In standard English usage, “try” is a verb that means “to make an attempt.” But in cowboy culture, the word is a noun invested with profound meaning. When a cowboy says, “that cowhand, he’s got Try,” it means that quality of giving something every ounce of effort…
« Même ceux qui connaissent déjà l'affaire Halimi et l'histoire de l'antisémitisme s'en sortent émotionnellement secoués! » — The Jewish Daily Forward « Le cinéaste Lewis Cohen explore intelligemment les origines…
Jon Mikl Thor was a bodybuilding, steel bending, brick smashing rock star in the 70's & 80's whose theatrical band, THOR, never quite made it big. Ten years into retirement, and incapable of living like a normal mortal human being, Thor attempts a comeback of his band – a comeback…
Classification by the Régie du cinéma in Quebec: General “Glowing with authenticity” — Le Devoir 16 years ago Natasha converted to Islam. Three years later, following the birth of her daughter Amina, she decided to start wearing the Hijab. Today at thirteen, it is…
There was a time when cattle roamed the open range, a handshake sealed a deal, and people lived by a sense of right and wrong carried in the heart — the unwritten rules of the cowboy. Produced by Jim Owen, author of Cowboy Ethics: What Wall Street Can Learn From the Code of the West, and shot against…
The Great American Wheat Harvest is an EMMY® Award Winning documentary film that tells the story of hard-working American families who spend each summer traveling from Texas to the Canadian border harvesting thousands of acres of wheat. They take risks most of us wouldn't dream of taking, so…
FOR HOME USE ONLY - FOR EDUCATIONAL STREAMING AND DVD SALES VISIT https://store.der.org/today-the-hawk-takes-one-chick-p339.aspx by Jane Gillooly color, 72 min, 2008 Amidst the highest prevalence of HIV in the world and the lowest life expectancy, three grandmothers in Swaziland, a small, landlocked…
Classement par la Régie du cinéma du Québec: Général « Éclatante d’authenticité! » – Le Devoir Il y a 16 ans, Natasha se convertissait à l’islam. Trois ans plus tard, suite à la naissance de sa fille Amina,…
Kenneth Frampton is an outstanding commentator on the architecture of our time. After a short interval as a working architect in London in the 1960s, he began to write and teach, mainly at Columbia University. Over the years he has been a prolific and influential contributor toward a progressive interpretation…
In conversation with Roy Lichtenstein, critic Lawrence Alloway places Pop Art on a continuum of twentieth-century art that includes collage, Dada, and Purism in referring to signs and objects of contemporary society; Lichtenstein argues for distinctions between himself, Warhol, Oldenburg, and others.…
Go in Peace! is an award-winning documentary about the role of the caregiver in healing the soul wounds of veterans with trauma (PTSD, Post Terror Soul Distress) .... especially at end of life. The film features national experts on veterans' care, Dr. Ed Tick, author of the bestselling War and…
2015 - Version originale inuktitut sous-titrée en français • SYNOPSIS En 1943, dans la communauté de Qarmaarjuit, dans l'île de Baffin, 27 personnes, soit la moitié de la population, sont mortes dans des circonstances mystérieuses. Deux survivantes…
