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Prom Night in Mississippi Prom Night in Mississippi [ 2009 - Canada ] [ Hits:5149 ]
Synopsis: In 1997, Academy Award-winning actor Morgan Freeman offered to pay for the senior prom at Charleston High School in Mississippi under one condition: the prom had to be racially integrated. His offer was ignored. In 2008, Free
Tears for April: Beyond the Blue Lens Tears for April: Beyond the Blue Lens [ 2007 - Canada ] [ Hits:4042 ]
Synopsis: Tears for April: Beyond the Blue Lens, set in Vancouver's drug-infested Downtown Eastside, follows the short, tragic life of April Reoch, a young woman who left her coastal hometown of Squamish, British Columbia, for the big

Reel Injun Reel Injun [ 2009 - Canada ] [ Hits:2537 ]
Synopsis: Reel Injun is about the Native American experience in film from its beginning to the cinema of today.
Up The Yangtze Up The Yangtze [ 2008 ] [ Hits:1887 ]
Synopsis: A luxury cruise boat motors up the Yangtze, navigating the mythic waterway known in China simply as "The River." In the biggest engineering endeavour since the Great Wall, China has set out to harness the Yangtze with the wor
Last Train Home Last Train Home [ 2010 - Canada ] [ Hits:1642 ]
Synopsis: Once a year during China's spring-time, a chaotic wave of millions of migrant factory workers -a force-field of human persistence and dog-eat-dog survival- pushes through turnstiles and squeezes down narrow passage ways for w
Hugh Hefner - Playboy, Activist And Rebel Hugh Hefner - Playboy, Activist And Rebel [ 2010 - Canada ] [ Hits:1451 ]
Synopsis: Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel takes an intimate look at the outspoken, flamboyant founder of the Playboy empire.When Hefner launched Playboy magazine in 1953, he became a champion of the sexual revolution and, imme
Fierce Light Fierce Light [ 2009 ] [ Hits:1407 ]
Synopsis: The 2006 murder of friend and fellow media-activist Brad Will in protest-torn Oaxaca, Mexico, is the impetus for Ripper's journey, which takes him to the flash points of spiritual activism around the world, including Montgome
My Winnipeg My Winnipeg [ 2007 - Canada ] [ Hits:1375 ]
Synopsis: Legendary director Guy Maddin's personal portrait of his hometown, Winnipeg, Manitoba. Told poetically, MY WINNIPEG weaves together the past, present, and future. Maddin revisits his childhood (through a young Guy Maddin play
Act of God Act of God [ 2009 ] [ Hits:1358 ]
Synopsis: Act of God is a feature documentary about the metaphysical effects of being struck by lightning. The event represents the paradox of being singled out by randomness, and so precipitates questions about chance, fate and meanin
RiP: A Remix Manifesto RiP: A Remix Manifesto [ 2009 - Canada ] [ Hits:1357 ]
Synopsis: In RiP: A remix manifesto, Web activist and filmmaker Brett Gaylor explores issues of copyright in the information age, mashing up the media landscape of the 20th century and shattering the wall between users and producers.

 

 


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