gold Medalist Missy Franklin was destined for greatness at an early age, but destiny can be a burden. When 4-time Olympic Silver medalist Kara Lynn Joyce joined Missy’s teenage swim club, destiny started to become reality. In Kara, Missy finds the older sister…
Too Colourful for the League is a 52-minutes 2001 Canadian documentary film made for CBC-TV, directed by Daniel Cross and Mila Aung-Thwin and produced by Diversus Productions. The film was produced by Evan Beloff, Ari Cohen and Max Wallace, who were nominated for a Gemini Award for best documentary.…
Through the remarkable eye of first time film director, Greg Reitman, we get a first hand glimpse of The Magic Isle. While exploring historical, social, and environmental changes, the film captures the mystical splendors, natural beauty and romance of Santa Catalina Island. Using a mix of rare 16mm,…
François Miron, Canada, 2015, 85 min, English. www.paulsharitsdoc.com For more : www.vitheque.com Prix\award: FILAF D’OR, Festival international du livre d'art et du film, 2015 Long after his premature death, the impact of Paul Sharits lingers on. The prominent iconoclast…
This rental is intended for educational use and is allowed to be streamed in classrooms, workshops, and small community settings. For theatrical or large community screenings, please e-mail info@mediaed.org for permission and fees. The Bro Code and Generation M, filmmaker Thomas Keith examined how…
Twenty years ago, at the age of 11, Leonardo wanted to become a professional soccer player to escape the poverty and violence of the slums of Rio de Janeiro. The film that was made at the time miraculously made his dream come true. In 1994, 11 year-old Leonardo, was portrayed in the award-winning…
In the war against the Islamic State, the only movement combatting the jihadists with any effectiveness on the ground is the Kurdish resistance army. This movement is made up of both men and women fighters forcing back the jihadists and reclaiming the land village by village. One of the resistance…
With his 'dirty realism' Jakob Ejersbo has become a landmark in Danish literature. His apt characterization of young people without footing, realizing their parents being egotistic assholes, brings him forward. In 2003 Ejersbo receives one of the most prestigious prizes, the Golden Laurels,…
No understanding of the modern movement in architecture is possible without knowledge of its master builder, Mies van der Rohe. Together with documentations of his life, this film reviews all his major work and offers rare footage of Mies explaining his philosophy. Phyllis Lambert relates her choice…
"Pure cinema" (Iain Sinclair, author & psycho-geographer) Bata-ville is a bittersweet road movie, a portrayal of a unique coach trip to the origins of the Bata shoe empire in the Czech Republic. Against the backdrop of Milllenium regeneration in their local communities, former employees…
From the Arab Spring to the European Summer, from the Occupy Movement to the global climate justice movement, a profound shift is taking place: humanity is waking up to the fact that the dominant system of power is failing to provide us with health, happiness or meaning. The old paradigm that concentrates…
