Invisible Threat is a critically-acclaimed documentary that explores the science of vaccination and why fears and misperceptions have lead parents to delay or decline vaccines. The film was produced by chstvFILMS, an award-winning high school broadcast journalism and documentary film program. Closed…
This video is a resource for how to best support students, teachers and school communities after a death. The stories chronicled will provide a good foundation for responding to grief in your school. Whether you are a parent, teacher, concerned friend, school counselor, or educational administrator,…
Africa’s development is being held back by its poor infrastructure and undersize power plants. Countries like Uganda can only produce only a quarter of the energy needed, leading to daily power cuts with disastrous impact on the economy. It’s a golden opportunity for companies like French…
Allowing parents and siblings to grieve for stillbirths and neonatal deaths A sensitive film which shows the importance of allowing the parents and siblings contact with a dead infant, so that natural grieving can take place. Cosmo lived only a few hours after her birth, but the whole family were…
This animated film looks at the ways children and young people respond to grief, and how people can help. When someone dies, life for those who were close to them will never be the same again. Bereavement is particularly hard for families. At a time when children are in need of extra support, so are…
Understanding and helping bereaved under fives. When someone dies, it affects everyone in the family, even if they are very young. Children under five may be unable to communicate or understand fully, but they will be deeply affected. At the same time, those looking after them are likely to be suffering…
ART/VIOLENCE - 75’ | Arabic, English & Hebrew | English Subtitles | Palestine/ USA| 2013 Inspired by characters from “Alice in Wonderland,” “Waiting for Godot” and “Antigone,”young Palestinian actresses deal with the military occupation and gender oppression,…
“A motion picture composed of brief diaristic scenes not used in completed films from the years 1960-2000; and self-referential video footage taped during the editing. Brief glimpses of family, friends, girl-friends, the City, seasons of the year, travels. Occasionally I talk, reminisce, or play…
Sometimes the best way to let go of a troubled past is to literally walk as far away from it as possible. Hard Way Home is an intimate journey of the filmmaker as she struggles physically and emotionally to thru-hike the Appalachian Trail from Georgia to Maine. Filled with a cast of misfit hikers, wandering…
Three Arab-Canadian men are detained and tortured for months and years in Syria and Egypt. Upon their release they return to Canada and struggle to find some answers. An internal inquiry into their cases, the Iacobucci Inquiry, reveals that the Canadian government was complicit in their detention and…
Remains is a sensitive documentary about the memory and trauma of sexual abuse. It portrays the life of three siblings who claim that their father abused them as children. Trym, now 24 years old, has been hospitalized several times because of depression and suicide attempts. His younger brother, Ståle,…
What happens when hungry people discover a massive pot of gold in one of the poorest places on earth? In 2007 US-based Kosmos Energy discovers the first oil in the history of the West African Republic of Ghana. What follows over the next five years is a twisting tale of greed and deception, which…
