Listen to the experts' opinion regarding the destruction of the 3 World Trade Center Skyscrapers and their demand for a new WTC investigation.

Phillip Lyall, Nimisha Mukerji Redefining the traditional scope of documentary film in an electronic age, 65_RedRoses leaves viewers with a new appreciation of life and the digital world. This personal and touching journey takes an unflinching look into the lives of Eva Markvoort and her two online friends who are all battling cystic fibrosis (CF) - a fatal genetic disease affecting the lungs and digestive system.

Unable to meet in person because of the spread of infections and super bugs, the girls have become each other's lifelines through the Internet, providing unconditional love, support and understanding long after visiting hours are over. Now at a critical turning point in their lives, the film travels the distance the friends cannot go themselves, capturing the compelling and often heartbreaking realities they face, just trying to take each breath.

Juanita Peters Africville began where the pavement ended. Located on the northern shore of the Bedford Basin, it was a home and a haven for the many African-Canadian families who lived there for generations. When, after years of neglect, the city of Halifax expropriated Africville in the 1960s, residents were forced to leave their homes and businesses behind. Instead of finding the better life that the city had promised them, many found themselves living in public housing projects and their community torn apart. Today, former residents of Africville are fighting for reparations and an official apology. Documentary filmmaker Juanita Peters presents a moving portrait of a community that has survived despite having lost its home.

Kent Sobey An enthusiastic master of a musical instrument that gets little respect – the air guitar – Andrew Buckles is determined to compete in the World Air Guitar Championship held in Oulu, Finland. Follow Andrew as he attempts to raise money for his epic journey: from bake sales to busking, while also carefully refining his nimble-fingered technique.

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Michael Rapaport Having forged a 20-year run as one of the most innovative and influential hip hop bands of all time, the Queens NY collective known as 'A Tribe Called Quest' have kept a generation hungry for more of their groundbreaking music since their much publicized breakup in 1998. Michael Rapaport documents the inner workings and behind the scenes drama that follows the band to this day. He explores what's next for, what many claim, are the pioneers of alternative rap.

Liz Mermin A documentary following American women (some of whom emigrated from Afghanistan in the early 1980s) who return to the capital city of Kabul to open an American-style school for beauticians. Some of their students are women who maintained "underground" beauty salons while the city was under strict Taliban control.

Julian Schnabel Javier Bardem, Johnny Depp, Olivier Martinez. From Basquiat director Julian Schnabel comes this powerful portrait of Cuban poet Reinaldo Arenas, who drew inspiration from Castro's revolution only to end up in prison for his sexuality. 2000/color/133 min/R/widescreen.

Environmentalist Leanna Allison and wildlife Biologist Karsten Heuer follow a herd of 120,000 caribou on foot, accross 1,500 kilometers of rugged Arctic tundra. The husband-and-wife team want to raise awareness of threats to caribou's survival.

Robert Gordon, Morgan Neville 'Best of Enemies' is a documentary about the legendary series of nationally televised debates in 1968 between two great public intellectuals, the liberal Gore Vidal and the conservative William F. Buckley Jr. Intended as commentary on the issues of their day, these vitriolic and explosive encounters came to define the modern era of public discourse in the media, marking the big bang moment of our contemporary media landscape when spectacle trumped content and argument replaced substance. 'Best of Enemies' delves into the entangled biographies of these two great thinkers and luxuriates in the language and the theater of their debates, begging the question, 'What has television done to the way we discuss politics in our democracy today?'

Blue Rodeo Sensitive Californian adolescent Peter Yearwood loosing his hearing in a pool accident after one of the family rows leading to his parents' divorce. He attends a rural special school in Arizona near Blue Dog reservation, where Leo Hidalgo's native family, with two deaf daughters, takes better care of him. His ma Maggie moves into a nearby farm to be around, but Peter bitterly refuses contact, even with then puppy Echo, whose waking got him out of his coma. She paints and gets acquainted with lonely cowboy neighbor Owen Whister. She ignores his dark reason for being a recluse when they become friends. It concerns the rodeo, which also provides an occasion for Peter to visit 'home', in order to be with his girl friend.

Liz Garbus 'Bobby Fischer Against the World' is a documentary feature exploring the tragic and bizarre life of the late chess master Bobby Fischer. The drama of Bobby Fischer's career was undeniable, from his troubled childhood, to his rock star status as World Champion and Cold War icon, to his life as a fugitive on the run. This film explores one of the most infamous and mysterious characters of the 20th century.

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Jill Sharpe Bone Wind Fire is an intimate and evocative journey into the hearts, minds and eyes of Georgia O'Keeffe, Emily Carr and Frida Kahlo—three of the 20th century's most remarkable artists. Georgia O'Keeffe lived and painted in the sun-baked clarity of the American Southwest; Emily Carr in the lush jungled green of the BC rainforests; and Frida Kahlo in the hot and dusty clamour of Mexico City. Each woman had her own response to her environment, to the people that surrounded her and to the artistic or practical challenges she faced in wringing beauty and truth from her particular time and place. Bone Wind Fire uses the women's own words, taken from their letters and diaries, to reveal three individual creative processes in all their subtle and fascinating variety. In thirty carefully prepared and creatively photographed minutes, the film captures the view through the artists' eyes.

Bowling for Columbine is a 2002 documentary film written, directed, produced, and narrated by Michael Moore. The film explores what Moore suggests are the causes for the Columbine High School massacre and other acts of violence with guns. Moore focuses on the background and environment in which the massacre took place and some common public opinions and assumptions about related issues. The film also looks into the nature of violence in the United States. The film brought Moore international attention as a rising filmmaker and won numerous awards, including the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, the Independent Spirit Award for Best Documentary Feature, a special 55th Anniversary Prize at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival and the César Award for Best Foreign Film.

Enat Sidi, Heidi Ewing, Rachel Grady

Werner Herzog In 1994, a group of scientists discovered a cave in Southern France perfectly preserved for over 20,000 years and containing the earliest known human paintings. Knowing the cultural significance that the Chauvet Cave holds, the French government immediately cut-off all access to it, save a few archaeologists and paleontologists. But documentary filmmaker, Werner Herzog, has been given limited access, and now we get to go inside examining beautiful artwork created by our ancient ancestors around 32,000 years ago. He asks questions to various historians and scientists about what these humans would have been like and trying to build a bridge from the past to the present.

Dennis Allen To its far-flung listeners across the Mackenzie Delta, CBQM is more than a simple radio station. It's a dependable pal, a beacon in the storm of life and a resilient expression of identity and pride. Whether it's reporting wolf sightings or broadcasting bingo games, airing debates on uranium mining or dedicating a hurtin' country tune to some heart-broken local, citizen-run CBQM has been serving the Teetl'it Gwich'in community of Fort McPherson from almost three decades. Dennis Allen tips his hat to the "Moccassin Telegraph" with CBQM — celebrating the vital role of storyteling and music within his culture, while crafting a detailed and generous portrait of life in a northern town.

John Walker An intimate portrait of Jack Chambers, a major figure in the Canadian cultural landscape, a man who has been called Canada's finest painter. Within a carefully constructed narrative of the artist's life, this visually lyrical film includes the full range of his work from the age of thirteen until his death. The story is told in Chamber's own words and in narration, and these voices are balanced by interviews with several of the people who were close to Chambers at different times in his life

Jeff Orlowski In the spring of 2005, acclaimed environmental photographer James Balog headed to the Arctic on a tricky assignment for National Geographic: to capture images to help tell the story of the Earth s changing climate. Even with a scientific upbringing, Balog had been a skeptic about climate change. But that first trip north opened his eyes to the biggest story in human history and sparked a challenge within him that would put his career and his very well-being at risk. Chasing Ice is the story of one man s mission to change the tide of history by gathering undeniable evidence of our changing planet. Within months of that first trip to Iceland, the photographer conceived the boldest expedition of his life: The Extreme Ice Survey. With a band of young adventurers in tow, Balog began deploying revolutionary time-lapse cameras across the brutal Arctic to capture a multi-year record of the world s changing glaciers. As the debate polarizes America and the intensity of natural disasters ramps up globally, Balog finds himself at the end of his tether. Battling untested technology in subzero conditions, he comes face to face with his own mortality. It takes years for Balog to see the fruits of his labor. His hauntingly beautiful videos compress years into seconds and capture ancient mountains of ice in motion as they disappear at a breathtaking rate. Chasing Ice depicts a photographer trying to deliver evidence and hope to our carbon-powered planet. Visually breathtaking. —Variety Stunning...Timely...A solitary quest with global implications. —The New York Times Hauntingly beautiful. —Huffington Post

Johan Renck In April 1986, a huge explosion erupted at the Chernobyl nuclear power station in northern Ukraine. This series follows the stories of the men and women, who tried to contain the disaster, as well as those who gave their lives preventing a subsequent and worse one.

Evan Mascagni/ Shannon Post When the US government bans a pesticide, deemed too harmful for the American people, you would imagine that to be the end of it. What you would not expect is it to then be exported freely aboard for profit. In recent years countless harmful pesticides have been spread around the world's less-developed nations, causing immeasurable damage. Many are then imported back into the United States on infected foodstuffs, creating a terrible cycle of poison.

Maybe you've seen it all, and maybe you're already steeped in outraged, activist documentaries. But you haven't seen anything quite like The Cove, unless you can visualize a disturbing combination of Upton Sinclair's The Jungle, Free Willy, and the killing of Bambi's mother. The Cove is directed by the experienced National Geographic photographer Louie Psihoyos, who sets about to uncover a shocking (but regular) ritual on the Japanese coast: the herding and slaughter of thousands of bottlenose dolphins in the town of Taiji. A few dolphins are saved during this process, and sold off to aquariums so they can perform in water shows. The rest are crowded together and—away from prying eyes—stabbed to death, their meat sold as food. (Interviewing Japanese people on the street, they apparently have no idea that the "whale meat" on sale in stores is actually mercury-saturated bottlenose dolphin.) It's not that this mass killing is secret, exactly, but the fishermen of Taiji have done a proactive job of keeping cameras and other observers from getting a good look. Psihoyos wants to change all that, and he assembles a swashbuckling squad of scientists, filmmakers, and nerds (including movie F/X people who design fake rocks for hidden video cameras) to extra-legally smuggle recording equipment into the cove. The team's spiritual and emotional captain is Richard O'Barry, the man who helped popularize dolphins as cuddly animals as the trainer of TV's Flipper back in the 1960s—and who, horrified by the way dolphins have been used in public displays, has been an anti-captivity activist for decades. The footage that results is so shocking it should cause seismic reactions in viewers, and when O'Barry attends a meeting of the International Whaling Commission (portrayed by the film as ineffectual and/or bought off by Japanese interests) armed with video of the slaughter, he's like Rocky Balboa climbing into the ring for one more big fight. After what we've seen in the film at that point, it's unlikely many viewers won't be rooting him on. -Robert Horton

Lucy Walker Fifteen years of verite footage show the epic rivalry between half-pipe legends Shaun White and Kevin Pearce, childhood friends who become number one and two in the world leading up to the Vancouver Winter Olympics, pushing one another to ever more dangerous tricks, until Kevin crashes on a Park City half-pipe, barely surviving. As Kevin recovers from his injury, Shaun wins Gold. Now all Kevin wants to do is get on his snowboard again, even though medics and family fear this could kill him. We also celebrate Sarah Burke who crashed in Park City and died January 19, 2012.

Wendy Apple Documentary about the art of film editing. Clips are shown from many groundbreaking films with innovative editing styles.

Tchavdar Georgiev, Amanda Pope The Desert of Forbidden Art tells the incredible story of how a treasure trove of banned Soviet art worth millions of dollars was found in the desert of Uzbekistan.

During the reign of the Soviet Union, a small group of artists remain true to their vision despite threats of torture, imprisonment and death. Their plight inspires a young archeologist (and frustrated painter) Igor Savitsky. Pretending to buy State-approved art, Stavisky instead daringly rescues 40,000 forbidden fellow artist's works and creates a museum in the desert of Uzbekistan, far from the watchful eyes of the KGB. Though a penniless artist himself, he cajoles the cash to pay for the art from the same authorities who are banning it. He amasses an eclectic mix of Russian Avant-Garde art. But his greatest discovery is an unknown school of artists who settle in Uzbekistan after the Russian revolution of 1917, encountering a unique Islamic culture, as exotic to them as Tahiti was for Gauguin. They develop a startlingly original style, fusing European modernism with centuries-old Eastern traditions.

Ben Kingsley, Sally Field and Ed Asner voice the diaries and letters of Savitsky and the artists. Intercut with recollections of the artists' children and rare archival footage, the film takes us on a dramatic journey of sacrifice for the sake of creative freedom. Described as one of the most remarkable collections of 20th century Russian art and located in one of the world's poorest regions, today these priceless paintings are a lucrative target for Islamic fundamentalists, corrupt bureaucrats and art profiteers. The collection is as endangered as when Savitsky first created it, posing the question whose responsibility is it to preserve this cultural treasure.

Winner of many film festival awards. Official Selection PBS Independent Lens. Critic's Pick New York Magazine. Rave reviews in New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Huffington Post and NPR.

Heidi Ewing, Rachel Grady A documentary on the city of Detroit and its woes, which are emblematic of the collapse of the U.S. manufacturing base.

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Talmage Cooley Dimmer appeared at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival Talmage Cooley's award-winning documentary short film presents a poignant and memorable snapshot of life within a gang of sight-impaired teenage boys who create their own world among the abandoned factories of Buffalo's rust belt.

Spike Jonze Before helming such award-winning Hollywood fare as "Being John Malkovich" and "Adaptation.," Adam Spiegel (Spike Jonze) established himself as one of the most innovative and sought-after directors of music videos. This eclectic compilation features videos by Beastie Boys, Weezer, Fatboy Slim, Bjork, the Notorious B.I. G., and others, along with rarely-seen short films and documentaries, interviews, and much more. 6 1/2 hrs. Standard; Soundtrack: English; audio commentary by Beastie Boys, others.

Lance Bangs He worked on the special effects for "Alien 3" and directed popular TV commercials as well as hit videos for Madonna, Aphex Twin, Bjork, Portishead, and others. And in this retrospective, some of Cunningham's most groundbreaking videos and TV spots are on display, along with outtakes and a film on the making of Bjork's "All Is Full of Love," featuring interviews with the singer and Cunningham. 200 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital stereo.

Lance Bangs, Olivier Gondry Beck, Foo Fighters, Kylie Minogue, and The White Stripes are just a few of the top musical acts whose videos owe their distinctive look to filmmaker Michel Gondry. Along with music videos from these and other artists, this compelling collection also features some of Gondry's short films (including Jim Carrey in "Pecan Pie") and TV commercials, the two-part documentary "I've Been Twelve Forever," and much more. 5 hrs. total. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital stereo.

John Walker Seven of the world’s master drummers blow the roof off the barn and the ducks out of the water when they gather on a remote farm in Ontario cottage country to inspire young musicians to connect with the powerful rhythms of nature. Featuring Nasyr Abdul Al-Khabyyr, Dennis Chambers, Kenwood Dennard, Horacio “El-Negro” Hernadez, Giovanni Hidalgo, Mike Mangini and Raul Rekow, the film dishes up a rich stew of mind-blowing performances in rock, jazz, Latin, fusion, and soul. They teach, joke, learn how to canoe, swap road stories and tales about musicians they’ve played with (musicians like Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Carlos Santana), and share a profound musical philosophy driven by love, compassion, and the joy of life. A final jam session with all of the drummers and students, and even the film’s director, is transcendent with a joy that will leave you exhilarated for days to come.

Dugout: Feature Documentary 80min


Team Members: Allan Code, Robyn Armour


19 young people, on an island cut off from the grid; must transform a huge cedar log into a graceful Tlingit sea-going dugout canoe; of an ancient design; with ancient methods: adzes, rocks and steam. In the process they will build a model community, unite the support of a larger community; and ultimately transform themselves.

DVDs for personal use may be obtained through NCES. Institutional Distribution via McNabb-Connolly; Broadcast of this full-HD feature film may be arranged through Nah Ho Productions Inc

Geoffrey Smith;Producer This documentary offers a glimpse into the life of an English neurosurgeon (Henry Marsh) situated in Ukraine as we are exposed to the overwhelming dilemmas he has to face and the burden he has to carry throughout his profession.

In the most provocative film of the year, Academy Award-winner Michael Moore presents a searing examination of the role played by greed and oil in the wake of the tragic events of 9/11. From Academy-Award winning director Michael Moore (Bowling for Columbine). WINNER, Palme D’Or Award at the Cannes Film Festival, BEST PICTURE. DVD features:

* "The Release of Fahrenheit 9/11" featurette
* "Iraq, Pre-War" featurette: The people of Iraq on the eve of invasion
* "Homeland security, Miami style" featurette: Footage of the old men who patrol the Florida coast lookng for terrorists as part of the homeland security plan
* "Outside Abu Ghraib Prison"
* Eyewitness account from Samara, Iraq
* "Lila, D.C.": Lila Lipscomb at the Washington, D.C. premiere
* Arab-American comedians: Their acts and experiences after 9/11
* Extended interview: More with Abdul Henderson
* "Condi 9/11": Condoleezza Rice's 9/11 Commission testimony
* "Bush Rose Garden": George W. Bush's full press briefing after 9/11 Commission appearance

Alternator/Gallery for Contemporary Art The Alternator Media Arts commissioned eight Okanagan artists for Fault Lines, a video art project produced in conjunction with On Common Ground, the national festival and conference of the Independent Media Arts Alliance held June 10-15, 2008 in Kelowna, BC.

Gerry Rogers Director, Gerry Rogers’ beautiful portrait of Canadian singer/songwriter Ferron, known for influencing Mary Gauthier, The Indigo Girls and Ani DiFranco, is a must see. This one-hour film captures Ferron’s salt of the earth folk stylings and features a live performance in Vancouver as she re-unites with her old band mates after 10 years.

Tony Zierra It's a rare person who would give up fame and fortune to toil in obscurity for someone else's creative vision. Yet, that's exactly what Leon Vitali did after his acclaimed performance as 'Lord Bullingdon' in Stanley Kubrick's Barry Lyndon (1975). The young actor surrendered his thriving career to become Kubrick's loyal right-hand man. For more than two decades, Leon played a crucial role behind-the-scenes helping Kubrick make and maintain his legendary body of work. In Filmworker, Leon's candid, often funny, sometimes shocking experiences in the company of Kubrick are woven together with rich and varied elements including previously unseen photos, videos, letters, notebooks, and memos from Leon's private collection. Insightful, emotionally charged anecdotes from actors, family, crew members, and key film industry professionals who worked with Kubrick and Leon add an important layer of detail and impact to the story. Filmworker enters the world of Leon Vitali and Stanley Kubrick

Vivian Maier, John Maloof A documentary on the late Vivian Maier, a nanny whose previously unknown cache of 100,000 photographs earned her a posthumous reputation as one of the most accomplished street photographers.

Bess Kargman A documentary that follows six young dancers from around the world as they prepare for the Youth America Grand Prix, one of the most prestigious ballet competitions in the world.

BC Film, CTV Western Development Office A joint initiative between British Columbia Film and CTV's Western Development Office, the First Shots Training Program was designed to provide opportunities to emerging writers and directors, giving them their "first shot" working on a network television prime-time series.

Allan Code For 50 years, Father Jean-Marie Mouchet, a catholic priest and resistance fighter, has diverted youths in Canada's Northern communities from devestating lethargy and addiction. The rigors of his cross-country skiing program have produced Olympic champion skiers from the Vuntut Gwitchin people in Old Crow. He feels that a young persons early physical training and development is closely linked to the growth of a healthy self-image and identity. And rather than impose his religious beliefs on the people he inspires them to reconnect with the latent power of their own bodies through physical exercise and awareness of their capabiities. Having given up their nomadic way of life in a remote corner of the Yukon, and with the decline of hunting and gathering societies, Father Mouchet has offered people a tool by which to re-instate their self worth and confidence.

Santa Lucia (Running time 6:10), Spring Ahead (1:32), The Lottery Ticket (6:58), Mating Habits of the Northern Homo Sapien (8:44), Me, Music (18:30)

Ron Mann Made by Ron Mann when he was 16, Flak is a gritty improvised drama screening for the first time in 30 years as part of this retrospective. Influenced by John Cassavetes' Shadows, Michelangelo Antonioni's The Red Desert, and above all, Robert Kramer's classic film Ice, Mann's working title was Viva La Dynamite, a phrase borrowed from Anaïs Nin.

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Dilip Mehta Gifted to her husband and his family at the age of 5, and after becoming an adult a young woman subsequently gave birth to 10 children. Most of the children re-locate, never to be heard from again, the husband passes away, and this lady ends up at Vrindavan. Another lady, married at the age of 11, and who also ends up at Vrindavan after the passing of her husband. These 2 heart-wrenching stories are just the tip of the iceberg, amongst many other equally painful stories of women, forced to live in destitute conditions. They believe they will obtain Moksha at this holy site, but wear drab clothes, no ornaments nor make-up, are only permitted to wear colorful clothes during Holi. They sing at the Bhajan Mandir, paid a pittance, fed rice and lentils, often sexually molested, and shunned by everyone. Eighty percent these widows come from West Bengal, while others re-locate here from Rajasthan, Gujarat, and other locations. This movie also documents ground breaking work done by some woman's organization, and the apathy shown by politicians in a country that ostensibly claims to be nuclear-powered, and hi-tech, while most Indians are not even aware of the plight of these women, including the Mrityu Ghar (Death House), where quite a few aged and ailing widows end up spending their last days on Earth.

Ken Burns, Lynn Novick This film illustrates the life and work of the American architect. We follow the development of his work and his turbulent family life amidst scandal and tragedy. Despite all the difficulties of his personal life, Wright rises above all and beats all the odds to design some of the most famous buildings using brilliant and distinctively innovative designs that only his genius could create.

Jimmy Chin, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi Alex Honnold attempts to become the first person to ever free solo climb El Capitan.

Joe Strummer The Future Is Unwritten / Joe Strummer / Region 2 PAL DVD / European Edition / Audio: English / Starring: Joe Strummer / 120 min ASIN: 7203067033 DVD Region Code: 2

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Josh Fox It is happening all across America-rural landowners wake up one day to find a lucrative offer from an energy company wanting to lease their property. Reason? The company hopes to tap into a reservoir dubbed the "Saudi Arabia of natural gas." Halliburton developed a way to get the gas out of the ground-a hydraulic drilling process called "fracking"-and suddenly America finds itself on the precipice of becoming an energy superpower.

David and Albert Maysles The Maysles brothers pay visits to Edith Bouvier Beale, nearing 80, and her daughter Edie. Reclusive, the pair live with cats and raccoons in Grey Gardens, a crumbling mansion in East Hampton. Edith is dry and quick-witted - a singer, married but later separated, a member of high society. Edie is voluble, dresses - as she puts it - for combat in tight ensembles that include scarves wrapped around her head. There are hints that Edie came home 24 years before to be cared for rather than to care for her mother. The women address the camera, talking over each other, moving from the present to events years before. They're odd, with flinty affection for each other.

Cathleen Smith Here Are the News is a documentary celebrating the accomplishments of Yukon journalist Miss Edith Josie. Edith Josie is a member of the Gwich'in group of Athabaska Indians who range from Fort McPherson, NWT, Dawson City and Old Crow, Yukon, to Eagle, Alaska. Miss Josie has captured the hearts and imagination of people around the globe with her unique approach to writing. She became the correspondent for the Whitehorse Star in 1953, a job she held for almost 50 years. Here Are the News was syndicated in the Edmonton Journal, the Fairbanks News Miner, and the Indian News of Vancouver. Her work as a reporter for Old Crow brought her worldwide renown when LIFE magazine did a feature on her. Over the years she has put the small town of Old Crow on the map, by appearing numerous times on Peter Gzowski's popular CBC radio show and televison programs such as Front Page Challenge.

Richard Desjardins, Robert Monderie Richard Desjardins and Robert Monderie’s The Hole Story continues in the same provocative vein as their earlier Forest Alert.
The history of mining in Canada is the story of astronomical profits made with disregard for the environment and human health. The story of nickel in Sudbury, silver in Cobalt, gold in Timmins, copper in Rouyn . . .
Using striking images, rare archival footage, interviews and their trademark humorous social commentary, the directors make a clear case against the way mining has been done in Canada. The Hole Story is a film that sounds the alarm about mining. In a country rich in mineral resources, mining companies have historically paid little tax, while local municipalities bear the financial burden of building and maintaining the roads they use to truck their wealth out to other countries. Some films are essential viewing—The Hole Story is one of them!

Daniel Janke

Stuart Reaugh and Thomas Buchan Hope, from first time documentary filmmakers Stuart Reaugh and Thomas Buchan, follows artist Ken Paquete, his partner Winnie Peters and their five boys (ages four to fifteen) as they struggle to cope during a year of wrenching change. The family lives on the Schkam Native Reserve, across from the town of Hope. The town is a transitory place at the junction of three highways. After 18 years together, Ken and Winnie's troubled relationship dissolves when Rick, a tatooed ex-con, moves in and assumes the role of stepfather. Winnie's eldest son Kenny leaves the home. Ken settles in town, where he sells his paintings outside the local pub, earning enough for rent and the occasional trip to McDonalds with his kids. Over the course of four seasons, the family cycles through poverty, addiction, violence and love, but when winter bleeds into spring, a final confrontation sparks irrevocable change.

Dennis Allen The two-part The Hunt and the Walk explores traditions reclaimed and traditions preserved in the face of increasing change, while simultaneously uncovering the filmmaker's relationship to his history. Told from the unique and sometimes innocent perspective of filmmaker Dennis Allen, each documentary provides a compelling and rare look at a northern Native culture through the eyes of one who is at once connected to it and distant from it.

Raoul Peck
In 1979, James Baldwin wrote a letter to his literary agent describing his next project, "Remember This House." The book was to be a revolutionary, personal account of the lives and assassinations of three of his close friends: Medgar Evers, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr. At the time of Baldwin's death in 1987, he left behind only 30 completed pages of this manuscript. Filmmaker Raoul Peck envisions the book James Baldwin never finished.

Tom Radford It is easy to overlook Herschel Island – a tiny speck of land just off the Yukon coast – where the Inuvialuit hunters once followed the great journeys of caribou, polar bears, and whales. The island lays silently on the margins of geography, entrapped in the footnotes of history, a forgotten place frozen in time.
And yet just over a century ago Herschel Island was a frontier boomtown, branded “the Sodom of the Arctic” by some visitors. A place cohabited by whalers, Inuit, missionaries, and police; a place of contact and conflict; a place where worlds collided and lives were changed forever.
It was on Herschel Island that a young Inuvialuit boy, Nuligak (later named Bob Cockney by the missionaries) came of age—fascinated by Herschel, but equally repelled by the excess of so-called civilization. Through Nuligak’s touching yet tragic life-story, which is expressed through his writings and echoed by his grandchildren’s poignant return to the Island—we are offered a unique view into an often troubling past and a potentially hopeful future.

Craig Gillespie

Marshall Curry, Sam Cullman IF A TREE FALLS is a rare behind-the-curtain look at the Earth Liberation Front, the radical environmental group that the FBI calls America's 'number one domestic terrorist threat.' With unprecedented access and a nuanced point of view, the documentary tells the story of Daniel McGowan, an ELF member who faced life in prison for two multi-million dollar arsons against Oregon timber companies. The film employs McGowan's story to examine larger questions about environmentalism, activism, and terrorism

Tom Murray In one of the most remote corners of indigenous Australia, a small community is fighting for its traditions and its future. Looking to the nearby mining towns and mission settlements the community Elders can see their culture in decline and abuse. They are worried that families' may be forced by Government to leave the safety of their ancestral lands, and accept a future without the foundations of their culture. This is the intimate story of one families' struggle to cope with the responsibilities of a richly complex traditional culture in a fast consuming 21st Century world. And their challenge: how do you raise kids with the dignity, insight, and self-respect necessary to succeed in these conflicting worlds?

Jessica Yu A documentary on Henry Darger, visionary artist, janitor, and novelist.

Hannah Moreinis, Helen Levitt, Emile de Antonio Produced at the height of the Vietnam War, Emile de Antonio’s Oscar®-nominated 1968 documentary chronicles the war’s historical roots. With palpable outrage, De Antonio (Point of Order, Underground) assembles period interviews with journalists, politicians, and key military personnel and international newsreel and archival footage to create a scathing chronicle of America’ escalating involvement in this divisive conflict. The savage and horrific images speak for themselves in perhaps the most controversial film of de Antonio’s career, and the film he cites as his personal favorite.

Vilgot Sjöman The year is 1961 and Ingmar Bergman is making a movie. While planted on the scene as apprentice to Bergman, Vilgot Sjöman (director, I Am Curious–Yellow, 1967), suggests to Swedish Television that they take the opportunity to record with the acclaimed director. In August, Sjöman and the television crew begin to capture what would become a comprehensive five-part documentary on the making of Winter Light, offering views of script development, set construction and lighting, rehearsals and editing, as well as intimate conversations with Bergman and members of his cast and crew. Footage from the film’s Swedish premiere delivers immediate audience reactions and the critics’ reviews the following day. Originally recorded on 16mm film, the television series Ingmar Bergman Makes a Movie is presented here in its entirety for the first time outside of Sweden.

A Doug Porter Retrospective A Doug Porter retrospective, including the films Time Has No Image; I'd Like to Move On If I Could, Please; Walkers; Run Into Peace; Losing Sleep; and A Disturbance of Shadows.

Davis Guggenheim A documentary on the electric guitar from the point of view of three significant rock musicians: the Edge, Jimmy Page and Jack White.

From the creator of The Civil War, Baseball and many other acclaimed documentaries comes this epic series celebrating that most American of art forms, jazz. From its blues and ragtime roots through swing and into bebop and fusion, the growth of jazz is charted as you watch 75 interviews, more than 500 pieces of music and rare, unseen photos and footage! 10 DVDs. 2001/b&w/19 hrs/NR/fullscreen.

Enat Sidi, Heidi Ewing, Rachel Grady Controversial documentary about kids attending a theological summer camp. The filmmakers step back from the fray and let the subjects words speak for themselves. Some reviewers have held this up as an example of the religious far right brainwashing kids, calling it the scariest horror film of the year. Solid reviews and continued press should generate interest in seeing this film upon release.

Stanley Nelson Featuring never-before-seen footage, this documentary delivers a startling new look at the Peoples Temple, headed by preacher Jim Jones who, in 1978, led more than 900 members to Guyana, where he orchestrated a mass suicide via tainted punch.

Ron Mann From the award-winning director of Comic Book Confidential, Grass, Go Further and a host of paradigm-shifting films reappraising the backwaters of popular culture, Ron Mann investigates the miraculous, near-secret world of fungi with his newest piece of cinema, KNOW YOUR MUSHROOMS.

KNOW YOUR MUSHROOMS follows über myco visionaries Gary Lincoff and Larry Evans as they lead us on a hunt for the wild mushroom and the deeper cultural experiences attached to the mysterious fungi.

Combining material filmed at the Telluride Mushroom Fest with animation and archival footage along with a neo-psychedelic soundtrack by The Flaming Lips and The Sadies, KNOW YOUR MUSHROOMS opens the doors to perception and takes the audience on a longer, stranger trip.

Martin Scorsese Universally acclaimed as one of the great concert films, The Last Waltz, Martin Scorsese's gorgeous account of the Band's star-studded 1976 farewell concert feels at times like a Canadian musical reunion, as Joni Mitchell and Neil Young join the Band in their celebration of a long life on the North American road. The movie captures some of the tensions between Hollywood-ready Robbie Robertson and his more inward bandmates, but its true glory is in the concert's camaraderie and good-natured one-upmanship, which drives great performances by Mitchell, Muddy Waters, the Staples Singers, and, best of all, Van Morrison's riveting "Caravan."

Jessica Hall The art, philosophy, and religion of black magic practitioner James C. Kirby is explored while he creates a unique piece of jewelry using the ancient art of Lost Wax casting.

Drury Gunn Carr/Doug Hawes-Davis Nominated for a National Emmy
- Outstanding Coverage of a Continuing News Story

Winner, Best Film With Environmental Theme
- Plymouth Independent Film Festival

NATIONAL BROADCAST ON P.O.V. - PBS

The American Dream gone horribly wrong.

Nestled below the rugged peaks of the Northern Rockies in Montana lies the worst case of community-wide exposure to a toxic substance in U.S. history.

In the small town of Libby, many hundreds of people are sick or have already died from asbestos exposure. Libby, Montana takes a long working day's journey into a blue-collar community, and finds a different reality.

DVD EXTRAS: Over An Hour Of Additional MaterialExtended Director's Cut Of FilmDeleted ScenesInterviews with DirectorCD soundtrackTypecast Trailers

Kevin MacDonald

Steve James 'Life Itself' recounts the surprising and entertaining life of world-renowned film critic and social commentator Roger Ebert - a story that's by turns personal, wistful, funny, painful, and transcendent. The film explores the impact and legacy of Roger Ebert's life: from his Pulitzer Prize-winning film criticism and his nearly quarter-century run with Gene Siskel on their review show, to becoming one of the country's most influential cultural voices, and finally to Roger's inspiring battles with cancer and the resulting physical disability - how he literally and symbolically put a new face on the disease and continued to be a cultural force despite it.

Daniel A. Miller, Seth Kramer, Jeremy Newberger David and Greg are "The Linguists," who document languages on the verge of extinction. In the rugged landscapes of Siberia, India, and Bolivia, their resolve is tested by institutionalized racism and violent economic unrest.

Troy Suzuki Live From Moccasin Square Gardens: The Dawson City Nuggets' Hockey Adventure (Video): In 1997 an old-timer hockey team from Dawson City, Yukon traveled over 6000 km by dog sled, snow machine, boat and train to challenge the Ottawa Senators Alumni to a game of hockey in a recreation of the classic 1905 challenge. Live From Moccasin Square Gardens is not so much about hockey as it is a portrait of the boys, their town and territory and the wonderful generosity of spirit they bring to a journey of a lifetime.

Terry Woolf

Dogrib Birch Bark Canoe
28 minutes
&
Sila Alangotok:
The Weather is Changing -
Inuit Observations on Climate Change
42 minutes

Ian Hinkle This epic journey begins at the most southern tip of Argentina, taking us on a modern day "Motorcycle Diaries" through eighteen countries, along the longest road in the world. From the mountains of Patagonia, through Latin American mega-cities and small-town America, to the sparse reaches of the Canadian arctic we get a glimpse of what it would be like to drop everything and hit the open road. In a time when global relations can make the world seem too scary to embrace, we are reminded that the most common thing we share with other parts of the world is humanity.

Anthony Seck "Look at What the Light Did Now" documents the journey of Feist's Grammy nominated album "The Reminder." The poetic film, directed by Anthony Seck, pulls back the curtain to reveal intimate partnerships with the people Feist calls her `amplifiers': The photographer who helped her hide within the frame, shadow puppeteers in hockey arenas, an artist who built a thread-radiating mural, the video director who conducted fireworks, the pianist who guided the recording of the album, and other musical and visual collaborators.

"When you're making records and in the odd position of people actually hearing them, suddenly something hopefully simple is getting amplified in so many different ways," says Leslie Feist. "This small thing can ripple out beyond recognition, so it becomes all the more important to have the amplifiers be people you trust. How do you find these people? Who are the amps?"

The film follows Feist and her supporting cast through an impressionistic array of flickering scenery, echoing stadiums, puppet workshops, the red carpet, a crumbling French mansion, definitive concert performances and uncommonly candid interviews. Itself a part of the creative mosaic it portrays, "Look At What The Light Did Now" illuminates the synergy of collaboration, art as magnifying glass, and the power of trust.

"I would feel a little bit like the peacock," says Feist. "Ultimately the peacock's just this scrawny little bird but there's this beautiful fan around it, and it distracts from the scrawny bird and is this beautiful thing that's bigger than it."

Featuring
LESLIE FEIST
PATRICK DAUGHTERS
CHILLY GONZALES
CLEA MINAKER
MOCKY
MARY ROZZI
SIMONE RUBI

With
(in order of appearance)
Jesse Baird
Afie Jurvanen
Mitch Mazerolle
Dianne Montgomery
Noah Keneally
Renaud Letang
Olivier Bloch-Laine
Jamie Lidell
Julian Brown
Bryden Baird
Jay Baird
Noémie LaFrance
Andrew Whiteman
Kevin Drew
Brendan Canning
Ron Chamberlain
Little Wings

Disc One - DVD
Feature length documentary - Look At What The Light Did Now

Special Features
Live Performances from The Reminder Tour 2007-2009
Limit to your Love
Secret Heart
Help is on its way
So Sorry
The Water

Live Performance from "The Living Lantern", the Cameron House, Toronto.
Performed by Feist and Afie Jurvanen with Shadow Show by Clea Minaker, Sean Frey, Noah Kenneally and Dianne Montgomery "Post War" Written by M. Ward
published by Crooked Spine Music/Bug Music/ASCAP
Director Anthony Seck
Camera Anthony Seck & George Vale
Edited by George Vale

This One Jam
Live performance by Chilly Gonzales with Feist, Trash Club, London. Courtesy of David Robb & Erol Alkan at Trashclub.co.uk
Written by Chilly Gonzales. Published by Delabel Additions/EMI Music Publishing.

The Water
Starring Cillian Murphy, David Fox and Leslie Feist
Directed by Kevin Drew
Executive Producer /Producer Jannie McInnes
Production Company Quality of Life/Revolver Film Company
Line Producer Shannon Brand
DP Miroslaw Baszak
Editor Geoff Ashenhurst
"The Water" Written by Feist with Brendan Canning
Published by Universal Music Publishing MGB Ltd.

Departures
Concept by Feist
Directed and Photographed by Anthony Seck
Featuring Kevin Drew and Dani Kind
"My Moon My Man" written by Feist and Chilly Gonzales

1234
Directed by Patrick Daughters
Executive Producer Lana Kim
Production Company, The Directors Bureau
Producer Geoff McLean / Lana Kim
Director of Photography Shawn Kim
Choreographer Noémie LaFrance

My Moon My Man
Directed by Patrick Daughters
Production Company, The Directors Bureau
Executive Producer Lana Kim
producer Geoff McLean / Lana Kim
Director of Photography Shawn Kim
Choreographer Noémie LaFrance
Editor Akiko Iwakawa

I Feel it All
Directed by Patrick Daughters
Production Company, The Directors Bureau
Executive Producer Lana Kim
Producer Emily Skinner
Director of Photography Jim Hawkinson
Choreographer Noémie LaFrance

Honey Honey
Directed by Anthony Seck
Creative Director Judd Palmer & The Old Trout Puppet Workshop
Production Company Revolver Film Company
Executive Producer /Producer Jannie McInnes
Production Manager Cimmeron Meyer
Director of Photography Brendan Steacy

Disc Two - CD
1. Look At What The Light Did Now (Solo)
2. Limit To Your Love
3. When I Was A Young Girl
4. My Moon My Man
5. Secret Heart
6. Strangers
7. So Sorry
8. Where Can I Go Without You?
9. Intuition
10. The Water
11. Sea Lion Woman
12. 1234
13. Look At What The Light Did Now (Duet With Little Wings)

Tracks 2, 3, 5, 7 were recorded live on tour between 2007-2008 and feature:
Leslie Feist (Acoustic and Electric Guitars, Singing)
Bryden Baird (Keys, Trumpet, Percussion, Backing Vocals)
Afie Jurvanen (Guitar, Piano, Backing Vocals)
Jesse Baird (Drums, Backing Vocals)
Jason Baird (Bass, Backing Vocals)
Afie Jurvanen (Guitar, Backing Vocals) performs on Track 4 and sits kinda quietly on Track 6.
Recorded live at the Cameron House October 29, 2008.
Track 8 was recorded live in Paris with Chilly Gonzales on piano, 2007.
Tracks 9-12 Chilly Gonzales Original Score - Songs from The Reminder improvised and performed on solo piano.
Recorded at Skyscraper National Park in downtown Toronto.

Lotte Reiniger German animator, a pioneer in silhouette cartoons whose work was based on the traditions of the oriental shadow theatre. Started with the Max Reinhardt Theatre Company in the late 1910's. Made her first full-length animated feature, The Adventures of Prince Achmed (1926). During the 1930's, worked in Canada and in Britain (for the GPO Film Unit). Most of her output consisted of short films. Among many shadow plays for the BBC, she turned out her first silhouette colour work with Jack and the Beanstalk (1955). She absented herself from the cinema for ten years following the death of her husband and collaborator, Carl Koch. In her later years, she lectured in shadow animation in Europe and the U.S

Jennifer Baichwal In the spirit of such environmentally enlightening hits as AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH and RIVERS AND TIDES, MANUFACTURED LANDSCAPES powerfully shifts our consciousness about the world and the way we live in it.

The film follows Internationally acclaimed photographer Edward Burtynsky whose large-scale photographs of manufactured landscapes quarries, recycling yards, factories, mines and dams create stunningly beautiful art from civilization s materials and debris. The film follows him through China, as he shoots the evidence and effects of that country s massive industrial revolution. Burtynsky s photographs allow us to meditate on our impact on the planet and witness both the epicenters of industrial endeavor and the dumping grounds of its waste.

Jeff Malmberg After a vicious attacks leaves him brain-damaged and broke, Mark Hogancamp seeks recovery in "Marwencol", a 1/6th scale World War II-era town he creates in his backyard.

Zarqa Nawaz

Hugh Brody The Meaning of Life is an 82- minute documentary which looks at a very unusual prison. And at a
fascinating model for rehabilitating prisoners - a collaboration between the Chehalis Nation of British
Columbia and Correctional Service of Canada. Filmed over the course of two years at Kwìkwèxwelhp
(formerly known as the Elbow Lake Correctional Facility), the film examines a different way to look at
the concepts underlying punishment and rehabilitation and the idea that the current prison system can
be significantly changed by including community in the process.

Director Hugh Brody, who holds a Canada Research Chair at the University of
the Fraser Valley, has been granted unparalleled access to prisoners and staff
at the facility, as well as to the elders of the Chehalis Nation.

John Walker Men of the Deeps is a moving portrait of a group of former Cape Breton miners gathered together by their love of song. They are all members of the Men of the Deeps chorus, whose performances of traditional and contemporary songs evoke their working lives as miners.
The film shows Cape Breton as a land of astounding physical beauty: mountains dropping away dramatically into the ocean; stunning, luminous skies; rivers cutting their way through lush green valleys. Many of the men began working in the mines as teenagers, and this is the land they left behind every working day. We see them, coal dust filling the grooves on their faces, working side by side in a black pit where death can come at any time.
It's a job to which most of the miners would return without a moment's hesitation.
Featuring 16 outstanding songs, Men of the Deeps captures the grace and dignity of a group of men whose livelihood has been lost but who use their voices to inspire and uplift.

Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi Three elite climbers struggle to find their way through obsession and loss as they attempt to climb Mount Meru, one of the most coveted prizes in the high stakes game of Himalayan big wall climbing.

Philippe Falardeau

Lulu Keating A documentary like no other, The Moody Brood explodes the myth of the idealized, normal family – a popular and pervasive post-WWII notion. The film examines issues universal to all families: the effects of community and religion, the influence of siblings, and the moral standards imposed by parents.

Spencer Williams A portrait of independent African-American filmmaking in the southern region of the United States prior to World War II. An incredible body of truly independent filmmaking made under the most hostile set of circumstances, including racial prejudice, unima

Henry Alex Rubin, Dana Adam Shapiro Quad rugby as played by the US team, between 2002 games in Sweden and the 2004 Paralympics in Athens. Young men, most with spinal injuries, play this rough and tumble sport in special chairs, seated gladiators. We get to know several and their families. They talk frankly about their injuries, feelings in public, sex lives, competitiveness, and love of the game. There's also an angry former team member gone north to coach the Canadian team, tough on everyone, including his viola-playing son. We meet a recently injured man, in rehab, at times close to despair, finding possible joy in quad rugby. After Athens, the team meets young men injured in war: the future stars of Team USA.

Jonathan Holiff Before there was Johnny and June, there was Johnny and Saul. Following his father's suicide, director Jonathan Holiff discovers hundreds of letters and audio diaries, including recorded phone calls with Johnny Cash during his pill-fueled 1960s, triumphs at Folsom and San Quentin, marriage to June Carter, and his conversion in the early 1970s to born-again Christian. An intense personal adventure that happens to feature one of 20th-century music's greatest icons, My Father and The Man in Black tells the inside story of "bad boy" Johnny Cash, his talented but troubled manager, Saul Holiff, and a son searching for his father in the shadow of a legend. Collector's Edition Special Features: - 20 Minutes of Bonus Material - Close Captioned - Subtitles: French and Spanish

Amir Bar-Lev A look at the work and surprising success of a four-year-old girl whose paintings have been compared to the likes of Picasso and has raked in hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Guy Maddin With his latest work, MY WINNIPEG, iconoclastic filmmaker Guy Maddin continues in the freewheeling, genre-bending tradition that has made him one of Canada's most consistently intriguing and internationally respected artists. MY WINNIPEG is a documentary (or docu-fantasia, as he describes it) about his hometown. Equal parts mystical rumination and personal history, city chronicle and deranged post-Freudian proletarian fantasy, MY WINNIPEG - which is framed as a goodbye letter - blends local myth with childhood trauma. A deliriously layered provocation, MY WINNIPEG is outrageous, informative and wildly entertaining.

Tracy Kova;ench Naha Dehé is a Slavey word the Dene people use to describe the South Nahanni area of the Deh Cho region in Xanada's Northwest Territories. It is an all-encompassing word that can be translated as the land, the water, the animals, the people.

1988
Producer: Barb Bardie
Copyright 2007

Northern Native Broadcasting Yukon
(867) 668-6629

Max Fraser Terror in the sky wreaks havoc on the ground on 9/11 as a "hijacked" 747 is diverted to Whitehorse with armed fighter jets on its tail.

Alain Resnais Ten years after the liberation of the Nazi concentration camps, filmmaker Alain Resnais documented the abandoned grounds of Auschwitz. One of the first cinematic reflections on the horrors of the Holocaust, Night and Fog (Nuit et Brouillard) contrasts the stillness of the abandoned camps' quiet, empty buildings with haunting wartime footage. With Night and Fog, Resnais investigates the cyclical nature of man's violence toward man and presents the unsettling suggestion that such horrors could come again.

“North Boys”, a documentary collaboration with filmmakers Lucy van Oldenbarneveld and Laura Cabott.
Charlie Pete of Lower Post BC, led a sometimes tortured and troubled life. So did his friend Jimmy Dennis. As children, both were taken away from their home on the same day in 1944. And they never saw their families again. Since then their lives have never been the same.  Now in their mid 70s, these men have never given up.
Second Shooter Productions presents
North Boys: The story of Jimmy and Charlie
Directed by Lucy van Oldenbarneveld
Produced by Lucy van Oldenbarneveld, Laura Cabott
Written by Lucy van Oldenbarneveld, Laura Cabott
Edited by Jith Paul, Treepot Media
Camera  Wayne Vallevand
Additional Camera  Laura Cabott, Cathie Archbould
Editorial Advisor: Michael Ostroff
Music Composer: Edmund Eagan
Audio Post Production: Twlefth Root
Research: Margot Clarke

Bonnie Klein A thought-provoking chronicle of the odyssey of two women, Bonnie Klein, the director of the film, and Linda Lee Tracey, a stripper. Together they set out to explore the world of peep shows, strip joints and sex supermarkets. Both are motivated by the desire to know more about pornography—why it exists, the forms it takes, and how it affects relations between men and women. Not a Love Story offers insights and perspectives from men and women who earn their living in the porn trade, and from some of pornography's most outspoken critics. This film contains sexually explicit material that may be disturbing to some people.

Rhonda Collins, Bo Boudart, Dale Djerassi Oil on Ice is a 2004 documentary directed by Bo Boudart and Dale Djerassi. It explores the Arctic Refuge drilling controversy in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) and the impact of oil and gas development on the land, wildlife, and lives of the Gwich'in Athabascan Indians and Inupiat Eskimos.

V.I.E.W. Video This riveting music documentary, as seen on TV and now available on DVD, Oscar Peterson: Music in the Key of Oscar, traces the history of Jazz piano legend Oscar Peterson, from his early days as Montreal's teenage Boogie-Woogie sensation through his meteoric rise to international celebrity with Norman Granz and the ground-breaking Jazz at the Philharmonic and beyond. This DVD is jam packed with music, rare footage, home movies, multiple DVD Bonus Features, and in-depth interviews with a Who s Who of Jazz legends including Ella Fitzgerald and Quincy Jones. This comprehensive documentary film is destined to become a classic. Highlighted in this treasure trove of musical gems is the reunion of the legendary Oscar Peterson Trio (bassist Ray Brown, guitarist Herb Ellis, and Oscar on Piano) after a twenty-year hiatus. And almost as memorable as the music is the voice of the man himself, passionately and articulately guiding us through his unfolding musical and personal evolution. Some of this film s musical highlights include a performance with Count Basie, Caravan, Gentle Waltz, Boogie Woogie, Tiny s Exercise (by Art Tatum), Tenderly, Sweet Loraine (by Nat King Cole), Hymn to Freedom, Bag s Groove, Place St. Henri, Perdido (with Cleo Lane & John Dankworth), March Past, Nightmare, Hallelujah Time, Nigerian Marketplace, Lonesome One...and more! Other topics covered include the anatomy of the trio, Montreal s Golden Era, measuring up to Art Tatum, the Johnny Holmes Big Band, the color barrier and race relations, Norman Granz, Jazz At The Philharmonic (JATP), Dizzy Gillespie, Ella Fitzgerald, Ray Brown s perspective, touring Europe, substance abuse casualties, social change in America, the Civil Rights Movement - The Dream, the permanence of Jazz, the competitive side of Oscar, award presentations, the Royal Albert Hall Performance, and much more. From concert performances and revealing insight from Oscar himself to enlightening interviews with a profusion of American musical icons, this DVD, Peterson: Music in the Key of Oscar, not only serves as the foremost documentary of the pianist, but as a testament to the undeniable legacy of legendary Jazz pianist and composer, Oscar Peterson.

The land that has sustained the Vuntut Gwitchin, People of the Lakes, in the Far North of Yukon Canada is undergoing rapid changes from global warming. This video takes you on a journey from nearly 20 years ago to the present with a community whose survival is at risk.

John Walker WINNER / Best Director - John Walker / Atlantic Film Festival

Searching for the Northwest Passage - The Story of Sir John Franklin

In 1845, celebrated British explorer Sir John Franklin, along with his crew of 128 men, set sail from England in search of a fabled passage west, which they believed would lead them to the riches of the Orient. None of them were ever seen again.

A search party found no evidence of any crew or wreckage. The answer to the mystery was eventually solved by John Rae, a lone doctor travelling the Arctic Circle on foot. His findings were so horrific that those back home - including Sir John's widow, Lady Franklin, as well as Charles Dickens - waged a public campaign to discredit Rae and subsequently incriminate an entire nation of Northern Inuit people.

Peter Mettler Honored at multiple international film festivals, PICTURE OF LIGHT takes a film crew to the Sub Arctic to capture the wonder of the Northern Lights. While combining glimpses of the characters who live in this remote environment and the crew's both comic a

Carol Geddes George Johnston was a hunter, trapper, entrepreneur and photographer. This man, whose Tlingit name was Kaash KlaÕ, documented his family at work and play, and the Yukon community of Teslin, where he lived.
Johnston's photos lovingly portray a sense of history and a zest for life. His work as a photographer in the period from 1920-45, when few Indian people spoke English, has long been recognized in the Native community. Johnston's work predates a generation of Indian and Inuit photographers. Today Teslin has a museum in his name, the Yukon archives are custodians of his work, and his Tlingit relative, Carol Geddes, is directing a documentary film about his life and work.
Combining archival photography, dramatic reenactment and the pictorial work of Johnston himself, the film not only examines Johnston's vision but also documents life in the Yukon in the inter-warperiod. Johnston's passion for traditional Tlingit culture, his sensitivity and artistic sense of the beauty of the North are captured in the grain of each black and white photograph he took. We see him hunting, and visit his cabin darkroom while the voices of his contemporaries tell the story of this historically important Tlingit man.
Today Johnston's work is at last receiving the recognition it deserves. His photos were included in Visions (1985), a review of Indian and Inuit photography, and also as part of the De Mémoire exhibition during Montréal's Le Mois de la Photo 1991. His works are also part of the 1994 From Icebergs to Iced Tea exhibition, currently slated for installation in Ottawa.
The film PICTURING A PEOPLE : George Johnston, Tlingit Photographer is an engaging portrait of an extraordinary man and the evocative photos he took documenting a fascinating part of Canadian history.

Manfred Becker, Nettie Wild A trip into the perilous state of Chiapas in southern Mexico is taken in this documentary, which focuses on the Zapatista National Liberation Army and its mysterious leader, Subcomandante Marcos. The narration notes that The New York Times has referred to the struggle of the Zapatistas as the "world's first postmodern revolution," and there is a remarkably surreal air at times. At one point Subcomandante Marcos is filmed while posing for the French fashion magazine Marie Claire, yet there can be no denying that the residents he champions are extremely poor. The interviews with farmers who fear they will be murdered by government troops are moving, and a press conference in which tape recordings of death threats are played is disturbing. The film's director, Nettie Wild, has a definite point of view and notes stoically that a memo from American bankers may have inspired the violence directed against the local rebels by the Mexican government. The background of the rebellion in Chiapas is told concisely with most of the film consisting of atmospheric footage showing life in the troubled and violent region. The film crew was itself threatened by right-wing paramilitary death squads, and the paranoia that is an asset in such an environment is tensely translated via filmed encounters with government troops. —Robert J. McNamara

John Walker In the mid-1960's, the Mashuau Innu, one of the last hunter-gatherer peoples of North America, were forced to abandon their 6000-year nomadic lifestyle and settle in the village of Davis Inlet on the coast of Northern Labrador - a place the Innu named "Utshimassits" (ooh-she-mah-seet), or the Place of the Boss.

Peter Rowe Popcorn With Maple Syrup is a history of Canadian film – from Eh to Zed. From the first Canadian filmmakers and motion picture impresarios of the 1890s through the creation and growth of the institutions and studios that run the film business today, the story of film in Canada is full of struggle, passion, success and failure. It is a story that is fully told for the first time – using the moving images that the story is about – in Popcorn With Maple Syrup.

Peter Raymont The Exile Journey of Ariel Dorfman is an exploration of exile, memory, longing and democracy through the words and memories of playwright/author/activist Ariel Dorfman ('Death and the Maiden', 'How to Read Donald Duck', 'Other Septembers'). Born in Argentina, growing up in New York and Chile, Dorfman became cultural advisor to socialist president Salvador Allende in Chile. When the Allende government was toppled in the military coup of September 11, 1973, Dorfman was among a handful of Allende's inner circle to survive. A Promise to the Dead was filmed in the USA, Argentina and Chile in late 2006, coinciding with the death of former Chilean dictator, Augusto Pinochet.

Larry Charles COMEDIAN & TV HOST BILL MAHER TAKES A PILGRIMAGE ACROSS THE GLOBE ON A MIND-OPENING JOURNEY INTO THE ULTIMATE TABOO: QUESTIONING RELIGION.

Rob Stewart

Rob Stewart

Windsor Theatre, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia

Werner Walcher It's nearly midnight on the Yukon River. The night echoes with the sound of eight paddles, pulling through the water in unison. It's been a long day, and the paddlers are sore, tired, and drenched from storms. Still, they push on.
This is the Yukon River Quest, the world's longest annual canoe and kayak race. From around the world, athletes come to test their endurance, racing day and night along 740 kilometres of rugged river shoreline.
River of Life chronicles the experiences of one group of racers, the determined women who make up the 2006 Paddlers Abreast team. Candid and revealing, this beautifully-realized documentary follows the women from the moment they climb into their boat in Whitehorse to the cheers that greet them in Dawson City. Set against the stunning backdrop of Canada's north, this film combines lively footage of the race with touching and humorous interviews with the women, their families, and other paddlers.
Some members of Paddlers Abreast have been in remission for years, one was diagnosed as recently as the year before. Their diverse stories unfold in intimate conversation as they reveal their indomitable will to live and the reasons for pushing themselves to new limits by paddling competitively.
Stroke by stroke, they forge on; everyone moving fluidly, part of the river and its surroundings. As the documentary follows the arduous physical and emotional journey of the team made up of breast cancer survivors in its struggle towards the finish, what emerges most clearly is the incredible strength and spirit resonating from the boat. River of Life is an exhilarating story of a group of women who have faced death and understand how precious life is. By taking on the Yukon River Quest, they illustrate what it means to be fully alive.

Andy Crowther Join Yukoner Robert Bellon as he builds and sails a historic log raft down the Teslin andn Yukon Rivers. A crew of 10 people from around the world assist Robert in his dream to make it all the way to Dawson City, land of the Klondike Gold Rush. With only paddles and pushpoles with which to steer the raft, the crew encounters many obstacles and natural wonders in the Yukon wilderness.

Brett Ingram A journey into the secret world of 76-year-old Renaldo Kuhler, a scientific illustrator who invented an imaginary country to survive his disaffected youth.

Ron Fricke Filmed over nearly five years in twenty-five countries on five continents, and shot on seventy-millimetre film, Samsara transports us to the varied worlds of sacred grounds, disaster zones, industrial complexes, and natural wonders.

Malik Bendjelloul

A vital document in any understanding of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, Shake Hands with the Devil looks at the disaster through the eyes of a hugely conflicted observer. Romeo Dallaire was the Canadian general commanding the handcuffed U.N. forces in Rwanda (think Nick Nolte in Hotel Rwanda) who pleaded with his superiors to intervene and possibly stave off the slaughter, and then watched helplessly as the country went to hell. The film follows Dallaire's return to Rwanda in 2004, as he tries to exorcise the demons that have haunted him—he suffered a breakdown and suicidal depression after his service in Africa. Director Peter Raymont also widens the focus to discuss the issues behind the slaughter, and he witheringly condemns the world's failure to act. (The U.S. public was distracted by the O.J. Simpson trial, the movie reminds us.) The images are startling: horrific video of murder, beautiful shots of the present-day countryside, Dallaire's visit to a monument containing tables crowded with human skulls. The images are harsh, but Dallaire's memories are equally terrible, such as his recollection of the smell of corpses stacked in the street. This articulate and still-tortured man is an important guide to a horrific event. —Robert Horton

Martin Scorsese Martin Scorsese leaps into the madness of The Rolling Stones in Shine a Light, barely controlling a documentary that culminates in the Stones' best concert on film. The movie's highly entertaining, pre-performance prologue finds a frazzled Scorsese trying

Andrew Connors These are the neighbourhoods where thosands of people once lived in Whitehorse waterfront. the Shipyards is the last of the riverside 'squatter' communities and it symbolizes the way of the 'Old Yukon." A crossroads for the First Nations people dividing the seasons between life in town and life on the land, the new-comers who also contributed significantly to the development of the Yukon. Trappers, nurses, miners, civil servants, home0makers, ship-crewman, railway workers and highway contsruction workers lived in these makeshift commumnities for much of the 20th century. It's a place where people could be themselves, where their dwellings suited their simple needs, and where people looked out for each other. Shipyards Lament documents the forced eviction of the residents of this frontier community. Living history that was bulldozed in the late 1990's to make way for urban visions. The film centres on photographer, John Hatch and his struggle to re-locate from the cabin and neighbourhood he called home for 30 years. Through John, this documentary takes us into the homes and the hearts of a vanishing community.

David Zeiger This is the story of one of the most vibrant and widespread upheavals of the 1960's–one that had profound impact on American society, yet has been virtually obliterated from the collective memory of that time.
In the 1960’s an anti-war movement emerged that altered the course of history. This movement didn’t take place on college campuses, but in barracks and on aircraft carriers. It flourished in army stockades, navy brigs and in the dingy towns that surround military bases. It penetrated elite military colleges like West Point. And it spread throughout the battlefields of Vietnam. It was a movement no one expected, least of all those in it. Hundreds went to prison and thousands into exile. And by 1971 it had, in the words of one colonel, infested the entire armed services. Yet today few people know about the GI movement against the war in Vietnam.

DVD The venerable Superman mythos gets a 21st-century updating in this imaginative and engaging television series from the WB Network, and series fans can celebrate the ratings success of Smallville with a six-disc set that compiles its entire first season. The deluxe package offers a chance to revisit the origins of the characters and their numerous plotlines, as well as view deleted scenes and other bonus features.

The premise of Smallville—Superman as a teenager—takes up just a few pages in Superman's very first comic book appearance (in Action Comics back in 1938), but series producers Alfred Gough and Miles Millar flesh out that period by portraying young Clark Kent (Tom Welling) not as the noble Superman-in-waiting, but as an average teen with some not-so-ordinary supernatural powers, including incredible strength and heat vision (Clark hasn't lifted up, up, and away as of yet). Clark's desire to fit in with his peers and make sense of his extraordinary abilities ground him in very realistic and identifiable terms for the series' primarily under-25 audience, as does his appealing and tentative romance with Kristen Kreuk as Clark's dreamgirl Lana Lang. But Smallville also strikes gold when it takes a turn towards more comic book territory, as evidenced by the parade of shape-shifting killers and other outlandish antagonists (many generated, in one of the series' most ingenious notions, by the same devastating meteor shower that brought the infant Clark to Earth) that Clark must harness his powers to face and defeat. Gough and Millar, along with their capable cast (which includes Michael Rosenbaum as a young and already bald-pated Lex Luthor, and Annette O'Toole and John Schneider as the Kents) manage to pull off the precarious high-wire act of combining science fiction with coming-of-age drama to create this highly watchable program.

Smallville: The Complete First Season offers a very complete and attractive DVD package that is rounded out by some highly desirable extras for longtime series fans. The six-disc set offers all 21 episodes of the first season, including the pilot, in widescreen anamorphic format; Gough and Millar are featured on the set's sole commentary track, which appears on the pilot episode. Viewers can also access a number of deleted scenes from various episodes as well as view original pre-production storyboards and WB promotional spots. An interactive "tour" of Smallville rounds out the extras, but DVD-ROM owners can use the discs to access more features via the Smallville web site. —Paul Gaita

Luke Griswold-Tergis, Cory Mann Cory Mann is a quirky Tlingit Businessman hustling to make a dollar in Juneau Alaska. He gets hungry for smoked salmon, nostalgic for his childhood and decides to spend a summer smoking fish at this family's traditional fish camp. The unusual story of his life and the untold history of his people interweave with the process of preparing traditional food as he struggles to pay his bills, keep the IRS off his back, and keep his business afloat. By turns Tragic, bizarre, or just plain ridiculous, Smokin' Fish tells the story of one man's attempt to navigate the messy zone of collision between the modern world and an ancient culture.

Yana Gorskaya, Jeffrey Blitz Spellbound follows eight teenagers on their quest to win the 1999 National Spelling Bee.

Jan Harlan The moviemaker’s career comes into sharp focus in this compelling documentary narrated by Tom Cruise. Fascinating footage glimpses Kubrick in his early years, at work on film sets and at home, augmented by candid commentary from collaborators, colleagues and family.

Peter Haddon, Daniel Gordon Billed as "a complex exploration of one of the world's most closed nations," A State of Mind purports to offer unprecedented insight into life in North Korea, a country infamously cited by George W. Bush as a member of "the axis of evil." British filmmaker Daniel Gordon's beautifully photographed 2003 documentary certainly takes us deeper into the culture of this isolated land that any Westerner has been in the past half century. In focusing on two female gymnasts, aged 11 and 13, and their preparations for the "socialist realism extravaganza" known as the Mass Games, Gordon shines a light on their daily existence; although the people are hardly prosperous, life in Pyongyang, the capital city, seems reasonably normal (except perhaps for the state radio broadcasts that are pumped into every resident's home and can be turned down, but not off). What's more, the discipline and dedication of young Kim Song Yun and Pak Hyon Sun, as well as the thousands of others who participate in the Mass Games, results in a performance of astonishing skill and splendor (captured in A State of Mind's final and most impressive sequence). Still, it's safe to say that a government as secretive as North Korea's wouldn't have granted "unrestricted access" to a foreign film crew if they anticipated that anything controversial might be revealed. Indeed, what Gordon refers to as "an all-encompassing belief structure imposed on the people"—based on an unquestioning devotion to dictator Kim Jong Il (known as "the General") and the sublimation of the individual for the good of the state—comes through loud and clear in every interview. Even the few problems mentioned, like food shortages or nightly power blackouts in Pyongyang, are attributed to various national disasters or, most often, the wickedness of American "imperialist aggressors." Of course, with Bush's foreign policy having aroused the enmity of most of the rest of the world, it's getting harder for Americans to be scornful of those whom we have alienated. If anything, especially considering their nascent nuclear capability, A State of Mind shows us that North Korea is not a country to be taken lightly. —Sam Graham

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John Walker This poetic, beautifully shot, and deeply personal documentary centres on the life and career of Paul Strand, an important, pioneering, but little known, 20th-century American photographer. Strand: Under the Dark Cloth successfully redresses both major shortcomings of the artist’s impressive career — not only does it pull this complex character into sharper focus, it stands to help restore Strand to his rightful place in the history of image-making.
Deeply influenced by Strand’s work, the director, John Walker, creates a portrait that reflects the qualities he finds so valuable in the artist: spontaneity, commitment, sympathy and passion. The film tracks Strand’s long, peripatetic life as he meanders from New York to Mexico to Gaspé to France. His path intersects with vivid and influential personalities, such as mentor Alfred Steiglitz, Georgia O’Keeffe, Milton Brown, Fred Zinnemann, Leo Hurwitz and Virginia Stevens.
Strand takes viewers on a journey that is spiritual and psychological as well as physical and historical. As its title suggests, the film manages to find the man behind the lens — to lift the cloak which conceals the artist.

Ron Mann The life and times of famed hot rod & custom car designer Ed "Big Daddy" Roth.

Allan Code This documentary looks at the nature of trauma, disability and competition. The film focuses on Michael, an amputee, orthopedic surgeon and solo kayaker from the UK, as he competes in the world’s longest paddle race: The Yukon River Quest. The paddlers race a mighty river that is mostly wilderness: 740 km from Whitehorse to Dawson City. As Michael reveals his story, and the front-running canoe teams from Northern Saskatchewan (Team Dene) and Texas duel in a competition of cultures and wills, we’re drawn into the personal challenge solo paddlers create for themselves. These people are not racing other people, they’re in a conflict with themselves.

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Grant Baldwin Martina Halik and her 60 year-old mother Tania embark on a six-month ski trek through the treacherous Coast Mountains of British Columbia, Canada. This journey has only been completed once before, and never by a female duo. Their adventure is interspersed with beautifully crafted portraits of high-altitude human endurance and passion-an avalanche survivor, a snowshoe artist, a snowbound convent-that are by turns captivating and inspiring. Woven between their arduous and uplifting story are vignettes of others who have chosen a mountain life: a group of nuns inhabiting a mountain retreat to be closer to God; a photographer is buried in an avalanche; an impassioned alpinist; a focused snow artist; a couple who has been living off grid in the mountains for nearly 50 years. What is it that leads these adventurous people to sacrifice everything - comfort, family, personal safety - for a life in the mountains?

Gil Cardinal This program tells the heart-wrenching story of how in 1929, the Haisla people of Northwestern British Columbia returned from a fishing trip to find that a nine-metre high totem pole known as the G'psgolox pole had been stolen from their village. In 1991, the Haisla finally found the missing totem pole in a Stockholm museum. This documentary traces the journey of the Haisla's attempt to reclaim their property. Bringing to light a powerful story of cultural rejuvenation, the program raises thought-provoking questions regarding the ownership of Indian objects held in museums.

Kevin Macdonald In the mid-80's two young climbers attempted to reach the summit of Siula Grande in Peru; a feat that had previously been attempted but never achieved. With an extra man looking after base camp, Simon and Joe set off to scale the mount in one long push over several days. The peak is reached within three days, however on the descent Joe falls and breaks his leg. Despite what it means, the two continue with Simon letting Joe out on a rope for 300 meters, then descending to join him and so on. However when Joe goes out over an overhang with no way of climbing back up, Simon makes the decision to cut the rope. Joe falls into a crevasse and Simon, assuming him dead, continues back down. Joe however survives the fall and was lucky to hit a ledge in the crevasse. This is the story of how he got back down.

Robyn Symon, Werner Erhard From two-time Emmy winner Robyn Symon comes an intriguing documentary which offers an intimate look at Werner Erhard, founder of the "est" program that sparked today's multi-billion dollar personal growth industry. In his first interview in more than a decade, Werner gives a rare glimpse into the controversy surrounding his life and his program that has inspired millions of people all over the world.

Patrick Reed The wife of a photojournalist sets out to discover why he came home from a recent assignment without his colleague.

Marie-Hélène Cousineau and Mary Kunuk Adopting a child from a relative, a friend, somebody you know, is very common in Inuit culture. In fact, adoption is part of the culture, with every family experiencing it in one way or another. As individuals talk about their own experiences with adoption, the film allows us to see how this traditional custom changes with the reality of contemporary life in the North.

"Under The Red Star" is a feature-length docu-drama, in Finnish and English, about the vibrant culture and politics at the heart of Canada's largest labour hall. In 1910, a group of Finnish immigrants built the Finnish Labour Temple in Thunder Bay, Ontario. In its early days it was inseparably linked to the activities of Canadian labour and the left. Yet the Big Finn Hall was a place where culture and politics came together. This film integrates archival footage, photos and fictionalized scenes to bring to life the Hall's lively and dramatic past. The script is based on interviews with local Finnish Canadians in Thunder Bay, experts on Canadian immigration and labour history, a wealth of archival documents and motion picture footage, photos, and a series of dramatizations framed by a running monologue in the character of the poet Aku Paivio, whose storytelling provides the plotline for a series of dramatizations, archival footage and photos that punctuate the story. The film unfolds like a drama, connecting historical events with narration, acting and archival content.

Brett Harvey Follow filmmaker Adam Scorgie as he demystifies the underground market and brings to light how the marijuana industry can function while remaining illegal. Through growers, police officers, criminologists, economists, doctors, politicians and pop culture icons, Scorgie examines the cause and effect nature of the business - an industry that may be profiting more by being illegal.

Charles Burnett On 1950's Mississippi, a young boy navigates inter-generational tensions in his family, torn between the heavenly strains of gospel and the devilish lure of the blues.

An uplifting feature documentary highlighting the transformative power of art and the beauty of the human spirit. Top-selling contemporary artist Vik Muniz takes us on an emotional journey from Jardim Gramacho, the world's largest landfill on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro, to the heights of international art stardom. Vik collaborates with the brilliant catadores, pickers of recyclable materials, true Shakespearean characters who live and work in the garbage quoting Machiavelli and showing us how to recycle ourselves.

Tom Thomson is one of Canada’s most beloved painters. Described as our “greatest colourist” and “our Van Gogh”, Thomson’s expressive and vibrant interpretations of the northern landscape have become iconic representations of Canada.
On July 8, 1917, just as he was reaching ascendancy in his craft, Thomson paddled across Canoe Lake and disappeared. His body surfaced 8 days later. The cause of his death remains a mystery.
What is it about Tom Thomson’s life, art and death that haunts us still, that draws thousands to his cairn in Algonquin Park each summer and propels his little sketches to the stratosphere of the Canadian art market? West Wind: The Vision of Tom Thomson unravels many of the mysteries of this brilliant, beloved artist.
Filmed in Algonquin Park, Georgian Bay, Toronto, Seattle and Leith, featuring rare archival footage, newly discovered audio recordings of those who knew Thomson, and paintings from private collections by Canada’s most celebrated artist.
“As gorgeous as the iconic artist’s paintings…West Wind is a great story of a great artist”
– Ottawa Citizen. Full Story

Betsy Chasse, Mark Vicente, William Arntz WHAT THE BLEEP DO WE KNOW?! is a new type of film. It is part documentary, part story, and part elaborate and inspiring visual effects and animations. The protagonist, Amanda, played by Marlee Matlin, finds herself in a fantastic Alice in Wonderland experience when her daily, uninspired life literally begins to unravel, revealing the uncertain world of the quantum field hidden behind what we consider to be our normal, waking reality. She is literally plunged into a swirl of chaotic occurrences, while the characters she encounters on this odyssey reveal the deeper, hidden knowledge she doesn?t even realize she has asked for. Like every hero, Amanda is thrown into crisis, questioning the fundamental premises of her life ? that the reality she has believed in about how men are, how relationships with others should be, and how her emotions are affecting her work isn?t reality at all!

Michael Moore To show what the USA can learn from rest of the world, director Michael Moore playfully visits various nations in Europe and Africa as a one-man "invader" to take their ideas and practices for America. Whether it is Italy with its generous vacation time allotments, France with its gourmet school lunches, Germany with its industrial policy, Norway and its prison system, Tunisia and its strongly progressive women's policy, or Iceland and its strong female presence in government and business among others, Michael Moore discovers there is much that American should emulate.

Emmett Malloy 92 minute documentary film containing footage from the 2007 Canadian tour shot and directed by Emmett Malloy.

In the summer of 2007, shortly after the release of their 6th album 'Icky Thump', The White Stripes headed
north of their hometown of Detroit to embark on an ambitious journey across Canada. The plan was to play a show in every province and territory in Canada, from B.C. to Newfoundland to Nunavut. 'Having never done a tour of Canada, Meg and I thought it was high time to go whole hog... from the ocean to the permafrost' says Jack White. 'We wanted to play out of the way towns that don't usually get shows... the shows are better, it's better for the people, it's a better experience, it's way more unique, something interesting is going to happen... hopefully.'
White called upon filmmaker Emmett Malloy to come and document this trek for the band. Malloy had directed videos for
the band in the past, and seemed eager to hit the road with them. Equipped with a couple of 16mm cameras, and a few other documenting devices, the band and crew all headed north. The end result was 'Under Great White Northern Lights'.
'Under Great White Northern Lights' is a visual and emotional feature length film documenting The White Stripes making their way through Canada and culminating with their 10th anniversary show in Nova Scotia. The film documents the band playing shows all over Canada; from local bowling alleys, to city buses, and onward to the legendary Savoy Theater for the
10th Anniversary show. A show that turned out to be the longest show the band had ever done on stage together.
The film captures intimate moments of Jack and Meg both on and off stage as they travel through some of the most
remote parts of the northern Yukon Territory. Along the way, they have some nice casual conversations about their ten years together, fire cannons, play some of their biggest songs together on stage, and even play a 'one note show.' The cameras were there to capture every waking moment.
What 'Northern Lights' does best, is document one of the biggest bands in the world, playing to local crowds in small towns. Some of these towns were so small that many of the locals had no idea who The White Stripes were - they just knew something big was going on in their town. This forced a band that had been together for a decade to go back to a place reminiscent of the first shows they ever played together. For the first time in a long time, no one knew who they were and they had to make a first impression with their music. The live footage captured in this film shows that Jack and Meg were clearly ready for this.
Beyond the live footage, some of the films most memorable moments happen off-stage - offering an insightful look into the very private and complex world that is The White Stripes. It was shortly after this tour that The White Stripes canceled
their fall tour of the United States - making the ten year anniversary a truly pivotal milestone for this legendary band.

Blu-Ray track-listing:
1. Let's Shake Hands
2. Black Jack Davey
3. Black Math
4. Little Ghost
5. Blue Orchid
6. The Union Forever
7. Icky Thump [Version from Film]
8. Apple Blossom
9. Wheels On The Bus
10. We Are Going To Be Friends
11. Let's Build A Home
12. Catfish Blues
13. Hello Operator
14. Screwdriver
15. Cold Cold Night
16. Slowly Turning Into You
17. Lord Send Me An Angel
18. Jolene
19. I Want To Be The Boy To Warm Your Mother's Heart
20. Catch Hell Blues
21. I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself
22. Death Letter
23. Prickly Thorn, But Sweetly Worn
24. Fell In Love With A Girl
25. When I Hear My Name
26. Wasting My Time
27. My Doorbell
28. Seven Nation Army
29. White Moon

Ben Steinbauer Jack Rebney is the most famous man you've never heard of - after cursing his way through a Winnebago sales video, Rebney's outrageously funny outtakes became an underground sensation and made him an internet superstar. Filmmaker Ben Steinbauer journeys to the top of a mountain to find the recluse who unwittingly became the "Winnebago Man."

C. Scott Willis A fascinating, unflinching portrait of the late photographer Francesca Woodman, told through the young artist's work (including experimental videos and journal entries) and remarkably candid interviews with her artist parents Betty and George (an internationally renowned ceramic sculptor and painter/photographer), who have continued their own artistic practices while watching Francesca's professional reputation eclipse their own.

Jeremy Workman For over six years, and for reasons he can't explain, Matt Green, 37, has been walking every block of every street in New York City - a journey of more than 8,000 miles. THE WORLD BEFORE YOUR FEET tells the story of one man's unusual personal quest and the unexpected journey of discovery, humanity, and wonder that ensues.

Andy Bichlbaum, Mike Bonanno and Kurt Engfehr Troublemaking duo Andy Bichlbaum and Mike Bonanno, posing as their industrious alter-egos, expose the people profiting from Hurricane Katrina, the faces behind the environmental disaster in Bhopal, and other shocking events.

Fresh From the Yukon

Marten Berkman