Tag Archives: Documentary

Vitaly Mansky’s intimate and insightful new documentary finds him crisscrossing the Ukraine in the wake of the Maidan uprising, which has left his relatives scattered on both sides of a highly charged and dizzyingly complex political situation. Director : Vitaly Mansky Cast : Genre : Documentary Release Date : 7/5/2016 Country : Germany

Over the past few years, Israel’s ongoing military occupation of Palestinian territory and repeated invasions of the Gaza strip have triggered a fierce backlash against Israeli policies virtually everywhere in the world—except the United States. The Occupation of the American Mind takes an eye-opening look at this critical exception, zeroing in on pro-Israel public relationsContinue reading “The Occupation of the American Mind – 2016”

A purely observational non-fiction film that takes viewers into the ethically murky world of end-of-life decision making in a public hospital. Director : Dan Krauss Cast : Jessica Zitter|Monica Bhargava Genre : Documentary Release Date : 4/17/2016 Country : United States

It’s not uncommon for a film to have a moving love story at its core. Yet this particular set-up is unusual. The lovers here are Ingeborg Bachmann and Paul Celan, both important representatives of post-war German-language poetry. The story of the relationship between the Austrian and the Jew from Czernowitz is told through their nearlyContinue reading “The Dreamed Ones – 2016”

Ben Steele’s ORPHANS OF EBOLA follows Abu, a 12-year-old boy from a Sierra Leone village, who loses eight members of his family and must restart his life elsewhere. Filmed over a period of four months, beginning just after the height of the epidemic in Dec. 2014 through the reopening of the country’s schools in AprilContinue reading “Orphans of Ebola – 2016”

In the age of social media, nearly every day brings a new eruption of outrage. While people have always found something to be offended by, their ability to organize a groundswell of opposition to – and public censure of – their offender has never been more powerful. Today we’re all one clumsy joke away fromContinue reading “Can We Take a Joke? – 2016”

John Walker grew up an Anglophone in Montreal in the years surrounding Quebec’s Quiet Revolution. He witnessed first-hand the upheaval that transformed the political and cultural landscape. In those years, more than 500,000 English-speaking Quebecers left the province, many of them—including Walker—finding their way to Toronto. After decades as a cinematographer and documentary filmmaker, WalkerContinue reading “Quebec My Country Mon Pays – 2016”

Director : Cherry Duyns Cast : Genre : Documentary Release Date : 10/13/2016 Country :

30 years after the 1985 Chicago Bears ran roughshod over the rest of the NFL en route to winning the only Super Bowl title in franchise history, they remain one of the most legendary teams in league history. From their dominating defense to their swaggering offense and their firebrand of a head coach, the BearsContinue reading “The ’85 Bears – 2016”