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FALL - WINTER • 2014/2015
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SOCIAL STUDIES
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Contents
SUBJECT
PAGE
Aboriginal Studies ....................................................................................5
Activism ...................................................................................................6
Addictions - Prescription Drugs ..............................................................8
Agriculture and the World Food Supply ..................................................9
American Studies ...................................................................................10
Ancient Civilizations .............................................................................13
Animals - Rights, Behaviour, Endangered Species ...............................13
Anthropology .........................................................................................15
Archaeology ............................................................................................16
Architecture and Design.........................................................................17
Art and Artists.........................................................................................18
Asian Studies ..........................................................................................19
Astronomy...............................................................................................19
Business and Marketing ........................................................................20
Canadian Authors ...................................................................................20
Canadian History ....................................................................................21
Canadian Inventions ...............................................................................21
Canadian Studies ....................................................................................22
Child Development .................................................................................22
Children’s Films .....................................................................................23
Climate Change ......................................................................................28
Disabilities...............................................................................................28
Disaster Preparedness ............................................................................29
Dramas to Promote Discussion and Further Study ..............................29
SUBJECT
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Earth Science..........................................................................................30
en Français .............................................................................................31
Family Studies ........................................................................................32
Healthcare...............................................................................................33
Health Issues ..........................................................................................33
History.....................................................................................................35
The Human Body ..................................................................................38
Human Geography..................................................................................39
Human Rights ........................................................................................39
Internet, Technology, Privacy ................................................................40
International Finance and Trade ...........................................................41
Latin American Studies .........................................................................42
LGBTQ ...................................................................................................43
Media Literacy ........................................................................................43
Mental Health .........................................................................................44
Oceans / Fisheries ..................................................................................45
Plants ......................................................................................................45
Psychology ............................................................................................46
Saving the Planet....................................................................................47
Science ...................................................................................................50
Teacher Education..................................................................................53
Urban Studies - Canada ..........................................................................54
Women’s Studies.....................................................................................54
World Religions - Philosophy.................................................................55
Aboriginal Studies
Sun Kissed
Bullfrog 2012
DVD $325
We Still Live Here - Âs Nutayuneân
85 mins
SrH-A
One gene exposes a nation's dark past. A
Navajo couple with two children born with an
extremely rare genetic disorder investigate the
cause of the outbreak.
Filmed over three years, with unprecedented
access to the Navajo community, Sun Kissed
follows Dorey and Yolanda as they bravely
confront long-held tribal taboos and question
the rebellious choices of their youth. Ultimately
their journey leads them to the shocking truth:
their children and other Navajo children are still
paying the price for the American conquest of
the tribe in the 1860s, a brutal campaign
culminating in an almost-forgotten chapter in
American history -- the Navajo "Long Walk" of
1864.
Bullfrog 2010
DVD $325
56 mins SrH-A
Celebrated every Thanksgiving as the Indians
who saved the Pilgrims from starvation, and
then largely forgotten, the Wampanoag Tribes
of Cape Cod and Martha's Vineyard are now
saying loud and clear, and in their Native tongue,
“Âs Nutayuneân” - We Still Live Here.
Like many Native American stories, this one
begins with a vision. Years ago, Jessie began
having recurring dreams: familiar-looking people
from another time speaking in an
incomprehensible language. These visions sent
her on an odyssey that would uncover hundreds
of documents written in Wampanoag, lead her
to a Masters in Linguistics at MIT, and result in an
unprecedented feat of language reclamation by
her people. Jessie's daughter Mae is the first
Native speaker of Wampanoag in a century.
www.makepeaceproductions.com/
NEW!
Jingle Dress –
First Dance
Veritus Pictures Inc. 2013
DVD $250
45 mins SrH-A
Jingle Dress - First Dance documents the healing
journey of Jules Koostachin (Cree, Attawapiskat).
In honour of resolving the harm done to her
family because her mother was held against her
will in the Canadian Native Residential School
System, Jules invites a first generation Canadian
of European descent to be her witness while
she pursues the dream of dancing at a pow
wow for the first time in a Jingle Dress. Jules had
planned on taking a year to make her Jingle
Dress and dance at a pow wow. Initially unaware
of the sacred steps involved in the process, or
where to even start, the timeline quickly went
out the window. Living through the path of her
Jingle Dress journey, Jules’ life was transforming.
New members joined her family and others departed. All the while she kept moving towards
the dream.
www.jingledress.ca/
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Aboriginal Studies
NEW!
Chaos and Courage (6)
Sweetgrass & Sage 2012 SrH-A 6x21 mins
DVD the series $695, $150 per episode
To achieve their dreams, many of Canada's First
Nations Heroines endure challenges, failure,
heartbreak, sacrifice, and sometimes a complete
change of direction in their lives.
As healers, police officers, lawyers, politicians,
athletes, archivists or activists, these women selflessly changed the world for the better, and
themselves forever.
In this series we will create an awareness of the
contributions of Aboriginal Canadian women
and provide insight into the impact each has had
within her respective community, Canada, and
the world.
**Check out the Chaos and Courage website
link below for webisodes and profiles of the
women featured in the series.
NEW!
Standing on Sacred Ground - Eight
Cultures - One Fight (4)
Bullfrog 2013
SrH-A
4x57mins
Indigenous communities around the world and
in the U.S. resist threats to their sacred places-the original protected lands--in a growing
movement to defend human rights and restore
the environment.
In this four-part documentary series from the
producer or In The Light of Reverence, native
people share ecological wisdom and spiritual
reverence while battling a utilitarian view of land
in the form of government megaprojects,
consumer culture, and resource extraction as
well as competing religions and climate change.
Gathering Around
the Fire
Kaska Dena Council 2013
DVD $250
60 mins SrH-A
At Lower Post BC, a place always known as
Daylu, the site of a notorious residential school
is cleansed; as those involved recall and confront
traumatic memory through ceremony and
testimony.
"Gathering Around the Fire" is about courage
and determination to heal relationships between
people, community and government at the most
fundamental level; and to cleanse the land itself.
www.kaskadenacouncil.com/
WINNER - Best Doc Feature American Indian Film Festival – 2013
standingonsacredground.org/
www.chaosandcourage.com/
Activism
NEW!
Here. Us. Now.
Video Project 2013
DVD $275
SrH-A
67 mins
Here. Us. Now. chronicles one family's
determined fight to transform the medical
research system in order to speed drug
discoveries for treating chronic and debilitating
rare diseases, which are more commonplace
than is widely known.
Directed by Emmy award-winning filmmaker
Rudy Poe, the film follows the story of Hugh and
Chris Hempel, whose twin eight-year old
daughters are dying from a rare progressive
neurological disease called Niemann Pick Type
C, with no known cure. Despite their lack of
medical background, the Hempels use their
entrepreneurial skills to seek a breakthrough
drug treatment. As the devastating effects of the
disease begin to take hold, the Hempels enter a
complex and challenging world of medical
literature, clinical trials and regulatory mazes,
where new drug discoveries and approval are
slow and often ineffective.
Here. Us. Now. advocates for a new model that
accelerates the search for medical breakthroughs. The film encourages creative
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entrepreneurs to connect with patients, parents,
advocacy networks, reform-minded physicians,
and scientists to develop a better approach.
As levels of deforestation rapidly approach the
point of no return, London poses a provocative
alternative to the simple mantra, “leave the
forest untouched.”
NEW!
Shark Loves the Amazon
One promising model the film profiles is the
Juma Sustainable Development Reserve, which
incentivizes people who live in the region to
protect the forests.
Video Project 2103
DVD $275
SrH-A
60 mins
Shark Loves the Amazon offers a fresh
perspective on what it will take to protect the
Amazon rainforest and support the millions of
people who now live there.
Author and attorney Mark London, offers an
updated analysis and approach in this
documentary, based on his book The Last
Forest: The Amazon in the Age of Globalization
(Random House), written with journalist Brian
Kelly. London developed a lifelong passion for
the Amazon during his first visit 30 years ago,
and has traveled extensively in the region in
recent years. The film depicts the hard,
contemporary realities of a region seeking a
sustainable model of development that can
provide both for its millions of inhabitants and
preserve the Earth’s last great forest, with its
unparalleled biodiversity and global importance.
Shark Loves the Amazon begins with substantial
historical context, tracing in detail the forces that
transformed the Amazon since the 1960’s, when
it was a largely unexplored and untouched
region, unlike today.
Title Note: “Shark” refers to the fact
Mark London is a lawyer.
Activism
NEW!
Come Hell or High Water The Battle for Turkey Creek
Bullfrog 2013
DVD $295
SrH-A
56 mins
COME HELL OR HIGH WATER follows the
painful but inspiring journey of Derrick Evans, a
Boston teacher who returns to his native coastal
Mississippi when the graves of his ancestors are
bulldozed to make way for the sprawling city of
Gulfport. Derrick is consumed by the effort to
protect the community his great grandfather's
grandfather settled as a former slave. He is on
the verge of a breakthrough when Hurricane
Katrina strikes the Gulf Coast.
After years of restoration work to bring Turkey
Creek back from the brink of death, the
community gains significant federal support for
cultural and ecological preservation. Derrick
plans to return to Boston to rebuild the life he
abandoned, but another disaster seals his fate as
a reluctant activist. On the day Turkey Creek is
featured in USA Today for the 40th anniversary
of Earth Day, the Deepwater Horizon oil rig
explodes.
Audience Award for Documentary Feature,
New Orleans Film Festival
comehellorhighwaterfilm.com/
NEW!
Idle Threat
Video Project 2013
DVD $225
NEW!
Groundswell Rising
SrH-A
63 mins
Idling engines consume more than 6 billion
gallons of gasoline annually in the U.S., a
significant but little-known contributor to local
air pollution, respiratory disease and global
climate change.
Idle Threat is a lively look at one man’s spirited
struggle to improve public health by raising
awareness about idling’s impact, starting in New
York City. Against all odds, he succeeds, helping
improve local air quality, and in the process gains
world-wide recognition for the anti-idling cause.
Study Guide.
NEW!
Written in Stone
Out Yonder Prod. 2013
DVD $250
48 mins
SrH-A
Written In Stone is the story of a unique species
of mountain sheep that inhabit vast alpine
plateau Mt. Todagin in northwestern BC.
This plateau was once the ocean’s floor and as a
result it is home to a rich and diverse variety of
plants and animals. It is an area so abundant with
wildlife that it is called a Serengetti In the Sky.
With My Own Two Wheels
Video Project 2013
DVD $225
43 mins JrH-A
Can a simple, 19th century technology change
the world? For most North Americans, a bicycle
ride or commute is a lifestyle choice. For
countless others across the globe, each pedal
stroke is progress out of poverty, toward an
education, and over the mountains of social and
cultural discrimination.
With My Own Two Wheels profiles the lives of
these five individuals around the world, and
portrays the powerful difference a bicycle has
made for each of them and their communities.
The film can be used to better understand their
life circumstances, the power of an “appropriate”
human-scale technology in an increasingly hitech world, and to inspire discussion on how we
can each contribute to improving the lives of
people around the world, even in simple ways.
Study Guide
But, it is also slated for destruction as a massive
open-pit mine looms on the horizon. This film
looks critically at the conflict over natural
resources and open-pit mining versus other
alternatives that leave the surface intact.
Nothing Like Chocolate
Bullfrog 2012
DVD $325
68 mins
SrH-A
NOTHING LIKE CHOCOLATE tells the
poweful story of Mott Green and the Grenada
Chocolate Company he founded, which is a
farmers' and workers' cooperative. This tree-tobar factory, claimed to be the smallest in the
world, turns out luscious creations that are
organic and ethical.
In a world saturated with industrial chocolate often made with cocoa harvested by exploited
child labour - this solar-powered workers' co-op
provides a viable model for creating sustainable
communities in the global South and beyond.
nothinglikechocolate.com/
Bullfrog 2014
DVD $325
70 mins
JrH-A
GROUNDSWELL RISING gives voice to
ordinary folks engaged in a David and Goliath
struggle against Big Oil and Gas. We meet
parents, scientists, doctors, farmers and
individuals across the political spectrum decrying
the energy extraction process known as fracking
that puts profits over people. This provocative
documentary tracks a grassroots movement
exposing dangers to clean air, water, and civil
rights.
GROUNDSWELL RISING shows how fracking
has contaminated drinking water and
jeopardized health and quality of life.
Homeowners near wells suffer from respiratory
ailments and property devaluation. Reina Ripple,
of Southwest Pennsylvania Environmental Health
Project, chronicles mounting ailments related to
fracking. A former industry employee shows skin
lesions and edema obtained while working with
fracking waste.
Grassroots efforts have achieved bans,
moratoriums, and referendums on fracking.
Stanford University Professor Mark Jacobson
paves the way forward globally with his
Solutions Project for 100% renewable energy. ¡
NEW!
Oil and Water
Bullfrog 2014
DVD $325
78 mins
SrH-A
OIL & WATER is the coming of age story of two
boys as they each confront one of the world's
worst toxic disasters, the prolonged
contamination of the Ecuadorian Amazon by
Texaco and other oil companies. Hugo comes to
America to fight for the survival of his tribe, the
Cofán, while David goes to Ecuador to launch
the world's first company to certify oil as "fair
trade." Can Hugo become the leader his tribe
so desperately wants him to be? Will David
clean up one of the world's dirtiest industries?
This film is an intimate portrait of two young
people finding their voices and trying to beat
incredible odds. Their journeys lead them to
explore what could be a more just future, not
just for the people of the Amazon, but for all
people around the world born with oil beneath
their feet. Eight years in the making OIL &
WATER is a shocking and inspiring David and
Goliath story.
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Activism
Bidder 70
Trouble in the Peace
Bullfrog 2013
DVD $325
72 mins
SrH-A
BIDDER 70 is Tim DeChristopher, the student
who monkey-wrenched the 2008 fraudulent
Bureau of Land Management Oil and Gas Lease
Auction. Bidding $1.8 million to save 22,000
acres of pristine Utah wilderness surrounding
Arches and Canyonlands National Parks, with no
intention to pay or drill, Tim brought the BLM
auction to an abrupt halt. A month later, Barack
Obama became president and on February 4,
2009, new Interior Secretary, Ken Salazar,
invalidated the entire BLM Auction.
Nevertheless, DeChristopher was indicted on
two federal felonies facing penalties of up to ten
years in prison and $750,000 in fines. During the
two years awaiting his trial, DeChristopher
stepped up his activism, evolved into a climate
justice leader, and waited through nine trial
postponements until, on February 28, 2011 his
trial began. BIDDER 70 is Tim's journey from
economics student to incarcerated felon.
"Inspiring...."
- Stefanie Penn Spear, Huffington Post
Kinosmith 2012
SrH-A
81 mins
DVD $150
In the far-flung frontier farming community of
The Peace River Valley, trouble is brewing.
Big Oil and Gas is moving heavily into this
northern Canadian region. Where once
homesteads and small family farms struggled to
make ends meet, lethal gas leaks and flarings
from boom-and-bust drilling installations are
killing livestock, burning lungs and raising Cain.
Deep fear festers within the community, and all
are stunned that such injustice could happen in
a country like Canada.
From this pandemonium emerges Karl Mattson,
an enigmatic and reclusive cowboy, sculptor and
father of a 4-year-old girl named Hollis. When a
two-headed calf is born on the farm Karl
realizes something is disturbingly wrong.
Constant flarings and small gas leaks are having
an effect on the health of his herd and his family.
Should a big leak occur, Karl knows the
consequences will be disastrous.
pipetrouble.com/ - interactive game
Addictions - Prescription Drugs
NEW!
The Hungry Heart
INDIECAN Ent. 2014 SrH-A
DVD $175
93 mins
The Hungry Heart provides an intimate look at
the often hidden world of prescription drug
addiction through the world of Vermont
Pediatrician Fred Holmes who works with
patients struggling with this disease.
Dr. Holmes prescribes Suboxone to his patients
struggling with prescription drug addiction. Much
like methadone, Suboxone helps many addicts in
their recovery process-- for some taking
Suboxone is a crucial stepping stone to long
term recovery, for others it is a crutch, for
others Suboxone is abused and diverted onto
the street. Through the film we see Dr. Holmes
struggling with these challenges and trying to
make sense and keep the faith in the midst of
many contradictions.
Most importantly however, as the film
progresses we begin to see the simple but
profound connection that Dr. Holmes creates
with each patient. The film shines a light on the
healing power of conversation and the need for
connection that many of these young addicts
yearn for but do not have in their lives.
In addition, the film interviews a number of
older addicts who talk about their recovery
process juxtaposed against Fred’s patients. The
road to recovery is paved with both success
stories and strewn with relapses, downfalls and
tragic losses. However, through the movie we
see the many faces and diverse populations of
addiction, and their continued search for a life of
recovery.
NOTE: Some strong language
Study Guide
http://thehungryheartmovie.org/
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A Fierce Green Fire The Battle for a Living Planet
Bullfrog 2012
DVD $325
101 mins JrH-A
A FIERCE GREEN FIRE: The Battle For a Living
Planet is the first big-picture exploration of the
environmental movement - grassroots and
global activism spanning fifty years from
conservation to climate change. From halting
dams in the Grand Canyon to battling 20,000
tons of toxic waste at Love Canal; from
Greenpeace saving the whales to Chico Mendes
and the rubbertappers saving the Amazon; from
climate change to the promise of transforming
our civilization... the film tells vivid stories about
people fighting - and succeeding - against
enormous odds.
The film is divided into five "acts".
Study Guide.
Agriculture and the World’s Food Supply
The Fruit Hunters
Kinosmith 2012
SrH-A
92 mins
DVD $150
The Fruit Hunters travels across culture, history
and geography to show how intertwined we are
with the fruits we eat. Our guides are devoted
fruit fanatics. Movie star Bill Pullman’s obsession
leads him on a crusade to create a community
orchard in the Hollywood Hills. Adventurers
Noris Ledesma and Richard Campbell scour the
jungle for rare mangos, hoping to intervene
before the plants are steamrolled by
industrialization. Pioneering scientist Juan Aguilar
races to breed bananas resistant to a deadly
fungus that threatens the worldwide crop. And
fruit detectives including Isabella Dalla Ragione
investigate Renaissance-era paintings for clues,
hoping to rediscover lost fruits. And, of course,
there are the fruits themselves, presented in all
their mouthwatering glory: cherimoyas, ice
cream beans, durians and more.
"More of a buffet spread than a single plate. But
every morsel is worth a taste."
- Toronto Star
JrH-A
NEW!
Jimmy's Food Price Hike (3)
Bullfrog 2012
6x29 mins JrH-A
BBC 2014
3x50 mins JrH-A
With 9 billion people on planet Earth in the
year 2050, this 6-part series examines how we
will feed ourselves in the 21st century.
In this revelatory series farmer Jimmy Doherty
goes on a global journey to find out why food
prices have been rising so quickly.
Tonight there will be 219,000 new mouths to
feed at the world's dinner table -- that's 80
million more people over the next year. In the
year 2050, there will be 9 billion people on
planet Earth. How do we feed them fairly, safely
and well, and make sure that every mouth is fed?
Countries that import a lot of their food are
extremely vulnerable to volatile prices. In six
years the price of an average food basket has
gone up by 25% in the UK. The price of coffee
has gone up 41%. Bread has gone up by almost
a half. And beef ’s gone up by 64%. Essentials like
eggs have gone up by over 40%. And even if you
adjust these figures for inflation they are still
running above any wage increases in the UK.
FUTURE FOOD is a highly topical new
documentary series that asks how we are going
to feed ourselves in the 21st Century, and looks
for answers in Peru, Kenya, USA, India, Nigeria
and China.
From the producers of the popular LIFE series
on globalization and its effects on communities
and people around the world.
Episode #1 – Old or New?
Episode #2 – Food or Fuel?
Episode #3 – Big or Small?
Episode #4 – Fat or Skinny?
Episode #5 – Near or Far?
Episode #6 – Stay or Go?
NEW!
Deep Down and Dirty The Science of Soil
BBC 2014
DVD $249
NEW!
Future Food (6)
In this series Jimmy travels around the world to
find out how the super-efficient global network
that brings us our weekly food, is affecting prices.
Focusing on one meal in each episode –
breakfast, lunch and dinner – he discovers how
the cost of food might be influenced by the big
issues of the 21st century.
50 mins
For billions of years our planet was devoid of
life, but something transformed it into a vibrant,
living planet. That something was soil.
It’s a much-misunderstood substance, often
dismissed as ‘dirt’, something to be avoided. Yet
the crops we eat, the animals we rely on, the
very oxygen we breathe, all depend on the
existence of the plant life that bursts from the
soil every year.
In this film, gardening expert Chris Beardshaw
explores where soil comes from, what it’s made
of and what makes it so essential to life. Using
specialist microphotography, he reveals it as
we’ve never seen it before – an intricate
microscopic landscape, teeming with strange and
wonderful life-forms.
In Organic We Trust
Video Project 2012
DVD $325
80 mins
JrH-A
Most of us now purchase organic food in some
form, but don't know what “organic” really
means. In Organic We Trust follows filmmaker
Kip Pastor on a journey to answer the essential
questions about organic: What exactly is
certified organic? Is it really better for us, or just
marketing hype? Is organic the key to
transforming our food system?
Across the series, Jimmy finds out how extreme
weather in America is affecting the cost of a loaf
of bread, why China’s growing middle classes are
making the ham sandwich more expensive and
why, in the future, the price of oil might drive up
the price of your cornflakes.
Episode #1 - Corn / Egg / Coffee
Episode #2 - Wheat / Pork / Chocolate
Episode #3 - Rice / Salmon / Beef
"In Organic We Trust calls into question
corporate influence in the organic food industry,
and makes a good case for buying from local
farmers.“
– San Francisco Chronicle
It’s a world where the chaos of life meets the
permanence of rock, the two interacting with
each other to make a living system of staggering
complexity that sustains all life on earth.
Chris explores how man is challenging this most
precious resource on our planet and how new
science is seeking to preserve it.
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Agriculture and the World’s Food Supply
NEW!
Slow Food Story
KINOSMITH 2013
DVD $150
74 mins
JrH-A
In 1986, Carlo Petrini founded the ArciGola
Gastronomic Association in Italy and three years
later in Paris, launched Slow Food, an
international anti-fast-food resistance movement.
An ebullient presence, Carlìn, as he is
affectionately known around the globe, has
become an ambassador for thinking about food
differently.
From the tiny town of Bra, home to some
27,000 inhabitants, the Slow Food movement
has grown to become a revolution, that now
has roots in more than 150 countries.
Cheese-makers, vintners, and artisanal food folk,
toast Slow Food for bringing about a change in
consciousness that shook the very foundation of
gastronomy.
Director Stefano Sardo brings a decidedly down
home approach, as he follows Carlo and his
close-knit group of friends, from their earliest
days as political radicals, to later struggles with
unexpected tragedy.
A joyous romp of a film, filled with all manner of
delectable scenes of food, drink and song, Slow
Food amply demonstrates that adventure is best
served in heaping helpings.
www.slowfoodstory.com/
NEW!
Troubled Waters:
A Mississippi River Story
Video Project 2013
DVD $275
57 mins
SrH-A
The Emmy Award-winning Troubled Waters: A
Mississippi River Story tells the story of the
unintended yet severe consequences of farming
along the Mississippi, and the efforts being taken
to reverse this damage. America’s heartland
boasts some of the world’s most productive
farmland, but this bounty has come with a price.
Excess crop fertilizers are contaminating the
nation’s rivers, lakes and aquifers, while at the
same time precious soil is washing away.
NEW!
What’s Killing our Bees?
BBC 2014
DVD $249
50 mins
JrH-A
Bill Turnbull investigates one of the biggest
mysteries in the countryside: what is killing the
bees? It is a question that generates huge
controversy. Changes in the weather, pesticides
and even a deadly virus have all been blamed.
It is a problem that Bill is all too familiar with as
a beekeeper himself. He meets the scientists
who are fitting minute radar transponders on to
bees to try to find answers.
The film traces the development of America’s
bountiful harvest and examines its effect on the
legendary river, as well as the “dead zone”
created in the Gulf of Mexico. Knitting together
federal energy, farm and environmental policies,
the film makes a compelling case for revamping
US agricultural policy and practices. It also helps
viewers to grasp a profound truth – that a single
drop of water in the upper Midwest has an
impact far downstream.
Through beautiful photography and narrative,
Troubled Waters emphasizes solutions, providing
a hopeful blueprint for progress and positive
change. The film tells the stories of farmers,
scientists and citizens who are pursuing more
sustainable land-use practices that meet the
goals of an ambitious, food-producing nation,
while ensuring the long-term health of its most
precious natural resources.
American Studies
Cape Spin!
An American Power Struggle
Video Project 2012
DVD $275
86 mins SrH-A
Cape Spin! An American Power Struggle is a
tragicomic tale of the 10-year battle over
America’s largest proposed clean energy project
– and a microcosm of the obstacles the country
faces in the larger struggle to move towards
more sustainable forms of energy on a broader
scale, or build any large-scale project.
When energy entrepreneur Jim Gordon first
proposed Cape Wind, a project to put 130 wind
turbines in fabled Nantucket Sound, he had no
idea that a huge firestorm of opposition would
erupt. Cape Spin! tells the incredible tale of how
America’s first proposed offshore wind farm
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triggered an unexpected schism in this idyllic
coastal region. Neighbor was pitted against
neighbor, environmentalist against
environmentalist, and unexpected alliances were
forged – including Kennedys and Kochs on the
same side. Cape Wind supporters claimed that
the project would launch a new American clean
energy industry, while opponents countered it
would ruin a natural treasure and enrich a
private developer.
After 10 years, $70 million and 8,000 pages of
analysis the Federal Government approved the
wind farm, but the project is still not up and
running, as the controversy and debate
continues.
Shot over five years, the filmmakers enjoyed
unprecedented behind-the-scenes access to the
key players on both sides of the controversy. As
a result, the film shows it all -- the hearings, the
protests, the science, the complexity of the
debate, the passion, and often the absurdities
that went into each sides arguments.
"Editor's Choice. Highly Recommended. No
holds barred, reasonably objective, and
surprisingly gripping insight into what really
goes on in the making of local and national
energy policy. The story is eye opening."
– Science Books and Films, American
Association for the Advancement of Science
"Highly recommended. Riotous...An enjoyable
(and depressing) look at local democracy
turning into a special-interest circus."
– Video Librarian
American Studies
Detropia
Bullfrog 2012
DVD $325
86 mins
SrH-A
A vivid portrait of Detroit, America's first major
post-industrial city, as it struggles to deal with
the consequences of a broken economic system.
Detroit's story has encapsulated the iconic
narrative of America over the last century...the
Great Migration of African Americans escaping
Jim Crow; the rise of manufacturing and the
middle class; the love affair with automobiles; the
flowering of the American dream; and now the
collapse of the economy and the fading
American mythos.
With its vivid, painterly palette and haunting
score, DETROPIA sculpts a dreamlike collage of
a grand city teetering on the brink of dissolution.
These soulful pragmatists and stalwart
philosophers strive to make ends meet and
make sense of it all, refusing to abandon hope or
resistance. Their grit and pluck embody the spirit
of the Motor City as it struggles to survive
postindustrial America and begins to envision a
radically different future.
detropiathefilm.com/
Shattered Sky
Bullfrog 2012
DVD $275
57 mins
SrH-A
Thirty years ago, scientists reported a hole in
the ozone layer "the size of North America." The
culprits were man-made chemicals called CFCs,
which were prevalent in billions of dollars worth
of refrigeration, air conditioning and other
products that had revolutionized America's way
of life.
With doctors forecasting skyrocketing cancer
rates if changes weren't made, the stakes were
literally "life as we know it." Yet companies
remained bitterly opposed to changing their
products. Politicians were slow to act. Like with
today's CO2 emissions, an invisible compound
was threatening the Earth's life-support systems,
but a solution seemed beyond reach.
Nuclear Savage: The Islands
of Secret Project 4.1
NEW!
Damnation
Video Project 2012
DVD $275
INDIECAN Ent. Inc. 2014
DVD $295
87 mins SrH-A
Between 1946 and 1958 the United States
tested 67 nuclear weapons above ground on or
near Bikini and Enewetok atolls. One hydrogen
bomb was 1000 times larger than the Hiroshima
bomb. Entire islands were vaporized and
populated islands were blanketed with fallout. As
the film shows, the heavily exposed people of
Rongelap were then enrolled as human subjects
in the top-secret Project 4.1 and evacuated to a
severely contaminated island to study the effects
of eating radioactive food for nearly 30 years.
Many of the Marshall Islanders developed
cancers and had babies that were stillborn or
with serious birth defects.
Nuclear Savage follows the islanders today as
they continue to fight for justice and
acknowledgement of what was done to them.
Despite recent disclosures, the U.S. government
continues to deny that the islanders were
deliberately used as human guinea pigs. The film
raises disturbing questions about racism, and the
U.S. government’s moral obligation to the
people of the Marshall Islands.
"Recommended. The story portrayed in Nuclear
Savage is fascinating, angering and frustrating
but one worth seeing. The film also covers some
of the history of the U.S. involvement in the
South Pacific and places the current issues in
the context of colonization."
– Educational Media Reviews Online
NEW!
California Forever (2)
JrH-A 87 mins
This powerful film odyssey across America
explores the sea change in our national attitude
from pride in big dams as engineering wonders
to the growing aware¬ness that our own future
is bound to the life and health of our rivers.
Dam removal has moved beyond the fictional
Monkey Wrench Gang to go mainstream.
Where obsolete dams come down, rivers
bound back to life, giving salmon and other wild
fish the right of return to primeval spawning
grounds, after decades without access.
DamNation’s majestic cinematography and unexpected discoveries move through rivers and
landscapes altered by dams, but also through a
meta¬morphosis in values, from conquest of the
natural world to knowing ourselves as part of
nature.
DamNation opens big, on a birth, with the
stirring words of Franklin D. Roosevelt at the
dedication of Hoover Dam, and on a death, as
the engineer at Elwha Dam powers down the
turbine on its last day. DamNation stints neither
the history nor the science of dams, and above
all conveys experiences known so far to only a
few, including the awe of watching a 30-pound
salmon hurtling 20 feet into the air in a vain
attempt to reach the spawning grounds that lie
barricaded upriver. We witness the seismic
power of a dam breaking apart and, once the
river breaks free, the elation in a watching wild
salmon — after a century of denied access —
swimming their way home.
damnationfilm.com/
Video Project 2013
2x50 mins JrH-A
DVD the series $275, not available individually
Eerily reminiscent of today's energy and climate
crisis, Shattered Sky tells the story of how
America led the world in solving the biggest
environmental crisis ever seen.
California Forever is a two-part series that tells
the history and legacy of California’s magnificent
state parks, from Yosemite in 1864 to the
present day. It is also the story of how the ‘park
idea’ first started in California and led to the
creation of the national park system. Together,
the two one-hour episodes illustrate the
importance of California’s state parks for
preserving the state’s history, culture, and
environment, as well as for public enjoyment.
Many of the state’s parks, now national icons, are
facing a variety of challenges today.
www.shatteredsky.com/
“Highly recommended.” – Video Librarian
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American Studies
NEW!
Geraldine Ferraro: Paving the Way
NEW!
Hot Coffee
Video Project 2014
DVD $325
Bullfrog 2011
DVD $395
86 mins JrH-A
Geraldine Ferraro: Paving the Way is a featurelength documentary about the life of the trailblazing woman who made history in 1984 as the
first female Vice Presidential nominee on a major
party Presidential ticket in the United States.
The primary focus of the film is Ferraro’s public
service and political career, from District
Attorney in Queens, NY, and later member of
Congress, to the emotional night of her Vice
Presidential nomination and acceptance speech,
along with the tough campaign that followed.
Though the Mondale-Ferraro ticket was
defeated, the film explores how Ferraro’s landmark nomination and her conduct during that
campaign changed the national perception of
what was possible for women.
With insider access, former NBC Today
producer Donna Zaccaro, created a revealing
personal portrait of her mother, a woman who
changed the face of American politics forever.
86 mins
SrH-A
Tells the truth about the McDonald's hot coffee
case and exposes the influence of corporate
America on our civil justice system.
Seinfeld mocked it. Letterman put it on one of
his Top Ten lists. More than 15 years later, the
McDonald's coffee case continues to be cited as
a prime example of how citizens use "frivolous"
lawsuits to take unfair advantage of America's
legal system.
But is that an accurate portrayal of the facts?
First-time filmmaker and former public interest
lawyer Susan Saladoff uses the infamous legal
battle that began with a spilled cup of coffee to
investigate what's behind America's zeal for tort
reform. By following four people whose lives
were devastated by the attacks on our courts,
this thought-provoking documentary challenges
the assumptions Americans hold about "jackpot
justice."
NEW!
Louis Theroux:
Miami Mega Jail (2)
BBC 2011
60 mins SrH-A
Holding 6,000 prisoners and processing more
than 100,000 people a year, Miami’s mega jail is a
transitory place for those not yet sentenced and
those awaiting trial and charges; a twilight
between court and prison.
Mega jails are a new phenomenon in America as
the country struggles to process its growing
criminal class. Conditions are tough, dark and
uncompromising. There are 25 prisoners to each
cage. Some are just drunk and disorderly, others
are fresh from a murder. Depending on the
nature of their crime, some are in and out in
hours and others might be there for years.
From the men on death row awaiting their
appeals to those waiting for their first sight of a
court room, Louis meets a collection of people
thrown together – some innocent, some guilty
and none proven yet, either way.
www.hotcoffeethemovie.com/
www.ferraropavingtheway.com/
NEW!
The Great Vacation Squeeze
Bullfrog 2013
DVD $225
27 mins JrH-A
Americans have the shortest vacations of any
rich country. And they are actually getting even
shorter. The US is one of only five countries in
the world -- the others are Burma, Nepal,
Suriname and Guyana -- which have no law
guaranteeing any paid vacation time for workers.
The average US vacation is a bit over two
weeks, while the median is only about a week
and a half, and American workers give back
about three vacation days every year. Europeans
enjoy five or six weeks of vacation each year and
are healthier than Americans.
Vacations matter -- for productivity, happiness,
family bonding and especially, health. Men who
don't regularly take vacations are a third more
likely to suffer heart attacks than those who do;
women are fifty percent more likely, and far
more likely to suffer from depression.
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NEW!
Stolen Education
NEW!
Living for 32
Video Project 2013
DVD $225
Video Project 2013
DVD $225
40 mins
SrH-A
On a snowy April day at Virginia Tech in 2007, 32
students and faculty were shot and killed by a
lone gunman, 17 others were wounded, and six
more were injured jumping out of windows.
Through the personal story of survivor Colin
Goddard, Living for 32 tells the tragic tale of one
of the worst gun massacres in recent American
history, along with Goddard’s inspirational
journey of renewal and hope. The then-21-yearold was shot four times and told he might never
walk again. He lives today with three bullets still
lodged in his body and a titanium rod in his left
leg.
Goddard revisits his former classroom for the
first time in the film, and emotionally recounts
the terror of that day. After recovering from his
wounds and completing physical therapy, he
made it his life’s mission to help ensure that a
tragedy like the Virginia Tech massacre would
never happen again.
67 mins
JrH-A
Stolen Education documents the untold story
of Mexican-American school children who
challenged discrimination in Texas schools in the
1950’s and changed the face of education in the
Southwest.
Degraded for speaking Spanish and dissuaded
from achieving academically, Mexican American
students were relegated to a “beginner,” “low,”
and then “high” first grade – a practice that was
not uncommon across the Southwest. School
officials argued in the case that this practice was
necessary because the "retardation of Latin
children" would adversely impact the education
of White children.
The film portrays the courage of these young
people, testifying in an era when fear and
intimidation were used to maintain racial
hierarchy and control. The students won the
case, but for almost sixty years the case was
never spoken about in the farming community
where they lived despite its significance.
Ancient Civilizations
NEW!
Treasures of Ancient Egypt (3)
BBC 2014
3x50 mins SrH-A
If you think the treasures of Ancient Egypt are
just gold, gaudiness and pyramids, think again.
Alastair Sooke takes a surprising look at the real
story of Ancient Egyptian art.
In this epic, visually stunning adventure through
Ancient Egypt, journalist and art critic Alastair
Sooke follows on from his hit series Treasures
of Ancient Rome, tracking down the treasures
of the longest-lasting civilization in history and
uncovering the true story of their rise and fall
throughout the ages.
Alastair presents a fresh understanding of Egypt
as he reveals that Egyptian treasures were not
just about wealth and luxury – they were also
about faith, politics and death as he looks at
them in a unique way; through the eyes of an art
critic.
Episode #1 – The Birth of Art
Episode #2 – The Golden Age
Episode #3 – A New Dawn
Rome – What Lies Beneath
BBC 2012
DVD $299
90 mins JrH-A
The Romans were one of the most intriguing
and powerful civilizations to have ever lived.
Stepping aside from the well-worn usual clichés
of this era, he discovers how Egypt’s unique
melting pot of geography and culture created
some of the most remarkable treasures the
world has ever seen.
This is the story of how pharaohs protected a
unique culture by carefully managing its art; how
that culture flourished and lasted over 3000
years; and finally, how it collapsed in the wake
of countless invasions, as the art became
increasingly bizarre.
Dr Sarah Parcak and her team re-harness spacearchaeology to discover what the glory of the
Roman Empire was really like.
With satellite archaeology and high-tech
remote-sensing tools at its heart, this epic film
peels back the layers of history to literally see
Rome in all its magnificence. Culminating in a
visually mind-blowing series of CGI revelations,
viewers will be able to walk the streets of
legend and discover the history of Rome as
never before.
Cave of Forgotten Dreams
KINOSMITH 2010
DVD $150
90 mins
SrH-A
Following his previous documentary Encounters
at the End of the World, iconic director Werner
Herzog once again takes us deep behind the
frontier of an extraordinary place.
Having gained unprecedented access through
the tightest of restrictions and overcome
considerable technical challenges, he has
captured on film, with specially designed 3D
cameras, the interior of the Chauvet Cave in
southern France. This is where the world’s oldest
cave paintings - hundreds in number - were
discovered in 1994.
Herzog reveals a breathtaking subterranean
world and leads us to the 32,000-year-old artworks.
“Staggeringly beautiful and glorious”
- Toronto’s National Post
“Thrilling experience.”
- Toronto Globe and Mail
www.wernerherzog.com
Animals - Rights, Behaviour, Endangered Species
NEW!
The Ghosts in
our Machine
Ghosts Media Inc. 2013
DVD $295
92 mins
JrH-A
With the exception of our companion animals
and a few wild and stray species within our
urban environments, we experience animals
daily only as the food, clothing, animal tested
goods and entertainment we make of them. This
moral dilemma is often hidden from our view.
THE GHOSTS IN OUR MACHINE illuminates
the lives of individual animals living within and
rescued from the machine of our modern
world. Through the heart and photographic lens
of acclaimed photographer Jo-Anne McArthur,
we become intimately familiar with a cast of
non-human animals. The film follows Jo-Anne
over the course of a year as she photographs
several animal stories in parts of Canada, the
U.S. and in Europe. Each story is a window into
global animal industries: Food, Fashion,
Entertainment and Research.
THE GHOSTS IN OUR MACHINE charts
McArthur’s efforts to bring wider attention to a
topic that most of humankind strives hard to
avoid. Are non-human animals property to be
owned and used, or are they sentient beings
deserving of rights?
Top Ten Audience Favourite Award, Hot Docs
Golden Sheaf Award, Yorkton Film Festival
Best Canadian Feature, Planet in Focus
http://www.theghostsinourmachine.com
/interactive/
www.theghostsinourmachine.com/
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Animals - Rights, Behaviour, Endangered Species
NEW!
Inside the Animal Mind (3)
BBC 2014
3x50 mins SrH-A
Do animals think? And what do they know? A
revolution is occurring in how science
understands animal minds and it is providing
remarkable answers.
Long-standing theories about how animals think
are being overturned. Instead of simplistic
attempts to rank animals through IQ, zoologists
are exploring the animal mind on a much
broader scale. Their approach is revealing the
truth about how animals understand the world
around them; uncovering their problem-solving
abilities, their emotional understanding and
exploring the complexity of their powers of
communication.
This fascinating series explores these breakthroughs through three, iconic creatures – dogs,
birds and dolphins – and discovers how the
origins and causes of animals’ cognitive abilities
lie in their environment.
Each program explores a separate psychological
question, building up an unprecedented picture
of the mind of the animal. How do they understand the world around them? How do they
solve problems? And how do they interact socially?
Episode #1 – You are What You Sense
Episode #2 – The Problem Solvers
Episode #3 – Secrets of the Social World
The Secret Life of Dogs
BBC 2013
DVD $249
50 mins
JrH-A
There's no denying that we humans love our
dogs. Man and canine have lived together for
thousands of years. But how much do you really
know about your best friend?
Africa (5)
BBC 2013
5x50 mins JrH-A
Narrated and presented by David
Attenborough.
In this blockbuster, the BBC’s Natural History
Unit reveals Africa as you’ve never seen it
before. This is a journey through five
extraordinarily diverse regions of an amazing
continent, packed with new stories, new species,
new places and a new style of storytelling. Taking
you seamlessly from the wild terrain of
extraordinary landscapes to intimate encounters
with its mesmerizing creatures, this is a unique
expedition to the most extreme parts of a vast
continent.
Ep #1 - Kalahari
Ep #2 – Savannah
Ep #3 – Congo
Ep #4 – Cape
Ep #5 – Sahara
37 mins
JrH-A
A giant colony of Mexican Free-tailed bats
moved into an Austin, Texas bridge in the 1980’s
after a reconstruction project created an ideal
roosting habitat. The “bat invasion” launched a
media hoopla and alarm among residents worried about bat attacks and rabies. When the city
threatened to exterminate the bats, a zealous
conservationist named Merlin Tuttle stepped in
and fought to save them. Tuttle, a bat researcher
at a Milwaukee museum, moved to Austin, which
he called the epicenter of “worldwide bad bat
publicity”, and founded Bat Conservation
International to promote a positive image of
bats.
Secret Life of Dogs uses cutting-edge cinematography to really get under the fur of our
most prized companions, from their super
power senses to their extraordinary behaviour
and unquestioning loyalty; but most of all this
film really gets to grips with their relationship
with us.
To overcome local opposition, he worked tirelessly to change public perception of the bats—
from scary disease carriers to desirable
creatures who help keep moths and mosquitos
in check, among other environmental benefits.
As a pioneering bat photographer whose images were published in National Geographic,
Tuttle used his striking photos as one important
weapon in his battle for the bats.
Revealing spectacular new insights into the way
dogs understand us, love us and in some cases,
can dramatically save or enhance our lives, this
film uncovers how the true success of their
species is our mutually beneficial relationship.
Thanks to Tutttle’s efforts, Austin now loves its
bats. Thousands of tourists annually are drawn to
the downtown setting for a fascinating, close-up
glimpse of the world’s largest urban bat colony –
nearly one million bats.
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Video Project 2013
DVD $125
16 mins
JrH-A
Sea Otters were once abundant from Russia's
Kamchatka Peninsula all the way to Baja
California, Mexico. High demand for their fur
coats led to intense hunting that reduced their
numbers to near-extinction levels
The otter population is now coming back, thanks
to the Endangered Species Act and the Marine
Mammal Protection Act, which provided refuge
for the few remaining individual otters. But their
return brings the potential for drastic change
and conflict to the modern-day economics and
ecology of Southern California.
The film presents the history and conflict over
the otters, and illustrates the critical choice that
must be made: whether to continue to protect
some fisheries with a no otter zone, or allow
this historic predator to repopulate throughout
its natural range. The battle continues today in
court.
NEW!
Bat City USA
Video Project 2013
DVD $175
NEW!
No Otter Zone
NEW!
Return Flight: Restoring the Bald
Eagle to the Channel Islands
Video Project 2012
DVD $175
24 mins
JrH-A
For millennia, the bald eagle was an important
avian predator in the Channel Islands just off the
coast of Southern California. Then in the early
1960’s the bald eagles disappeared entirely due
to egg collecting, hunting, and extensive DDT
contamination.
In 1980 a young graduate student, Dave
Garcelon, decided to try and restore the bald
eagle to the Channel Islands, often called North
America’s Galapagos for their unique, diverse
species. Return Flight chronicles how Dave and
his dedicated team of biologists worked
tirelessly for decades to bring the bald eagle
back in the face of DDT contamination, leading
to some amazing results.
The film also provides some history on DDT, a
pesticide developed in WWII that was
extensively used by consumers and agriculture –
but not without serious consequences. Prior to
the 1972 Congressional DDT ban, there were
only 407 breeding pairs of bald eagles left in the
continental U.S. – and none in Southern
California.
Anthropology
A People Uncounted
Heart of Sky, Heart of Earth
Kinosmith 2011
SrH-A
Bullfrog 2011
DVD $325
99 mins
DVD $150
Filmed in 11 countries and featuring dozens of
Roma-including Holocaust survivors, historians,
activists and musicians - A People Uncounted
brings the Romani history to life through the
rich interplay of their poetry, music, and
compelling first-hand accounts.
As ethnic intolerance flares up across Europe,
A People Uncounted sheds light on this unique
culture while placing the Romani story within
the larger context of the world's legacy of
racism and genocide.
"As a call for remembrance, this is a powerful
document."
– Chris Knight – National Post – 3 Stars out of 4
www.apeopleuncounted.com/index.html
Gypsy Blood
BBC 2012
DVD $249
50 mins
SrH-A
An intense and beautifully shot documentary
exploring the legacy of violence handed down
through generations of gypsy fathers to their
sons, told through the poignant stories of two
Irish traveller and Romany gypsy families.
98 mins
SrH-A
Featured at every Central and South American
Human Rights film festival, HEART OF SKY,
HEART OF EARTH follows six young Maya in
Guatemala and Chiapas through their daily and
ceremonial life. They put forth a wholly
indigenous Mayan perspective in their own
words, without narration. Their cosmology, in
which all life is sacred and interconnected,
presents a deeply compelling alternative to the
prevailing worldview.
As giant corporations go to the ends of the
earth to extract all resources, these Maya reveal
their determination to resist the destruction of
their culture and environment. they believe they
are the guardians of the earth. Each of their
stories touches upon a facet of the current
global crisis.
NEW!
Discovering the
Obsidian Trail
DVD $195
27 mins
SrH-A
Obsidian is one of the sharpest substances to
man, and a game changer for early man.
This is the story of how a special type of the
volcanic glass on a remote volcano called Edziza,
in northwestern B.C., was fingerprinted with a
new device called XRF. And, just like an Interpol
forensic search, by comparing artifacts - inland
to Alberta and down the West Coast, the
obsidian trading trails were mapped.
Beautifully filmed, the intimate accounts of the
protagonists interweave with images associated
with the fragile beauty of nature and the
creation myth of the Popol Vuh. Ruins of a
former Mayan civilization stand in the background as harbingers of our own possible fate.
First Prize, Planet in Focus Environmental
Film Festival, Toronto
www.heart-of-sky.com
Award winning photographer Leo Maguire
spent three years gaining the trust of the
notoriously closed communities, immersing
himself in a world where male honour codes
remain deeply ingrained.
Fathers and sons, raised to prove themselves in
bare-knuckle fights, explain their lives in their
own words, with the brutal realities portrayed
through stunning footage and incredible still
photographs.
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Archaeology
NEW!
Did Cooking Make Us Human?
BBC 2010
DVD $249
50 mins
SrH-A
An unexpected theory is emerging that may
answer one of the great mysteries of our
evolution: what caused the change from ape to
man? Has our diet made us who we are?
The ability to cook is unique to humans –
something most of us take for granted. But now
some scientists believe that instead of cooking
being a mere by-product of evolved man, it
could have fundamentally shaped our physical
and mental abilities. In this programme, we
challenge our relationship with food, attempting
to unravel the paradox: do we cook because we
are human, or did cooking make us the humans
we are today?
We visit caves in South Africa where
archaeologists have made compelling discoveries
underpinning the importance of food in our
evolution. Early skeletons, tools and charred
bones have all begun to determine the timescale
when early man started to hunt – and even
tame fire.
We meet Professor Peter Ungar at the
University of Arkansas. He is studying how our
teeth and jaws have evolved over the last four
million years: from the large molars of vegetarian
australopithecus, to the sharp incisors used for
consuming raw meat of homo habbilis, to our
smaller jaws once we started to eat cooked
food.
NEW!
Fossil Wonderlands Nature's Hidden Treasures (3)
Archaeology – A Secret History (3)
BBC 2014 3x50 mins SrH-A
From the days of the Romans to the detailed
scientific archaeology of today, humans have
longed to make sense of buildings and objects
that time has left behind. But from the truth
about the bible, to the origins of civilization, and
the scientific assault on deeply held cultural
myths – striving to get to grips with the ancient
world has always caused trouble.
In this revelatory series Professor Richard
Fortey, Britain’s foremost chronicler of ancient
worlds, tells the extraordinary history of
palaeontology through three of the world’s
greatest fossil sites.
These fossil ‘time capsules’ contain entire
eco-systems of now-vanished worlds. Only a
handful of them exist in the world, but each one
of them has overturned generations of
paleontological thinking and reconfigured our
understanding of the past.
These ‘super-sites’ are uniquely special not just
because of the scale of the life preserved but
because each location reveals a history of
evolution of one type of creature and highlights
three key evolutionary moments: early life in the
seas, feathered dinosaurs and the rise of birds
and the birth of mammals.
Together they tell a story not just of the ancient
past, but how that past was discovered.
Episode #1 – Weird Wonders
Episode #2 – Feathered Dinosaurs
Episode #3 – The Mammal Hothouse
www.bbc.co.uk/nature/fossils
www.bbc.co.uk/nature/prehistoric
Elsewhere paleoanthropologist Peter Wheeler,
based in Liverpool, has mapped how our
digestive system shrunk due to the changes in
our diet. Most significantly, he believes that our
ancestors were able to use the energy saved
from eating cooked food to build a bigger brain.
DID YOU KNOW?
Cooked food is no more calorific than raw food,
but it takes fewer calories to process and digest,
thus freeing up calories for our brains.
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BBC 2013
3x50 mins SrH-A
In three films, packed with some of the great
figures of archaeology, and set against a background of tipping points in history, archaeologist
Richard Miles travels through the ages of the
Renaissance and Enlightenment, and into the
modern day, to discover how we have tried to
understand our ancient past over the last 2,000
years of hotly fought history, and tells the story
of how our fascination with the mysteries of our
ancient past has created a legacy of wonder,
discovery, and debate.
Ep #1 – In the Beginning
Ep #2 – The Search for Civilization
Ep #3 – The Power of the Past
Architecture and Design
Biophilic Design:
The Architecture of Life
Bullfrog 2011
DVD $275
62 mins
Designing Healthy Communities (4)
SrH-A
Biophilic Design is an innovative way of
designing the places where we live, work, and
learn. We need nature in a deep and
fundamental fashion, but we have often designed
our cities and suburbs in ways that both degrade
the environment and alienate us from nature.
The recent trend in green architecture has
decreased the environmental impact of the built
environment, but it has accomplished little in the
way of reconnecting us to the natural world, the
missing piece in the puzzle of sustainable
development.
Come on a journey from our evolutionary past
and the origins of architecture to the world's
most celebrated buildings in a search for the
architecture of life. Together, we will encounter
buildings that connect people and nature-hospitals where patients heal faster, schools
where children's test scores are higher, offices
where workers are more productive, and
communities where people know more of their
neighbors and families thrive.
Featured are communities and buildings from
Scandinavia, Germany, France and Britain to the
Canadian and American northwest, American
southwest, and New England. They include:
California Academy of Sciences, Doernbecher
Children's Hospital, Fallingwater, Viaduc des Arts,
Google/YouTube Headquarters, Sahlgrenska
Hospital (Psychiatric Department), High Point
(Seattle Housing Authority), Johnson Wax
Building, Sidwell Friends Middle School, Oxford
Museum of Natural History, Village Homes
(Davis, CA), and Kroon Hall (Yale School of
Forestry & Environmental Studies).
Amongst those interviewed are: Edward O.
Wilson, Bill McDonough, Judi Heerwagen, Jason
McLennan, Tim Beatley, Bill Browning, Bert
Gregory, Kent Bloomer, Claire Cooper Marcus,
Michael Taylor, David Orr, Gus Speth, and
Richard Louv.
Biophilic Design points the way toward creating
healthy and productive habitats for modern humans.
DVD Features:
Includes SDH captions and scene selection.
Also, in PDF format on DVD-ROM portion of the
disc, an educational viewing guide and locations
featured with live links to more information.
Video Project 2013
4x56 mins SrH-A
NEW!
Design is One:
Lella and Massimo Vignelli
Designing Healthy Communities is a 4 part
series and companion book that takes a
comprehensive look at the impact America’s
built environment has on public health, and at
the people and communities working to turn
things around through innovative solutions.
KINOSMITH 2013
DVD $150
Many of today’s major health problems –
obesity, diabetes, heart disease, asthma, cancer
and depression – can be traced directly to
nearly half-a-century of bad design decisions in
urban and suburban areas.
The work covers such a broad spectrum that
one could say the Vignellis are known by
everybody, even those who don't know their
names. From graphics to interiors to products
and corporate identities, the film brings us into
the work and everyday moments of the
Vignellis' world, capturing their intelligence and
creativity, as well as their humanity, warmth, and
humor.
In each episode, Dr. Jackson travels the country
to explore problems in a variety of communities,
and profile best practice models. As Dr. Jackson
illustrates, re-designing our built environment
can improve both physical and mental health.
79 mins
SrH-A
Italian-born Massimo and Lella Vignelli are
among the world's most influential designers.
Throughout their long career, their motto has
been, 'If you can't find it, design it.'
designisonefilm.com
Ep #1 – Retrofitting Suburbia
Ep #2 – Rebuilding Places of the Heart
Ep #3 – Social Policy in Concrete
Ep #4 – Searching for Shangri-La
NEW!
Designing Healthy Communities:
Supplemental Media Collection
Video Project 2013
DVD $325
5 hours
SrH-A
This 4-disc Supplemental Media Collection
explores issues in more depth that were raised
in Designing Healthy Communities, with 11
short films and a full two hour Town Hall
Meeting in New York City.
Disc 1: IMPROVING PUBLIC HEALTH
• Otana Fights for Clean Air
• Ports in a Storm
• Walkability With Expert Dan Burden
• A Public Health Perspective: Four Experts
Speak Out
Disc 2: FIGHTING OBESITY
• Obesity Now: How One Grandmother Copes
• Getting Our Children Off Their Couches
• End Food Deserts!
Disc 3: REVITALIZING COMMUNITIES
• Placemaking
• A Study in Infill
• Elgin’s Students Act in Time
• Pedal Power!
Disc 4: NEW YORK TOWN HALL
www.biophilicdesign.net/
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Art and Artists
Spring and Arnaud
Site Media 2013
SrH-A
67 mins
DVD $250
Spring & Arnaud is a breathtakingly tender and
intelligent love story about acclaimed Canadian
artists Spring Hurlbut and Arnaud Maggs. Both
have internationally respected careers. Spring
who recently turned 60 is focused on a series
of mysterious photographs made with human
remains, Arnaud, at 86, is methodically putting
his life's work in order. Together and alone each
grapples with the contradictory nature of an
artist's creativity where the restless drive for
invention and discovery are at odds with the
finite reality of life.
“ …an elegiacally inflected love story between
equals ...... Affectionate and respectful, it’s also
gorgeous to look at.”
- James Adams – The Globe and Mail –
3.5 Stars out of 4
Official Selection Hot Docs 2013
Sex and Sensibility The Allure of Art Nouveau (3)
BBC 2012
3x50 mins
SrH-A
Site the series $399, $149 per episode
Art Nouveau was an explosion of new ways of
depicting the world that swept rapidly from
country to country, influencing every branch of
the arts, including architecture and design. It
emerged from the social changes brought by
industrialised cities, drawing on this urban psyche
and combining it with influences from nature
and sexuality, with artists such as Beardsley,
Horta, Guimard and Lalique using their work to
challenge and change life’s big themes.
The series documents a hugely influential
movement that rose rapidly to prominence,
then by 1914 was gone, ultimately killed off by
the First World War.
www.scva.ac.uk/exhibitions/current/index.php
exhibitions.europeana.eu/exhibits/show/artnouveau-en/art-nouveau-themes
#1 – Paris
#2 – British Cities
#3 – Vienna
NEW!
Apples, Pears and Paint: How to
Make a Still Life Drawing
BBC 2014
DVD $249
50 mins
SrH-A
This richly detailed film journeys through the
epic history of still life painting, featuring a range
of delights from the earliest existing mural
paintings discovered at Pompeii to the cubist
masterpieces of Picasso.
Awash with rich imagery of fruit and flowers as
well as humble domestic objects, this lively take
on the story of still life encompasses the work
of some of the genre’s greatest artists, from
Caravaggio to Cezanne.
Still Life is also brought up to date by
contemporary artists. Israeli born Ori Gersht’s
super slow motion films presents the medium in
a way it has never been seen before.
With contributions from historians and art
experts, this colourful program opens up the
huge social histories that lie behind the paintings
and the fascinating lives of the people who
made them.
NEW!
Xu Bing: Phoenix
Magic Lantern Films 2013
DVD $195
18 mins Coll-A
With unprecedented personal access, Xu Bing:
Phoenix takes viewers behind the scenes of the
creation and installation of “Phoenix,” the
breath-taking and symbolic sculpture by Chinese
artist Xu Bing.
“Drawing inspiration from the contemporary
realities of his fast-changing country, Chinese
artist Xu Bing spent two years creating his
newest work, ‘Phoenix.’ The installation features two monumental birds fabricated entirely
from materials harvested from construction sites
in urban China, including demolition debris,
steel beams, tools, and remnants of the daily
lives of migrant laborers. At once fierce and
strangely beautiful, the mythic Phoenixes bear
witness to the complex interconnection between
labor, history, commercial development, and the
rapid accumulation of wealth in today’s China.”
- Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art
(MASS MoCA)
In English and Chinese with English sub-titles.
NEW!
Lost Heroes
Lost Heroes Inc. 2014
DVD $250
Canada Jack, Northstar, Alpha Flight, Nelvana
and Captain Canuck – the most famous superheroes people have never heard of. Why?
Because, they're Canadian.
With a proud history that stretches back to the
early forties and off and on since then, Canada’s
comic book superheroes and their creators have
largely been forgotten today. Eclipsed by their
better-known, better-funded and bettermarketed American cousins, they deserve better
than their obscure origins and fate would
suggest.
Written and drawn by Canadians for Canadians,
these comic book heroes are an exciting but
forgotten slice of Canada’s pop culture. They’ve
successfully fought Nazis, defended Earth from
evil mutants, protected its citizens from
nefarious inter-dimensional aliens, battled
archenemies, and even other superheroes gone
bad. Over the years, they've saved Canada and
the world from certain doom countless times,
except no one knows who they are. They’re
male and female, English and French-Canadian,
Inuit and one of them (Northstar) was even the
first openly gay superhero, but they’ve been lost
and forgotten over the years. But now, they’re
ready to return to the spotlight…
lostheroesmovie.com/
NEW!
Land of the Chartreuse
Moose - The Life and
Legacy of Ted Harrison
DVD $250
52 mins
JrH-A
Land of the Chartreuse Moose is the love story
of a man - Ted Harrison - and a land so alluing
that he, like Gauguin in Tahiti, would spend the
rest of his life painting her beauty and altering
forever the way Canadians and the world view
the far north. Ted Harrison is himself a Harrison
canvas - vibrant, colourful and most of all - fun.
To capture these qualities, director Monty
Bassett and editor Taylor Fox translated the
artist's unique style of art into sight, sound and
motion - Harrison through a Harrison lens. The
result is a captiviating film that capsulates the
man and his message of joy.
tedharrison.com/
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107 mins SrH-A
Asian Studies
Tokyo Waka
Bullfrog 2012
DVD $325
63 mins
JrH-A
Tokyo is a digital metropolis and wellspring of
spectacular pop culture, its commercial crossroads carpeted with people day and night.
Above them, watching from perches on
buildings and power lines, are more than 20,000
crows. As their numbers soared in recent years,
Tokyo fought back: trapping them, destroying
nests, and securing trash. The crows adapted;
they are among the smartest of animals. The 13
million people of Tokyo now live alongside them
in a stalemate.
TOKYO WAKA tells this story, and a larger one
as well. A Buddhist priest comments on garbage
as the remnants of desire; a gardener considers
the relentless persistence of nature amidst urban
grit; a homeless woman talks about forging
community in her tent village deep in the corner
of a city park. TOKYO WAKA gives these smart,
opportunistic crows their due, but the film is
ultimately an episodic and discursive poem
about the life and culture of Tokyo, one of the
great cities of the world.
Astronomy
NEW!
The Secret Life of the Sun
BBC 2013
DVD $249
50 mins
SrH-A
The Sun. 1.3 million miles wide, weighing
330,000 times more than Earth, containing over
99% of all the mass in the Solar System and so
big that it distorts time itself. This programme
explores the life and work of our nearest star,
from the creation of sunlight to the solar
seasons.
There has never been a better moment to
explore the Sun. 2013 is the year in which an 11
year cycle of solar activity reaches its dramatic
peak. Launched in 2010, NASA’s satellite orbiting
the Sun – the Solar Dynamics Observatory
(SDO) – is relaying extraordinary images in
more detail than ever before.
Using the latest space images and spectacular
CGI, this programme peels open the Sun layer
by layer, revealing the working parts that make
up our star. The programme reveals what lies at
the Sun’s core, how its inner zones generate the
most powerful magnetic field in the Solar
System, and how its surface releases energy as
light to power-up life on Earth. The programme
explains how what happens within this vast ball
of burning gas is experienced by us as colour,
warmth and some of the most beautiful and
celebrated natural spectacles such as total
eclipses and the aurora borealis.
NEW!
Seven Ages of Starlight (2)
BBC 2012
2x45 mins JrH-A
Each star has its own story to tell, from huge red
giants to brilliant supernovae, mysterious black
holes to our own sun – a star in the prime of its
life. Seven Ages of Starlight reveals the dramas
of the night sky.
The pin pricks of light that make the night sky
glitter may look remote but this film reveals how
intimately connected we are to them, and how
their lives make ours possible. We are literally
stardust, animated and brought to life by the
energy from our nearest star, the sun.
This film tells the epic tale of the stars in seven
chapters, using innovative imagery, cutting edge
graphics and some of the world’s leading
astronomers. Each chapter deals with a different
stage in a star’s life – from birth in vast clouds of
interstellar gas to fiery and spectacular deaths.
In unravelling this tale the film reveals that the
story of the largest single objects in the universe
– the stars – is also the story of the smallest:
atoms. Stars are alchemists, in the course of their
lives transforming hydrogen into the heavy
elements that make up the world around us.
Interwoven with this grand narrative are
intimate insights into the generations of
scientists who uncovered it – in the process
transforming our understanding of the universe
and our own place within it.
NEW!
Swallowed by a Black Hole
BBC 2013
DVD $249
50 mins
SrH-A
A cloud of gas three times the size of our planet
is to undergo a spectacular destruction. It has
strayed within the gravitational reach of the
most destructive object in the cosmos; the
super-massive black hole at the centre of the
Milky Way.
For cosmic detectives across the Earth, the
demise of G2 offers a uniquely precious
opportunity. For the first time in the history of
science, they will be able to observe the
immense destructive power of a super-massive
black hole. Scientists also believe that rather
than being simple destroyers, black holes are
essential to the ecology of space, regulating the
size of a galaxy and playing a major part in their
formation.
As telescopes around the world are pointed
towards this dark spot at the centre of the Milky
Way, Horizon meets key scientists studying the
event that they hope will answer some of the
most compelling questions ever imagined.
Will the destruction of G2 help us understand
the formation of the Milky Way galaxy? Will it
help explain why our tiny corner of the universe
was just the right spot to create the solar
system and, ultimately, us?
How Big is the Universe?
BBC 2012
DVD $249
50 mins
SrH-A
Astronomers and particle physicists have found
new ways to probe the cosmos and are creating
detailed maps that stretch almost all the way to
the birth of time – 13.6 billion years ago. The
observable universe stands revealed as never
before, in exquisite plots of size, shape,
temperature and composition – a universe full
of surprises.
In this film we meets the key scientists who are
drawing this new map of the universe. Using an
innovative graphic that reveals the scale and
wonder of the universe, we travel from east to
west, in to the setting sun and the wheeling
cosmos, and all the way to the edge of
existence, unlocking some surprising stories.
Are there parallel universes beyond our own?
Does our universe have an edge? There is
evidence to suggest that the universe next door
is already knocking…
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Business and Marketing
Shift Change:
Putting Democracy to Work
NEW!
Secrets of Branding (8)
Bullfrog 2012
DVD $325
BBC 2014
8x50 mins JrH-A
69 mins
SrH-A
SHIFT CHANGE: PUTTING DEMOCRACY
TO WORK tells the little known stories of
employee-owned businesses that compete
successfully in today's economy while providing
secure, dignified jobs in democratic workplaces.
With the long decline in US manufacturing and
today's economic crisis, millions have been
thrown out of work, and many are losing their
homes. The usual economic solutions are not
working, so some citizens and public officials are
ready to think outside of the box, to reinvent
our failing economy in order to restore long
term community stability and a more egalitarian
way of life.
There is growing interest in firms that are
owned and managed by their workers. Such
firms tend to be more profitable and innovative,
and more committed to the communities where
they are based. Yet the public has little
knowledge of their success, and the promise
they offer for a better life.
What's behind the label?
Discover the secrets behind the brands
recognized the world over, as this insightful
series looks at how brands are created and
explores why some succeed where others fail.
Episode #1 – Power of Brands
Episode #2 – Persistence
Episode #3 – Innovation
Episode #4 – Marketing
Episode #5 – Going Global
Episode #6 – Expansion
Episode #7 – Crisis
Episode #8 – Fostering Brands
Looking at the latest techniques and marketing
strategies in Europe and America – including the
use of social media and augmented reality –
Secrets of Branding shows how luxury brands
are often ‘refreshed’ to attract new generations
of customers across the globe.
It reveals the secret marketing tactics of some of
the world’s most successful brands, while leading
business entrepreneurs, advertising and
marketing gurus share insights into the do's and
don’ts of brand development.
shiftchange.org/
Canadian Authors
Northwords
FilmCAN 2012
JrH-A
50 mins
DVD $250
Northwords is a cross-platform documentary
project that tells the story of a literary
expedition above the tree line led by awardwinning journalist and activist Shelagh Rogers.
Through interviews, emotional moments,
gripping action on the land, amazing wildlife
encounters and insightful conversations between
the authors and Rogers, Northwords explores
the idea of north and shows what happens
when the country’s best writers tackle one of its
most overwhelmingly beautiful places.
In the summer of 2011, Rogers handpicked five
of Canada's leading writers to accompany her
to a remote corner of northern Labrador to
explore and seek inspiration, and to instigate
new stories and conversation about the north.
The film tracks the group as they navigate the
harsh and stunning terrain of Torngat Mountains
National Park - the country's newest national
park, and a place steeped in geological and
human history. Along the way, they learn about
issues facing the north today, and confront some
of the dark moments in its recent past.
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FEATURING:
Joseph Boyden, Alissa York, Noah Richler, Sarah
Leavitt, and Rabindranath Maharaj.
Winner, Best Documentary - Banff World
Media International Pilot Competition
www.northwords.ca
Study Guide.
Canadian History
From C to C:
Chinese Canadian
Stories of Migration
Creative Services, SFU 2011 46 mins SrH-A
DVD $250
Filmed on location in BC and throughout
China's Guangdong province, "From C to C:
Chinese Canadian Stories of Migration" is a
moving and a cinematic tapestry of stories of
migration. These stories outline the injustices
faced by Chinese migrants to Canada during the
last century and the little known effects of
migration on the families and communities of
migrants.
The film contrasts these histories with the views
and experiences of contemporary Chinese
Canadian youth leading us to reflect on the
meaning of legislative exclusion for those who
experienced it as well as for those who did not.
By calling attention to the diverse and
transnational nature of contemporary Chinese
Canadian identities, the film promotes an
inclusive vision of Canada that values members
of all communities as global - rather than solely
national - citizens.
The film revisits the histories of the "Chinese
Head Tax" and the "Chinese Exclusion Act"
through the imperative of social justice
education and asks us how we can prevent
exclusions from happening again.
2011 Columbus International Film and Video
Festival – Honorable mention
www.sfu.ca/fromctoc/ - Film's website full of additional resources
Canadian Inventions
Canadian Made (42)
Primitive Entertainment 2011
42x7 mins
JrH-A
5 Year Streaming Rights $1995
Did you know that the Wonderbra is a
Canadian invention? How about the gas mask?
Standard time? The instant replay? Computer
animation? How about electronic music? Or that
famous “American” Superman? Well, you will
now!
CANADIAN MADE is all about Canada’s
tradition of invention, innovation and discovery –
astonishing in its range and genius, yet
unheralded at home and abroad.
Created by filmmaker Kevin McMahon and
produced by the multi-award winning team at
Primitive Entertainment CANADIAN MADE is
narrated by voice chameleon Rick Miller, scored
by the ever-inventive Kurt Swinghammer and
directed by some of Canada’s finest young
directors.
Ep #1 – The Lumberjack Shirt
Ep #2 – The Wonder Bra
Ep #3 – The Gas Mask
Ep #4 – Snowshoes
Ep #5 – Snow Mobiles
Ep #6 – Snow Ploughs
Ep #7 – Sir Sandford Fleming & Stand. Time
Ep #8 – The Instant Replay
Ep #9 – The Animated Universe
Ep #10 – The Canadarm
Ep #11 – The Dextre Robot
Ep #12 – LIDAR
Ep #13 – Superhero
Ep #14 – Trivial Pursuit
Ep #15 – Electronic Music
Ep #16 – Maple Syrup
Ep #17 – Ginger Ale
Ep #18 – Ganong
Ep #19 – Lacrosse
Ep #20 – Hockey Sticks
Ep #21 – Hockey Facemasks
Ep #22 – JetLev
Ep #23 – Ultralight Helicopter
Ep #24 – Uno Motorcycle
Ep #25 – The Pace Maker
Ep #26 – Bliss Symbolics
Ep #27 – Stem Cell Research
Ep # 28 – The Quinzee
Ep #29 – Canada Goose
Ep #30 – Exo Suit
Ep #31 – The Kayak
Ep #32 – Underwater Logging
Ep #33 – The Hibernia
Ep #34 – The Robertson Screwdriver
Ep #35 – The Plastic Garbage Bag
Ep #36 – Bear Proof Garbage Cans
Ep #37 – Totem Poles
Ep #38 – Newsprint
Ep #39 – The Water Bomber
Ep #40 – The Electron Microscope
Ep #41 – Neptune Ocean Observatory
Ep #42 – Robot Aided Healthcare
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Canadian Studies
Sanctuary: Stories of
Religious Asylum in
Canada
JLP Productions 2010
DVD $250
46 mins
NEW!
A Sorry State
SrH-A
Sanctuary is a one-hour documentary that
profiles four religious sanctuary providers in
Canada and the people they help at different
stages of their sanctuary experience.
The film interweaves the experiences of these
deeply committed individuals in order to better
understand the nature of sanctuary in Canada,
the diversity of Muslim, Sikh and Christian
religious perspectives, and the various challenges
they face in their quest to help restore dignity to
the lives of people trapped by bureaucracy.
Looking at sanctuary through their eyes, the film
conveys the meaning of the relationships behind
cases of sanctuary, and restores some humanity
to stories of people treated as stereotypes in
the popular media. The film serves as an
important document of the beginnings of an
unprecedented Canadian sanctuary movement
that is confronting what many call a failing
refugee determination system.
Panacea Ent. / Up & Away Prod. 2012
47 mins
JrH-A
DVD $250
Is saying "sorry" enough? Can a word fix past
atrocities and heal victim’s pain, or is talk cheap?
In 1988, Mitch Miyagawa’s Japanese-Canadian
family received an apology from Prime Minister
Brian Mulroney for the internment of Japanese
Canadians during WWII.
Mitch’s stepmother Etheline was a young victim
of residential schools for Aboriginal children. His
stepfather, Harvey, is the son of Chinese
immigrants who were burdened with a racist
head tax. Both also received official apologies
from the Canadian government.
Mitch has the most apologized-to family in the
country— maybe the world. But what do these
apologies mean, to his parents, his young
children and to his country?
Motivated by a desire to pass down the family
story to his young children, Mitch travels across
Canada and revisits those painful pasts—from
old residential schools to the fields of southern
Child Development
NEW!
The Secret Life of Babies
BBC 2014
DVD $249
50 mins
SrH-A
Using the latest specialist filming techniques this
program reveals the ‘natural history’ of a baby
starting with newborns and moving through
their growth and development as they become
toddlers.
What can a baby see and hear? How does a
baby explore the world? Why can they swim
underwater? How do they communicate? And
why do toddlers have temper tantrums? The
first three years are the most important of a
human’s entire life – it’s when we learn to walk,
talk and socialize. But as an adult, baby behaviour
is both mystifying and fascinating.
New filming techniques offer a fresh perspective
on baby development. Specialist cameras
recreate how a newborn baby sees the world
and stunning time lapse footage shows how a
baby’s body completely transforms itself, while
super-slow motion footage reveals the surprising
intricacies of a toddler’s cry.
As it follows baby development, the film
uncovers the amazing facts you never knew like
the heart of a newborn baby beats twice as fast
as an adult; pound for pound, a toddler is
stronger than an ox; and most babies learn to
say ‘dada’ before they can say ‘mama’.
Featuring babies of all shapes and sizes, Secret
Life of Babies discovers how a baby’s rapidly
changing body affects its behaviour and also
meets the miracle babies who have survived
against all the odds.
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Alberta. He sees how his parents, stepparents
and others have each chosen different paths: to
ignore, to forgive, or to remain bitter.
Along the way, he discovers a worldwide wave
of official government apologies, and delves into
Canada’s latest attempts at reconciliation for
other past wrongs.
A wry, honest and emotionally powerful A Sorry
State investigates how we deal with past
government-perpetrated trauma, explores our
sense of nationhood and identity and witnesses
the different ways we pass this dark legacy down
to future generations.
Child Development
NEW!
Teenage
KINOSMITH 2013
DVD $150
NEW!
Zero Ten Twenty
78 mins
SrH-A
Before the "Teenager" was invented, there was
no second stage of life. You were either a child
or you went to work as an adult. At the turn of
the century, child labor was ending, ‘adolescence'
was emerging, and a struggle erupted between
adults and youth. Would the young be
controlled and regimented, or could they be
free?
Inspired by punk author Jon Savage's book,
Teenage gives voice to young people from the
first half of the 20th century in America, England,
and Germany-from party-crazed Flappers and
hip Swing Kids to zealous Nazi Youth and
frenzied Sub-Debs. By the end of World War II,
they were all ‘Teenagers': a new idea of youth.
and Warren Wall, a black Boy Scout. This living
collage is punctuated by a contemporary score
by Bradford Cox (Deerhunter, Atlas Sound).
Teenage is a story that ends with a beginning: a
prelude to today's youth culture. In each
generation, adults often mistake youthful unrest
for an emotional right of passage. But history
proves that rebelling teenagers aren't just
claiming their independence, they're shaping the
future.
Bullfrog 2012
3x50 mins JrH-A
For twenty years, the producers of LIFE followed
the lives of 11 children born in different
countries around the world in 1992 - the year
of the first Rio Earth Summit, where world
leaders signed up to a blueprint for a greener,
fairer world.
In this series LIFE catches up with the children now on the threshold of adulthood - in Brazil,
China, India, Kenya, Latvia, Norway, Papua New
Guinea, South Africa, England and the US.
Their stories constitute a unique diary of what
it's been like to grow up in a fast-changing, 21st
century world, and how globalization and the
Earth Summit have impacted their lives.
Episode #1 - Hayley, Rosamaria, Angela and
Martens
Episode #2 - Panjy, Amelia, Justin and
Vusumzi
Episode #3 - Stephanie, Erdo and Kay-Kay
Four young voices (Jena Malone, Ben Whishaw,
Julia Hummer, Jessie Usher) bring to life rare
archival material and filmed portraits of
emblematic teenagers from history-Brenda
Dean Paul, a self-destructive Bright Young Thing;
Melita Maschmann, an idealistic Hitler Youth;
Tommie Scheel, a rebellious German Swing Kid;
Children’s Films - Canadian Studies
Cross Country
Fun Hunt (13)
Apartment 11 Productions 2012
13x24 mins
Gr 4-6
Jordan Francis is the host of the series Cross
Country Fun Hunt. Jordan and the Fun Hunt
crew wanted Canadian kids to showcase what
is fun and unique about their towns or
neighbourhoods in a real-life journey celebrating
the youth, culture and geography of this country.
Jordan hit the road for the ultimate crossCanada road trip – stopping to visit several of
the destinations kids suggested! Jordan’s crossCanada adventures have culminated in this
series.
What’s more, one of the chosen destinations
was selected for the finale episode, which
included an awesome concert in that town!
YOUTH MEDIA ALLIANCE AWARDS OF
EXCELLENCE - 2013
Winner - Best Television Program,
All Genres, Ages 9-12
Winner - Best Convergent Website
Ep #1 – British Columbia
Ep #2 – Through the Mountains
Ep #3 – Alberta and the North
Ep #4 – Saskatchewan
Ep #5 – Manitoba
Ep #6 – On to Ontario
Ep #7 – Toronto and Beyond
Ep #8 – To Montreal and Beyond
Ep #9 – Quebec to New Brunswick
Ep #10 – Nova Scotia to P.E.I.
Ep #11 – Newfoundland
Ep #12 – Cross Country Highlights
Ep #13 – Fun Hunt Concert Finale Special
This project is important to us because it allows
for kids to share what they think is fun and
unique about their community with other kids
all across the country!
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Children’s Films - Connecting with Our World
NEW!
This is Scarlett
and Isaiah (13)
marblemedia/Sinking Ship 2013
12x24 mins
PreK-Gr3
DVD $1500 the series, $150 per episode
This is Scarlett and Isaiah is the third in the
series of Sinking Ship’s popular live-action
preschool television series, which follows its
young hosts as they discover the world from
their perspective. The goal behind the series is
to explore new situations with the adventurous
viewpoint of 6 year olds, resulting in content
that is both entertaining and educational.
The series began in 2004 with “This is Daniel
Cook,” following six-year old Daniel as he
explored, learned and created with everyone
from chocolatiers and musicians to firefighters
and dog trainers. The show became very
popular, and won many accolades including
three Alliance for Children and Television
Awards, multiple Gemini Awards nominations
and the prestigious Prix Jeunesse International
Web Prize in 2006.
Multi-award winning “This is Emily Yeung”
followed in 2006, bringing a fresh female
perspective to the series as she explored,
learned and created in her own fearless way.
“This is Scarlett and Isaiah” continues the legacy
set forth by the first two incarnations, whereby
primary grade kids see in Scarlett and Isaiah a
friend who shares their interests, language and
curiosity.
In this original, spontaneous and on-location
show, our hosts explore, learn and create with
guests including Olympic gold medalists,
veterinarians, celebrity chefs, and award-winning
artists. Adorable, inquisitive and intelligent, “This
is Scarlett and Isaiah” is an adventurous look into
the bubbly world of 6 year olds.
Ep 03 - Movin' and Groovin' - Pt 2
This is Isaiah climbing
This is Isaiah jumping on a trampoline
This is Isaiah roller skating
This is Scarlett polka dancing
Ep 04 - Applause Please!
This is Isaiah doing magic
This is Isaiah making shadow puppets
This is Scarlett making a sock puppet
This is Scarlett ringing bells
Ep 05 - Multicultural Fun
This is Isaiah making a piñata
This is Scarlett playing around the world
This is Scarlett sewing a quilt
This is Scarlett trying on shoes
Ep 06 - Kitchen Kapers - Pt 1
This is Isaiah making sausages
This is Isaiah making wontons
This is Scarlett making pizza
This is Scarlett making spaghetti and meatballs
Ep 07 - Kitchen Kapers - Pt 2
This is Isaiah making chocolate bars
This is Isaiah playing with his food
This is Scarlett making fortune cookies
This is Scarlett making potato chips
Ep 08 - Awesome Animals
This is Isaiah learning about reptiles
This is Isaiah milking a cow
This is Scarlett riding ponies
This is Scarlett training a puppy
Ep 09 - Scintillating Science
This is Isaiah doing science experiments
This is Isaiah launching a water rocket
This is Isaiah making a smoothie
This is Scarlett feeding butterflies
Ep 01 - It's All About Family
Ep 10 - What Do You Do at Work?
This is Isaiah helping with the first day at school
This is Isaiah making a birthday card
This is Scarlett making a birthday cake
This is Scarlett taking care of her little brother
This is Isaiah learning to be a mechanic
This is Scarlett grooming pets
This is Scarlett making a tiara
This is Scarlett playing with hair
Ep 02 - Movin' and Groovin' - Pt 1
Ep 11 - Ideas + Imagination = Inspiration!
This is Isaiah going swimming
This is Isaiah hip hop dancing
This is Scarlett learning jiu jitsu
This is Scarlett playing dodge ball
This is Scarlett making clay animals
This is Isaiah making T-shirts
This is Scarlett making masks
This is Isaiah playing with balloons
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Ep 12 - New People, New Places So Much Fun! - Pt 1
This is Isaiah dog sledding
This is Isaiah picking pumpkins
This is Scarlett building a snow sculpture
This is Scarlett making a hula hoop
Ep 13 - New People, New Places So Much Fun! - Pt 2
This is Isaiah blowing bubbles
This is Isaiah drawing with chalk
This is Scarlett learning about the circus
This is Scarlett visiting the museum
Children’s Films - Kindergarten Readiness
NEW!
Hi Opie
marblemedia 2014 39x7 mins PreK-Gr1
DVD the series $1200,
$500 for any 13 episodes
Hi Opie! is a fun-filled introduction to the joys,
fears, challenges and triumphs of kindergarten.
Hi Opie! is a live-action JK-Gr1 series that
follows the social, emotional and intellectual
escapades of 5 year old Opie, a new kid in
kindergarten and your new puppet friend. Opie
and his real kid classmates are in their first year
of all-day kindergarten – uncertain just what to
expect. With each new day, Opie learns more
about himself, his friends and his two teachers.
Each story marks a new chapter in Opie’s
personal growth as he participates in, struggles
with and inevitably succeeds in kindergarten
activities. With a clear and attainable goal, it is
the process of learning through play – having
fun, asking questions, experimenting with the
consequences of one’s actions, persevering
through adversity, imagining, and, of course,
continuing to be curious – that leads to Opie’s
personal growth.
Guiding and facilitating Opie and his classmates
in their first year of kindergarten is their teacher
Ms. Doney and Early Childhood Educator
Jonathan. The pair implements a play-based
learning philosophy allowing the children to
make their own discoveries and mistakes in
order to help build their confidence.
Opie’s classmates all come from different backgrounds and each have their own unique stories
to tell. This group of smart, fun-loving and caring
kids join Opie on what is also their first foray
into kindergarten. Together they explore their
new environment and share their experiences
with one another while forming fast friendships.
Educational Objectives:
• Kindergarten readiness.
• Helping children prepare and appreciate the
cultural diversity of a classroom.
• Personal and social development.
• Confidence-building.
• Support of a typical kindergarten curriculum
including: the arts, science and technology, math
and language.
The Series’ Educational Advisor:
Dr. Heather Knoepfli – PhD, Early Childhood
Educator at Ryerson University, a Member of
the College of Early Childhood Educators and
Director of Brant’s Children Centre in
Burlington, Ontario.
Dr. Knoepfli was consulted about every aspect of
the show from topics to scripts and
everything in between.
Interesting facts about the series:
• Opie was designed and custom built by the
experts at Jim Henson’s Creature Shop.
• Opie’s friends are not professional actors, but
are real kids, playing themselves, aged 4 to 6
years old.
• Even though each episode is scripted, the kids
are encouraged to improvise parts of their
scene with language and phrases they may use
in their everyday life, making it more natural.
hiopie.com/
Episode 1 – Opie The Special
Episode 2 – Opie Tidies Up
Episode 3 – Opie Can’t Decide
Episode 4 – A Special Show and Tell
Episode 5 – Opie Makes Music
Episode 6 – Opie’s Monster Day
Episode 7 – Better Than A Bandage
Episode 8 – All By Myself
Episode 9 – Opie’s Rocket Fuel
Episode 10 – Eco-Hero
Episode 11 – Opie Knows It All
Episode 12 – Opie’s Backwards Day
Episode 13 – Opie’s Other Half
Episode 14 – Opie’s Trading Day
Episode 15 – Opie’s Big Performance
Episode 16 – Opie’s Gotta Go
Episode 17 – Stop Means Stop
Episode 18 – Anything I Can Do
Episode 19 – Opie Sorts It Out
Episode 20 – Not Ms. Doney
Episode 21 – Double Duty
Episode 22 – Opie Makes a Match
Episode 23 – The World’s First Friendship Hat
Episode 24 – Opie’s Hiccup Dance
Episode 25 – Opie Tries Something New
Episode 26 – Opie’s Friend Benjamin
Episode 27 – The Case of the Sparkle Monster
Episode 28 – Leaves Count!
Episode 29 – Corinne’s Mom
Episode 30 – Opie Rocks
Episode 31 – Indoor Recess
Episode 32 – Opie’s Restaurant
Episode 33 – Next Store Neighbours
Episode 34 – Opie’s Pirate Treasure
Episode 35 – Dinosaurs For All
Episode 36 – Opie’s Dilemma
Episode 37 – A Promise is a Promise
Episode 38 – Opie Makes Mistakes
Episode 39 – Happily Ever After
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Children’s Films - Earth Science
Fierce Earth (10)
BBC 2013
10x30 mins Gr 4-6
volcanoes, car hurtling tornadoes and giant
tsunami waves.
A fascinating, visually stunning science series
showing children the true power of the planet
from the safety of their sofas.
Experiments and demonstrations show the
impact of Mother Nature at her most furious.
Examples include the presenters experiencing
hurricane force winds in a specially designed
wind tunnel.
Hurricanes, earthquakes, tsunamis, lightening
strikes - Fierce Earth shows what it would be
like to experience some of nature’s most
destructive forces. Each episode explores the
anatomy of one incredible natural phenomenon.
Compelling personal stories, told by children
who have experienced extreme events, reveal
the fear, excitement and the tragedy of natural
disasters.
Featuring incredible footage from the BBC and
other natural history archives, the series
showcases the stunning power of nature’s fury
with jaw dropping footage such as exploding
Ep #1 – Hurricane
Ep #2 – Wildfires
Ep #3 – World’s Hottest Places
Ep #4 – Tsunami
Ep #5 – Earthquakes
Ep #6 – Thunderstorms
Ep #7 – Volcanoes
Ep #8 – Tornadoes
Ep #9 – World’s Coldest Places
Ep #10 – Flooding
Fierce Earth is a visually stunning series, filmed in
a range of locations, revealing the true power of
the planet in an accessible and entertaining way.
Children’s Films - Science
NEW!
Finding Stuff Out - S3
Apartment 11 Prod. 2013
13x24 mins K-Gr3
www.findingstuffout.com/zine/
Why don't humans have scales? How do flowers
poop? Is a Ferrari faster than a cheetah? What
clues do detectives need to figure out a crime?
FINDING STUFF OUT returns for third season
to answer these and lots of other cool questions
with the inquisitive Harrison Houde! Part
detective, part mad scientist, Harrison recruits
fellow kids to help him in every investigation as
in-studio assistants and field reporters.
Nothing is too difficult – or too wacky – for
Harrison and company to tackle.
Seaon 2 - (13)
Season 1 - (16)
13x24 K-Gr3
16x24 mins K-Gr3
Ep #1 – Structures
Ep #2 – Food and Nutrition
Ep #3 – Sun
Ep #4 – Growth
Ep #5 – Solids, Liquids and Gases
Ep #6 – Babies and Families
Ep #7 – Plants
Ep #8 – Habitat
Ep #9 – Garbage and Recycling
Ep #10 – Senses: Sight
Ep #11 – Teeth
Ep #12 – Sports
Ep #13 – Best of Finding Stuff Out- S2
Ep #1 – Colour
Ep #2 – Insects
Ep #3 – The Moon
Ep #4 – Language
Ep #5 – Sleep
Ep #6 – Volcanoes and Earthquakes
Ep #7 – Flight
Ep #8 – Weather
Ep #9 – Sickness
Ep #10 – Animals Big and Small
Ep #11 – Electricity
Ep #12 – Tools
Ep #13 – Sound
Ep #14 – Oceans
Ep #15 – Hair
Ep #16 – Best of Finding Stuff Out
Ep #1 – Skin
Ep #2 – How Things Break
Ep #3 – Poop
Ep #4 – Cars
Ep #5 – Pets
Ep #6 – Investigations
Ep #7 – Rocks
Ep #8 – Tails
Ep #9 – Robots
Ep #10 – Water
Ep #11 – Reptiles
Ep #12 – Astronauts
Ep #13 – Best of Finding Stuff Out- S3
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Children’s Films - Language Arts - Weston Woods - New Releases
NEW!
Weston Woods 2014
DVD $95 each
This is Not My Hat – 5 mins
Someday – 10 mins
All DVDs features read-along, closed-caption
sub-titles or no text at all.
Based on the book by Jon Klassen (Candlewick)
based on the book by Alison McGhee,
illustrated by Peter H. Reynolds (Atheneum)
Duckling Gets a
Cookie – 7 mins
When a tiny fish shoots into view wearing a
round blue topper (which happens to fit him
perfectly), trouble could be following close
behind!
A mother’s love leads to a mother’s dream every mother’s dream - for her child to live life
to its fullest.
Based on the book by
Mo Willems (Hyperion)
Animated.
Animated.
The latest picture book in the New York Times
best-selling Pigeon series by Mo Willems,
Duckling asks for a cookie--- and gets one!
Eric Carle Picture Writer: The Art
of the Picture Book – 30 mins
This is the Rope – 7 mins
Animated.
Each Kindness – 8 mins
Based on the book by Jacqueline Woodson,
illustrated by E.B. Lewis (Penguin Putnam)
Chloe and her friends shun the new girl, Maya,
who eventually stops coming to school. When
Chloe's teacher gives a lesson about how even
small acts of kindness can change the world,
Chloe realizes how much better it could have
been if she'd shown a little kindness toward
Maya.
Listen and watch as Eric Carle creates pictures,
remembers his childhood, reflects on the
creative life he has led for decades as the
creator of more than 70 books for children.
Live Action.
Extra Yarn – 7 mins
This is the story of how a young girl and her
box of magical yarn transform a community.
With spare, gently humorous illustrations this
modern fairy tale has the feel of a new classic.
based on the book by Julie Andrews
& Emma Walton Hamilton,
illustrated by Christine Davenier (Little, Brown)
Exclamation Mark – 6 mins
Me … Jane – 8 mins
based on the book by Patrick McDonnell
(Little, Brown)
In his characteristic heartwarming style, Patrick
McDonnell tells the story of the young Jane
Goodall and her special childhood toy
chimpanzee named Jubilee.
Animated.
Animated.
Lucky Ducklings – 9 mins
Based on the book by Eva Moore,
illustrated by Nancy Carpenter (Orchard)
A true story about a mama duck and her five
ducklings that had to be rescued from the town
storm drain during an early morning walk. How
three firemen and a pickup truck rush to their
rescue makes for a vivid and exciting drama that
children will return to over and over again.
Iconographic.
Iconographic.
The Very Fairy Princess – 8 mins
Animated.
An exciting tale of self-discovery, this is the story
about an exclamation mark. It’s about fitting in
and standing out, and with the help of others,
finding your way.
The story of one family’s journey north during
the Great Migration starts with a little girl in
South Carolina who finds a rope under a tree
one summer. She has no idea the rope will
become part of her family’s history.
based on the book by Mac Barnett,
illustrated by Jon Klassen (Balzer + Bray)
Iconographic.
Based on the book by Amy Krouse Rosenthal,
illustrated by Tom Lichtenheld (Scholastic)
based on the book by Jacqueline Woodson,
illustrated by James Ransome (Penguin)
One Cool Friend – 12 mins
While her friends and family may not believe in
fairies, Geraldine knows, deep down, that she is a
VERY fairy princess.
Animated.
Who Says Women Can't be Doctors?
– 9 mins
based on the book by Tanya Lee Stone,
illustrated by Marjorie Priceman (Henry Holt)
This inspiring story of the first female doctor in
America shows how one strong-willed woman
opened the doors for all the female doctors to
come.
Iconographic.
based on the book by Toni Buzzeo,
illustrated by David Small (Dial)
When well-mannered Elliot reluctantly visits the
aquarium with his distractible father, he politely
asks whether he can have a penguin - then
removes one from the penguin pool into his
backpack.
Animated.
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Climate Change
NEW!
Easy Like Water
Video Project 2013
DVD $275
56 mins
SrH-A
Easy Like Water profiles one man's resourceful
quest to fight the effects of climate change in the
developing world through the power of “design
for good” – a growing global movement to
encourage design-driven social change as a
community-based response to the challenges
brought on by the new climate reality.
In Bangladesh, a country with 160 million people
in an area the size of Iowa, water poses a
relentless and growing threat to millions of
people. Low-lying areas are flooded every year
during the brutal monsoon season, upending
entire villages and destroying hundreds of
schools, preventing thousands of children from
attending classes.
In response, visionary architect Mohammed
Rezwan is turning the front line of climate
change into a community of learning by building
floating schools from surplus boats. Outfitted
with solar-powered Internet access, the boat
schools are bringing education to young people,
including girls who previously never had the opportunity because of cultural or religious norms.
Winner, CINE Golden Eagle
Winner, Hilton LighStay Sustainabiltiy Award,
Sundance Institute
NEW!
The Wisdom to Survive
Bullfrog 2014
DVD $285
56 mins
SrH-A
THE WISDOM TO SURVIVE accepts the
consensus of scientists that climate change has
already arrived, and asks, what is keeping us from
action? The film explores how unlimited growth
and greed are destroying the life support system
of the planet, the social fabric of the society, and
the lives of billions of people.
Will we have the wisdom to survive? The film
features thought leaders and activists in the
realms of science, economics and spirituality
discussing how we can evolve and take action in
the face of climate disruption. They urge us to
open ourselves to the beauty that surrounds us
and get to work on ensuring it thrives.
Disabilities
Team Bones
Na Ho Prod. 2013
SrH-A
57 mins
DVD $250
TEAM BONES is a downstream look at the
nature of trauma, disability and competition.
Amputee, orthopedic surgeon and solo kayaker
Michael competes in the world's longest paddle
race: the Yukon River Quest: 740 km.,
Whitehorse to Dawson City.
All paddlers race a mighty river; still mostly
wilderness. It is June; and sunlight never leaves
the sky above fast cold water. Everyone has their
own race to run; testing the limits of endurance
and will-power.
The theme is trauma, recovery and adaptation.
TEAM BONES affirms light at the end of the
tunnel; and maybe an adventure or two ahead.
NEW!
Living with Autism
BBC 2014
DVD $249
50 mins
NEW!
When I Walk
SrH-A
In this highly personal and emotional film,
psychology professor Uta Frith reveals how
people with autism see the world in strikingly
different ways and how they are unlocking the
secrets of our own minds.
A person with autism tends to have difficulty in
communicating and interacting with others. They
may have narrow interests and tend to repeat
actions over and over again. They can also
remarkable gifts – including mathematical
abilities, and the ability to spot complex patterns.
Psychologist Prof Uta Frith has devoted 50 years
to studying autism. In this film, she introduces the
remarkable characters who have revolutionized
our understanding of the human brain.
She looks back over her career to identify the
key patients and experiments that offered a vital
window into the condition. She also meets with
other colleagues and psychologists studying the
condition to find out how we define and
diagnose autism, what being on the autistic
spectrum means and what this reveals about
our own minds.
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INDIECAN Ent. Inc. 2013 125 mins SrH-A
DVD $295
Alice Cook & Jason DaSilva getting married.
From WHEN I WALK, a Long Shot Factory Release 2013
In 2006, 25-year-old Jason DaSilva was on
vacation at the beach with family when,
suddenly, he fell down. He couldn’t get back up.
His legs had stopped working; his disease could
no longer be ignored.
Just a few months earlier doctors had told him
that he had multiple sclerosis, which could lead
to loss of vision and muscle control, as well as a
myriad of other complications. Jason tried
exercise to help cope, but the problem only
worsened.
After his dispiriting fall on the beach, he turned
to his Mom, who reminded him that, despite his
disease, he was still a fortunate kid who had the
opportunity to pursue the things he loved most:
art and filmmaking. Jason picked up the camera,
turned it on his declining body, and set out on a
worldwide journey in search of healing, selfdiscovery, and love.
Disaster Preparedness
Could We Survive a Mega Tsunami?
BBC 2013
DVD $299
90 mins
SrH-A
In the West we think of devastating tsunamis as
events that happen elsewhere in the world –
across the far seas and in news bulletins on our
televisions, affecting nations vulnerable to the
Earth’s seismic instability.
What would happen across the world if a
tsunami was triggered by a major landslide in the
Atlantic Ocean? Where would it hit, and would
we survive? How would we cope in the
aftermath?
Could We Survive a Mega-Tsunami reveals that
in the Atlantic there is in fact a ‘Big One’ waiting
to happen. Creatively weaving compelling
scientific fact with realistic dramatization,
supported by real and specially shot ‘user
generated footage’ some of which is enhanced
by CGI, this program brings the reality of an
unparalleled Atlantic tsunami to life in an
authentic way.
Related Title:
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Dramas to Promote Disussion and Further Study
NEW!
Hit ‘n Strum
On Snow Prod. 2012 90 mins
DVD $250
Blackbird
SrH-A
Worlds collide when Stephanie takes a wrong
turn and runs down Mike, a scruffy homeless
street busker in Vancouver's gritty Downtown
Eastside. As Mike gets to his feet, Stephanie
panics and peels away, leaving the scene and
her conscience behind her.
The next day while walking to work she is
shocked to see Mike playing guitar and busking
in front of her office building. Stephanie soon
realizes that Mike has been playing there everyday, and she has never once taken the time to
look down and notice him.
For the first time ever she is forced to stop and
listen, and in his music she makes a beautiful
discovery a discovery and a friendship that will
forever change both of their lives.
A71 Entertainment Inc. 2012
106 mins
JrH-A
DVD $295
BLACKBIRD is a feature film about a troubled
teen, Sean Randall, who is falsely accused of
planning a Columbine shooting scenario.
It all begins when an unlikely bond forms
between Sean (Connor Jessup) and a preppy
teenage girl named Deanna Roy (Alexia Fast).
Deanna’s boyfriend is deeply threatened by Sean
and Deanna’s friendship, resulting in a violent
confrontation. Seeking to protect himself, Sean
issues a death threat online, and is swiftly
arrested.
When the police raid Sean’s home, they find
rifles, shotguns, knives and ammunition – all
property of Sean’s father Ricky (Michael Buie),
an avid hunter. They also find a supposed “
revenge plan” targeting over twenty people who
have tormented Sean.
The authorities and the media proclaim another
Columbine situation has been narrowly averted,
and soon Sean faces a terrifying imprisonment in
a youth detention facility. Sean’s only hope is to
overcome his dark image, and prove his
innocence to Deanna and to his community.
BLACKBIRD is a film that explores the power,
and the danger, of social media and cyberbullying, while showing that the worst prisons
are often the ones we create for ourselves.
Graphic scenes and some language.
Cannes Ecrans Junior 2013 - Grand Prize
Sonoma International Film Festiva 2013 –
Best World Feature
Seattle Int’l Film Festival 2013 - Special
Jury Prize - Best Futurewave Feature
TIFF 2012 - Best Canadian First Feature
Vancouver International Film Festival 2012 Best Canadian Film
blackbirdthefilm.com/
NEW!
Porfirio
Magic Lantern Films 2011 101 mins Coll-A
DVD $295
Paralyzed from the waist down by a stray police
bullet, the title character in Alejandro Landes’s
award-winning film spends his days selling
minutes on his cell phone, flirting with his
comely neighbor—and secretly plotting his
revenge.
Landes worked on the film for five years, creating a tale that joins the most intimate details of
Porfirio’s day-to-day life with an astonishing
recreation of his attempt to hijack an airplane.
“In this collaborative merger of documentary
fact and the filmmaker’s imagination, Mr. Aldana
embraces the fantastic drama of his own life.” Steve Dollar, The Wall Street Journal
In Spanish with English sub-titles.
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Earth Science
Rise of the Continents (4)
BBC 2013
4x50 mins JrH-A
Across the Earth there are traces of a
mysterious land unlike anything seen today –
a supercontinent that split apart to create our
world. This is the story of how life, land and time
came together to create the extraordinary
diversity of the seven continents.
250 million years ago, the Earth looked like
something from another solar system. The
continents we know today were concentrated
into a single giant landmass – Pangaea –
surrounded by Panthalassa – an immense ocean.
But about 200 million years ago, this
supercontinent started to break apart: new
ocean basins were forming, mountains rocketed
skywards and over millions of years, seven new
landmasses were created from the remnants of
the old, each one unique – our continents.
Today, each continent has its own distinctive
character, rich with its own resources – and
teeming with diverse life forms. But just how did
fossilized whales appear in the Sahara desert,
what role did the breakup of the supercontinent
play in the evolution of the dinosaurs? Piecing
together clues from across the globe and using
cutting edge CGI,
Rise of the Continents puts the giant jigsaw
puzzle of Pangaea back together; uncovering the
turbulent story of each continent and revealing
why each one is so unique.
NEW!
Fracking - The New Energy Rush
NEW!
How to Build a Planet (2)
BBC 2013
DVD $249
BBC 2013
DVD $249
50 mins
SrH-A
Geologist Iain Stewart investigates a new and
controversial energy rush for the natural gas
found deep underground.
The United States has just become a whole lot
richer. What’s brought about this new found
wealth is access to a new source of energy.
This new supply has slashed the price of
electricity; kick started a renaissance in
manufacturing and driven down carbon
emissions. The source of this energy is shale gas
and the method for its extraction, hydraulic
fracturing – also known as fracking.
By 2035 it also promises to deliver a energy
independence. And what’s more, it is virtually
without limit making the global energy crisis a
thing of the past. Is fracking the answer to the
energy crisis? Or could it be a disaster for the
environment and the world?
2x50 mins SrH-A
Constructing the cosmos...
It's the ultimate engineering project – but just
how do you build a planet, a solar system and a
galaxy from scratch, and what happens if you get
any part of it wrong? This exciting series draws
on specially filmed interviews with the world's
top scientists and engineers and, starting with
the raw materials of gas, dust, ice and metal, uses
stunning interactive CGI to show step by step
how a world is put together.
A cosmic construction foreman supervises each
stage in the building of the earth, the solar system and the galaxy, but like any construction
project there will be mistakes – a moon in the
wrong place or a little too much iron in the mix.
Even minor slip-ups will have surprising consequences...out of these mistakes will come real insights into what makes our planet and our solar
system exactly right for us.
In this film, geologist Professor Iain Stewart goes
in search of the truth about fracking. He travels
to the United States to find to find out what it
is, why it is a potential game changer and what
we can learn from the US experience.
NEW!
Edziza: The Making
of a Mountain
He meets some of the people who have
become rich from fracking as well as the
communities worried about the risks.
Mount Edziza in northwestern Canada is a
complex of volcanoes that has erupted under
glaciers, causing a union of incompatible parents
(ice and fire). Edziza: Evolution of a Mountain
illustrates - through CGI - how the earth builds
a mountain and how volcanoes develop within
mountains.
Ep #1 – Africa
Ep #2 – Australia
Ep #3 – The Americas
Ep #4 – Eurasia
DVD $195
34 mins JrH-A
The evolution of Edziza changed the course of
early man and incubated some of the earth’s
most primitive life forms from devastation. The
film tells the amazing story of what scientists
discovered from this union.
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en Français
L'Aventure des premiers hommes (5)
Planète sous influence - Terre (5)
BBC 2009
5x50 min SrH-A
BBC 2010 5x50 min JrH-A
D'où viennent les hommes? Découvrez ses
origines en suivant le périple de l’Homo sapiens
lorsqu’il quitta l’Afrique pour remplir sa mission,
soit peupler la Terre. Découvrez aussi quels
changements l’Homo sapiens subit au cours de
cette aventure.
La somptueuse série en cinq épisodes Planète
sous influence, de la BBC, révèle pour la
première fois à la télévision comment la
géologie, la géographie et le climat ont eu
depuis la nuit des temps une puissante influence
sur l’humanité. Jusqu’à maintenant,
l’interprétation de notre histoire s’est
concentrée essentiellement sur les facteurs
humains. Planète sous influence balaie les idées
reçues sur nos nations et nos cultures pour
offrir une nouvelle perspective sur l’homme
d’aujourd’hui.
Ép #1 – L’Afrique
Ép #2 – L’Australie
Ép #3 – L’Asie
Ép #4 – L’Europe
Ép #5 – Les Amériques
Également en anglais - Human Journey
La machine terrestre (2)
BBC 2011
2x50 min SrH-A
La Terre est une merveille d'ingénierie, une
machine complexe. Cette série documentaire
en deux épisodes explique comment elle
fonctionne. Elle s'attarde, plus précisément, au
sol et aux océans.
Ép #1 – Le soi
Ép #2 – Océans
Également disponible en Anglais:
Earth Machine.
De l'or bleu à l'or noir
White Gold Productions 2011
57 min
JrH-A
DVD $250
David Lavallée, réalisateur et guide pédestre, a
marché pendant trois ans dans l'Ouest canadien
afin de découvrir pourquoi le paysage a tant
changé. Des Rocheuses aux champs de pétrole,
il a constaté que l'exploitation des sables
bitumineux de l'Alberta compromet la salubrité
des réserves d'eau. Le documentaire jette aussi
un regard inquiet sur les coûts
environnementaux cachés associés à cette
industrie. Enfin, des citoyens témoignent leur
opposition à cette exploitation pétrolière.
Également en anglais – White Water, Black Gold
Ép #1 – La Terre
Ép #2 – L’eau
Ép #3 – Le vent
Ép #4 – Le feu
Ép #5 – L’homme
Terres de glace - fragile banquise
BBC 2011
DVD $249
50 min
JrH-A
En Arctique et en Antarctique, il se penche sur
l'état des glaces et des quelques espèces qui y
vivent. Entouré de scientifiques, il analyse les
comportements de la faune locale et en
particulier des ours polaires, des phoques et des
morses. Il découvre que certaines espèces
changent leurs habitudes à cause de la fonte des
glaces. .
Également en anglais –
Frozen Planet – On Thin Ice
En charge de 7 milliards
d'humains - Terre
Également en anglais How the Earth Changed History.
Terres de glace (6)
BBC 2011 6x50 min JrH-A
Du grand show dans le grand froid. Avec ses
quatre ans de tournage, son budget de 16
millions de livres et ses caméras capables de
résister à – 40 °C, Terres de glace tient de la
superproduction polaire. Un blockbuster sur la
banquise, où les stars sont des orques et des
manchots Adélie, et où les pôles magnétisent
avec leurs décors immaculés.
Ép #1 – Aux bouts du monde
Ép #2 – Le réveil du printemps
Ép #3 – Le répit de l’été
Ép #4 – La saison des ours
Ép #5 – Survivre à l’hiver
Ép #6 – Les pôles, ultimes frontiers
Également en anglais – Frozen Planet.
Au coeur du corps humain (4)
BBC 2011 4x50 mins JrH-A
Dans cette série documentaire de la BBC, on
propose un voyage dans la complexité de la vie
humaine, de la conception à la mort, avec des
images spectaculaires qui donnent un accès inédit à un univers fascinant.
Ép #1 – La genèse
Ép #2 – Survivre
Ép #3 – Un cerveau en croissance
Ép #4 – Affronter le danger
Tiroir A Films Prod. 2011
60 min
SrH-A
DVD $250
Ce film brise un tabou de 40 ans en mettant à
jour des faits qui silencieusement remplissent
nos inquiétudes environnementales,
humanitaires, et crises sociales. L’explosion
démographique Il est temps de parler de cette
situation parce la population mondiale atteint
maintenant 7 milliards d’humains.
Surpopulation est le commencement d’un
symptôme et d’un plus grand problème un
« système dominant » lequel dans l’histoire de
l’humanité a glorifié la domination de l’homme
sur la nature, les enfants et les femmes. Pour
briser cet engrenage, le film démontre que nous
devons changer nos esprits de conquérants et
apprendre.
Ce film ne se concentre pas sur la
consommation et la disparition de notre présent
monde économique, mais démontre d’une
éloquente façon, comment donner du pouvoir
aux femmes dans le monde entier ce qui aidera
a résoudre les problèmes environnementaux,
sociaux et les crises humanitaires qui figent la
croissance démographique.
En charge de 7 milliards est un effort courageux
pour nous éveiller et nous montrer que cette
crise suffoque la terre et les individus. Anglais,
sous-titré en Français.
Également en anglais –
Mother – Caring for 7 Billion
Également en anglais – Inside the Human Body
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L'adolimentation
La ruée vers le carbone
Monde Moderne Ltd. 2012 52
min JrH-A
DVD $250
Site $95
Kinosmith 2012
SrH-A
DVD $150
Manger est un besoin vital, mais aussi un acte
social et identitaire: « Dis-moi ce que tu manges
et je te dirai qui tu es ». Face à l'injection
graduelle, mais constante d'une alimentation
industrielle, dite moderne, que deviennent les
modè les traditionnels? Quelles sont les
incidences de cette culture globalisante et
uniformisante sur les populations et
particulièrement sur les enfants? « Les enfants et
la guerre des goûts » nous emmène dans cinq
pays, aux cultures diverses, pour observer cinq
enfants et cinq familles confrontés à ces
problématiques. Nous verrons également
comment un marketing agressif et séducteur
rend le libre arbitre de plus en plus difficile. Et
nous irons à la rencontre de ceux et celles qui
se vivent comme des résistants face à un
système qui a peut-être fini par échapper à son
créateur.
Des centaines de barrages hydroélectriques au
Panama, des incinérateurs de déchets en Inde,
du biogaz extrait de la palme africaine au
Honduras, des forêts d’eucalyptus réservées à la
production du charbon au Brésil.
52 min
Qu’ont en commun tous ses projets ? Ils
reçoivent tous des crédits de carbone pour
compenser la pollution générée ailleurs. Mais
quels sont les effets concrets de ces projets de
compensation? Contribuent-ils vraiment à
réduire les émissions ? Et qu’en est-il des
communautés où ses projets sont implantés ?
LA RUÉE VERS LE CARBONE nous emmène
autour du monde rencontrer les gens qui
subissent les effets pernicieux de ces projets.
Ce sont les voix qui sont étouffées dans la
cacophonie entourant l’émergence de la
lucrative industrie du carbone, le nouvel
« or vert ».
Également en anglais – The Carbon Rush
Family Studies
Protecting our Children (3)
BBC 2012
3x60 mins SrH-A
Follows a child protection team over the course
of a year to see frontline work first-hand and
explore how the crises of the last decade have
had an impact on their ability to safeguard
children. Filmed in Bristol in the UK.
Ep #1 – Damned if They Do,
Damned if They Don’t
Ep #2 – Expecting Trouble
Ep #3 – I Want My Baby Back
NEW!
Thursday Till Sunday
DVD $295
It all begins one ordinary Thursday: Lucía, age 10,
and Manuel, age 7, take a road trip with their
parents to northern Chile.
Yet unbeknownst to the children, their parents,
Ana and Fernando, have decided to end their
marriage.
The desolation of the passing landscape and
their close quarters in the car heighten their
longing–the children for the beach; Fernando for
land his father has left him; and Ana for a place
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where things are happy again.
Thursday Till Sunday reflects each of their
perspectives on this last family trip; by Sunday,
it will all be over.
“…It is a film of little gestures and brief looks,
caught almost as if by chance by Barbara
Alvarez’s perspicacious camera, and it’s the
accumulation of small incidents that give
Thursday its power. [In] Sotomayor’s talented
hands, childhood is captured in all its conflicting
moods, with an uneven combination of
impatience, excitement, insecurity, freedom and
dependence.”
- Jay Weissberg, Variety
Official Selection, Vancouver Int’l Film Festival
NEW!
The Black Fatherhood Project
Video Project 2013 74 mins SrH-A
DVD $225
In The Black Fatherhood Project, filmmaker
Jordan Thierry leads viewers through an honest
and essential exploration of fatherhood in Black
America, providing historical context and
conversation for an issue at the core of the
Black experience today.
Nationwide, 67 percent of Black children live in
single-parent families, predominantly with their
mother, a ratio that has tripled since the 1960’s.
In the first half of the film, Thierry begins by
telling his own family story, then with the help of
historians and others, traces the roots of the
fatherless Black home, revealing a history much
more complex and profound than is commonly
known. The film digs deep to explore how Black
families functioned in Africa before slavery, and
how slavery, racism, and other recent challenges
such as mass incarceration affect Black
fatherhood. It looks beyond major historical
events and discusses their psychological impacts,
and calls into question traditional family roles
and cultural adaptation.
In the second half of the film, Thierry puts that
history into contemporary perspective in a
candid dialogue among a diverse group of Black
fathers. These dads talk openly about their
experiences and the value systems they employ
to raise their own families. Their stories serve as
positive role models for inspiring other dads to
help break the cycle of fatherless families.
Thierry closes the film by sharing insights and
solutions to ensure the power of a father’s love
is not lost on America’s Black children.
Healthcare
The Waiting Room
Bullfrog 2012
DVD $325
82 mins
Nurses - If Florence
Could See Us Now
SrH-A
A day in the life of a public hospital's ER waiting
room captures what it means for millions of
Americans to live without health insurance.
The Waiting Room is a character-driven
documentary film that uses extraordinary access
to go behind the doors of an American public
hospital struggling to care for a community of
largely uninsured patients. The film - using a
blend of cinema verité and characters' voiceover
- offers a raw, intimate, and even uplifting look at
how patients, staff and caregivers each cope
with disease, bureaucracy and hard choices.
dysfunction. It is a film about one hospital, its
multifaceted community, and how our common
vulnerability to illness binds us together as
humans.
"An engrossing documentary...A cautionary
tale about the risk of allowing profit to take
precedence over human suffering."
- Bruce DeMara, Toronto Star
Best Documentary, San Francisco
Film Critics Circle
www.whatruwaitingfor.com/film/
The Waiting Room lays bare the struggle and
determination of both a community and an
institution coping with limited resources and no
road map for navigating a health care landscape
marked by historic economic and political
Video Project 2013
DVD $325
92 mins SrH-A
Nurses play a critical role in our health care
system and have touched the lives of just about
everyone, sometimes in the most intimate,
difficult or joyful moments of the human
experience. But most of us know little about
what nurses do, or the realities of nursing.
Nurses - If Florence Could See Us Now offers
a unique look into the complex and challenging
world of being a nurse, exploring the many
different roles that nurses play and their areas of
practice, from the bedside to the board room,
and the many ways that nurses impact the lives
of others.
The film would be useful in a wide range of
health care, medical, nursing, career
development, psychology and sociology classes.
Health Issues
NEW!
The Trouble with Bread
Bullfrog 2013
DVD $225
27 mins JrH-A
A gluten intolerant filmmaker's quest for the
perfect loaf leads to unexpected discoveries
about modern bread.
Michael Pollan (author of "Cooked: A Natural
History of Transformation") told the filmmaker,
Maggie Beidelman, that her gluten intolerance
could all be in her head. She half agreed with
him, because the number of Americans buying
into the $10.5 billion "gluten-free" industry is disturbing. There is so much more to learn about
wheat - and how it has changed in just the last
couple of generations - before we completely
sign it off.
"An engaging film that provides a good
introduction to the complex issue of gluten
sensitivity and an excellent example of how the
industrialization of food can create new
problems for human health and nutrition."
- Dr. Ellen Mallory, Assistant Professor of
Sustainable Agriculture, University of Maine,
Co-Director of the Local Bread Wheat Project
Study Guide.
CINE Golden Eagle
www.thetroublewithbread.com/
NEW!
Ebola - The Search for a Cure
BBC 2014
DVD $249
50 mins
SrH-A
The Ebola virus. No-one knows exactly where it
comes from but one thing is certain - it's one of
the most virulent infections known to science.
In this program we meet the scientists and
doctors from all around the world looking for
the cure and hear first-hand accounts of what
it's actually like to catch - and survive - this
terrible disease.
In this film, Ms Beidelman journeys from farm to
mill to table on a quest for answers about gluten
intolerance and a hunt for the perfect loaf, one
she can eat without getting sick. Along the way,
she makes some unexpected discoveries about
crucial changes to the wheat itself and how it is
processed and fermented. Let's just say that
bread as you know it, is not what you think.
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Health Issues
Eat, Fast and Live Longer
BBC 2012
DVD $249
50 mins
The Men Who Made Us Fat
SrH-A
In this programme, Michael Mosley discovers the
powerful new science behind the old idea of
fasting. And he thinks he’s found a way of doing
it that still allows him to enjoy his food.
It sounds too good to be true. So Michael
decides to take a road trip across the US to
investigate how a little hunger can make you
younger – and of course, to try out some of this
new science for himself.
The mixture of feast and famine has powerful
results on the body, rolling back the decades. It
packs all the anti-ageing clout of daily calorie
restriction but still allows you a taste of the
good life. And it’s not just good for the body,
it’s also great for the brain.
Back on his home turf, Michael decides to spend
six weeks trying this diet, mixing up two fast
days and five feed days each week. But will it
work? Has he managed to fast his way to a
longer, healthier and younger self? The results
are genuinely life changing.
The Truth About Taste
BBC 2013
DVD $249
50 mins
SrH-A
What if you could get that chocolate cake kick
from eating a plate of beans? This film sets out
to uncover what the newly emerging science of
taste could do for us.
Taste is one of our most primal senses,
intimately linked to pleasure and enjoyment, yet
it is also one of the least understood. In this
programme, we get to grips with taste, finds out
what makes food taste good, and discovers how
we can manipulate our food to trick ourselves
into favouring healthy options over sweet, fatty
foods.
There are five flavours that we can detect soon
after birth – sweet, salty, bitter, sour and umami
(savoury). But the first and most important taste
we are hard wired to like is sweet because it
signals the calories babies need to stay alive.
And the choices we will make later in life are
formed at this astonishingly early age.
BBC 2012
3x60 min JrH-A
Jacques Peretti investigates how the concept of
'supersizing' changed our eating habits forever.
How did we - once a nation of moderate eaters
- start to want more? Around the world, obesity
levels are rising. More people are now overweight than undernourished. Jacques Peretti
traces those responsible for revolutionizing our
eating habits.
NEW!
Fat vs Sugar
BBC 2014
DVD $249
50 mins
It is the hottest questions in nutrition. Which is
worse for us – fat or sugar? This program
investigates and the results are surprising and
unsettling…
Twin doctors Chris and Xand VanTulleken go on
a month-long diet. For four weeks, Xand only
eats foods with a high sugar content like breads,
pasta, rice, potatoes, sweets and fizzy drinks,
while Chris lives on high-fat foods, consuming as
much butter, cheese, meat, burgers, cream and
mayonnaise as he wants.
Over the course of their diet, they test how
their minds and bodies cope with just eating fat
or just sugar. From trading shares to a cycling
race, the results are surprising and fascinating. By
the end of the diet, both have lost weight, but
Chris has also increased his chances of
developing diabetes, while Xand has increased
his insulin production.
But they also discover that in the debate about
fat and sugar, the real enemy might have been
hiding in plain sight. A study with cheesecake
eating rats has revealed that the combination of
these two ingredients is so bad for our health.
And what’s worse, is it’s highly addictive.
We now know our enemy – it’s not fat and it’s
not sugar. It’s the deadly mixture of fat and sugar
combined.
The hunt is on for naturally sweet chemicals that
can replace refined sugar and yet still have the
same taste.
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NEW!
The Power of the Placebo
BBC 2014
DVD $249
50 mins
SrH-A
They may contain no active ingredient but
placebos seem to work. This program finds out
why and discovers how we could all benefit
from their hidden power.
Placebos are remarkable. They can come in all
shapes and sizes and they have been shown to
help treat pain, depression and even alleviate
some of the symptoms of Parkinson’s Disease.
But far from being a wonder drug, they contain
nothing at all.
In this film, we meet the scientists who are trying
to find out why. From the man who has
performed fake operations to alleviate back pain
to the scientist studying the effect of fake
oxygen on physical performance, placebos have
been shown to cause real and measurable
physiological changes.
So what is happening inside your body and your
brain when you experience a placebo effect? A
brain scan reveals that a placebo can encourage
our bodies to release the naturally occurring
pain killers in our brains.
Is it the expectation of a treatment that fools us
into thinking we are getting better? Thoughts
and expectations trigger chemical reactions that
change our bodies. Tests seem to show that the
shape, size and even the colour of a placebo can
all have an impact on its effectiveness.
So what happens if we know it’s a placebo?
Surprisingly, it still seems to work, but exactly
why remains a mystery. Perhaps our ability to
withstand pain and treat our own symptoms are
better than we ever realized.
History
Filthy Cities
History of the World (8)
BBC 2011
3x50 mins JrH-A
BBC 2012
8x50 mins JrH-A
Do you have to dodge the contents of bedpans
or step over rotting corpses on your way to
work? Well, you may have had to if you’d lived in
London, New York or Paris when they were
filthy cities…
Bringing 70,000 years of human history to life,
this awe inspiring series travels through time to
the big stories of history, populated with big
characters in the places where the big events
really happened. It is a human story of people,
their civilizations, cultures, successes and crashing
failures, a story that charts progress and
development and change through the centuries.
From the early settlers in Mesopotamia to the
wonders of Babylon and Egypt, and from the
French Revolution to the Industrial Revolution,
viewers are within history; shoulder to shoulder
with the people who have shaped the world as
we know it today.
Dan Snow’s series brings to life the murky
histories of these great cities, taking the
travelogue in a new direction as he excavates
their dirty pasts in gruesome detail during
defining periods in history. Using state-of-the-art
CGI, he goes back in time to medieval London,
revolutionary Paris and 19th-century New York.
What he reveals is that the story of our epic
battle against filth through the ages is also the
story of the birth of the modern metropolis.
Dan also meets experts, asking the questions
that never make it into the history books, and
puts the past to the test by mounting a series of
imaginative experiments and thought-provoking
stunts to demonstrate the key moments in the
fight against filth.
Marrying historical accounts with modern
science, and combining ambitious
reconstructions with CGI, this series builds a
deliciously dirty picture of the making of three
great capital cities during a pivotal period of the
past, and reveals the hidden history behind the
modern urban landscape.
Combining dramatic reconstruction with visually
stunning graphics recreating lost worlds, History
of the World reveals how military campaigns,
love stories, assassinations, medical breakthroughs and cataclysmic natural events have
had decisive and game-changing effects on the
world’s shared history.
Featuring magnificent international locations,
such as the Valley of the Kings, the Terracotta
Army, the Nazca lines in Peru and the Palace of
Knossos, viewers are there for the biggest
moments in human civilization – witnessing
Caesar dying alone on the Senate floor, sailing
with Christopher Columbus as he first sights
America, and amid the chaos as the first
economic bubble bursts.
Ep #1 – Survival
Ep #2 – Age of Empire
Ep #3 – The Word and the Sword
Ep #4 – Into the Light
Ep #5 – Age of Plunder
Ep #6 – Revolution
Ep #7 – Age of Industry
Ep #8 – Age of Extremes
In each revelatory film comes vivid accounts
of crucial moments in history, told on location
where these events took place and organized
around a dominant theme: Survival; Conquest;
Divinity; Communication; Trade; Industry; Ideas
and Globalization.
Ep #1 – Medieval London
Ep #2 – Revolutionary Paris
Ep #3 – Industrial New York
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History
MUSEUM SECRETS is an online interactive streaming
video resource focusing on world history.
Featuring objects, and the stories behind them, from famous museums
around the world. Canadian produced by Kensington Communications.
McNabb Connolly will stream the series in the form of 10 themed
PLAYLISTS of 10 segments each (each segment approx. 8 mins. in length).
Each segment will be linked to a multi layered and very comprehensive
companion website for further study and investigation.
TEST DRIVE Museum Secrets at:
http://www.mcnabbconnolly.ca/MS_TD
PLAYLIST #1 - Stories of Art and Artists
• Vatican Museums - Rome - Trojan Whistleblower
• Vatican Museums - Rome - Fig Leaf Campaign
• Vatican Museums - Rome - Sistine Chapel
(Michelangelo)
• Louvre - Paris - Napoleon’s Lies
(Jacques-Louis David)
• Louvre - Paris – Mona Lisa (Leonardo Da Vinci)
• Louvre - Paris - Raft of the Medusa
(Theodore Gericault)
• Metropolitan Museum - NY - Nude Diana
• State Hermitage - St. Petersb - Black Square Mystery
(Kazimir Malevich)
• Kunsthistorisches Museum - Vienna - Cellini Saliera
• Uffizi Gallery - Florence - Caravaggio's Grave
PLAYLIST #2 - Religious Studies / History
• Vatican Museums - Rome - Pagan Graveyard
• Vatican Museums - Rome - Pope's Parchment
• Vatican Museums - Rome - Blood and Graffiti
• Metropolitan Museum - NY - Book of
the Apocalypse
• Metropolitan Museum - NY - Antioch Chalice
• Metropolitan Museum - NY - Temple of Dendur
• Israel Museum - Jerusalem - Nail Through Bone
• Israel Museum - Jerusalem - Muslim Mary
• Topkapi Palace Museum - Istanbul - Istanbul Wall
• Israel Museum - Jerusalem - Amulet of Future Past
PLAYLIST #3 - Military History /
Weaponry - Pre 1900
• Royal Ontario Museum - Toronto Medieval Crossbow
• National Archaeological Museum - Athens Athens' Weapon
• National Archaeological Museum - Athens Linen Armour
• Museum Island - Berlin - Pergamon and Neues
Museums - Viking Sword
• State Historical Museum - Moscow Winged Hussars
• Palacio Real - Madrid - Leather Shield
• National Maritime Museum - London Nelson's Uniform
• Bardo Museum - Tunisia - Catapult Versus Carthage
• National Museum of Anthropology - Mexico City Gladiator Stone
• Kunsthistorisches Museum - Vienna Exploding Armour
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PLAYLIST #4 - Military History /
Weaponry - Post 1900
• Natural History Museum - London Secret Weapons
• Metropolitan Museum - NY - The Armory
• Imperial War Museum - London - The Cold Warrior
• Imperial War Museum - London - Flight into Danger
• Imperial War Museum - London - Holy Grail
of Camouflage
• Imperial War Museum - London - War Rooms
• Imperial War Museum - London The Housewife Spy
• Imperial War Museum - London Neutralizing Kaiser's Guns
• Smithsonian Institution - Washington DC Japanese Zero
• National Maritime Museum - London - Pirate Sword
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Each PLAYLIST - $750 - 5 years
PLAYLIST #7 - Anthropology / Archaeology
• American Museum of Natural History - NY Code of the Incas
• State Historical Museum - Moscow Children's Grave
• Royal Ontario Museum - Toronto - Mystery Vessels
• Royal Ontario Museum - Toronto - Lost Dinosaur
• American Museum of Natural History - NY Dinosaur Murder
• National Archaeological Museum - Athens Mask of Agamemnon
• Israel Museum - Jerusalem - Herod's Tomb
Museums - Gold Hat
• State Hermitage - St. Petersburg Tattooed Mummies
• Kunsthistorisches Museum – Vienna Violin of the Waltz
PLAYLIST #5 - Ancient Civilizations
• Vatican Museums - Rome - Mended Mummy
• Egyptian Museum - Cairo - Rameses' Coffin
• Egyptian Museum - Cairo - Animal Mummies
• Egyptian Museum - Cairo - Pyramid Power
• Egyptian Museum - Cairo - Khufu Enigma
• Egyptian Museum - Cairo - Pharaoh's Gold
• Egyptian Museum - Cairo - King Tut
• Bardo Museum - Tunisia - Real Gladiators
• Bardo Museum - Tunisia - Roman Baths
• Israel Museum - Jerusalem - Enigmatic Coin
PLAYLIST #6 - Society's Elite What Really Happened?
• Louvre - Paris - Royal Assassination
• Louvre - Paris - Royal Armor
• Metropolitan Museum - NY - Fat Henry's Armor
• State Hermitage - St. Petersb Catherine's Pleasure Palace
• State Hermitage - St. Petersb Peter the Great Enigma
• State Historical Museum - Moscow Ivan the Terrible
• Uffizi Gallery - Florence - The Pazzi Conspiracy
• Chateau of Versailles - Paris - Death of a Mistress
• Chateau of Versailles - Paris - Marie Antoinette
• Topkapi Palace Museum - Istanbul - The Harem Cage
PLAYLIST #8 - 20th Century History
• State Hermitage - St. Petersb - Rasputin's Murder
• State Hermitage - St. Petersb - Cats in Wartime
Museums - Degenerate Art
• State Historical Museum - Moscow Lenin's Rolls Royce
• Palacio Real - Madrid - Once and Future King
• Uffizi Gallery - Florence - Hitler's Favourite Bridge
• Smithsonian Institution - Washington DC Mystique of the Harley
Museums - Pergamon
Museums - Tel Halaf Statue
• American Museum of Natural History - NY Brightest Africa
History
MUSEUM SECRETS - continued . . .
PLAYLIST #9 - Life Sciences
PLAYLIST #10 - Science and Technology
• Royal Ontario Museum - Toronto Champion Bulldog
• Natural History Museum - London - Dodo Bird
• Natural History Museum - London - The Tank Room
• American Museum of Natural History - NY Horseshoe Crab
• Kunsthistorisches Museum - Vienna - Royal Portrait
• Smithsonian Institution - Washington DC Heroic Pigeon
• National Maritime Museum - London Captain Bligh's Ball
• American Museum of Natural History - NY 21st Century Ark
• National Maritime Museum - London Franklin Expedition Balloon
• Smithsonian Institution - Washington DC After Amputation
• Metropolitan Museum - NY - Science Lab
• American Museum of Natural History - NY Shooting Star
• National Archaeological Museum - Athens Strange Device
• Topkapi Palace Museum - Istanbul - Ingenious
Devices
• Palacio Real - Madrid - Spain's Glory
• Palacio Real - Madrid - Devil's Timepiece
• Smithsonian Institution - Washington DC Rocket to Mars
• National Maritime Museum - London Lightning Rod
• National Maritime Museum - London - Naval Mine
• Chateau of Versailles - Paris - Prismatic Chandeliers
A Film Unfinished
NEW!
The Ottomans:
Europe’s Muslim Emperors
NEW!
RFK in the Land of Apartheid:
A Ripple of Hope
BBC 2013
3x50 mins JrH-A
Video Project
DVD $295
This fascinating series, presented by Rageh
Omaar, recounts the epic story of one of the
largest and most influential empires in world history from its origins in the thirteenth century
through to its bloody final throes on the battlefields of WWI – and looks also at how, with the
Empire collapsed, the European colonial powers
carved up its former lands in ways that haunt us
still.
Featuring never before seen archival footage,
and interviews in South Africa and the United
States, filmmakers Larry Shore and Tami Gold
tell the little-known story of Senator Robert
Kennedy’s influential June 1966 visit to South
Africa during the worst years of Apartheid. The
film is a unique portrait of Senator Kennedy in
action at an important moment in American and
South African history. The filmmakers explore
the visit through the sights and sounds of
present day South Africa.
KINOSMITH 2010
DVD $150
91 mins
SrH-A
At the end of WWII, 60 minutes of raw film,
having sat undisturbed in an East German
archive, was discovered. Shot by the Nazis in
Warsaw in May 1942, and labelled simply
“Ghetto” this footage quickly became a resource
for historians seeking an authentic record of the
Warsaw Ghetto.
However, the later discovery of a long-missing
reel complicated earlier readings of the footage.
A Film Unfinished presents the raw footage in its
entirety, carefully noting fictionalized sequences
(including a staged dinner party) falsely showing
“the good life” enjoyed by Jewish urbanites, and
probes deep into the making of a now-infamous
Nazi propaganda film.
A Film Unfinished is a film of enormous import,
documenting some of the worst horrors of our
time and exposing the efforts of its perpetrators
to propel their agenda and cast it in a favourite
light.
WARNING: Nudity and disturbing scenes.
Winner - Best International Feature 2010 HotDocs
Winner World Cinema Documentary
Editing Award - 2010 Sundance Film Festival
www.afilmunfinished.com
STUDY GUIDE
Episode #1
The unlikely roots of the Ottomans are revealed
by Rageh Omaar. From nomadic horsemen, in a
rural backwater of modern day Turkey, they became rulers of a vast empire spanning three
continents.
Episode #2
Rageh Omaar explores the huge contrasts in
the times of two very different Ottoman sultans.
Episode #3
56 mins SrH-A
Robert Kennedy’s visit gave opponents of
Apartheid -- both black and white -- hope and
courage to challenge the Apartheid system at a
time when they felt isolated and few in the
outside world knew what was happening in
South Africa. His visit also highlighted the
parallels in the fight against racism in South
Africa and in the United States, where Martin
Luther King Jr., had linked the struggle for Civil
Rights with the fight against Apartheid.
Rageh discovers how this great empire was
finally destroyed, why its achievements were
largely lost in the trauma of its final years, and
how the fall out from its collapse created
tensions that still resonate across Europe and
the Middle East today.
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Human Body
Me, My Sex and I
BBC 2010
DVD $249
Memory
50 mins
SrH-A
This compelling documentary unlocks the
stories of people born ‘intersex’ – neither
entirely male nor female – and asks whether
our traditional understanding of gender is
correct.
This compelling scientific yet sensitive and
emotional documentary reveals how we all
develop in the womb – and if just one link is
out of place, the result is a Disorder of Sexual
Development (DSD or ‘intersex’) condition. As
a result, DSDs are not rare. In the West one in
every 500 is born with a DSD condition of
some sort – and many of them do not even
know it.
The programme features insights from people
living with DSDs, and the medical teams at the
forefront of DSD treatment, including
clinical psychologist Howard Devore, who
himself was born ‘intersex’.
BBC 2013
DVD $249
50 mins SrH-A
Memories make us who we are, charting our
passage through life, storing the things we learn,
moments we cherish and our impressions of the
world. But how does memory actually work?
This fascinating and entertaining program
follows actor and writer Maureen Lipman on a
personal journey as she explores, through her
own recollections, how the memory process
happens. With the help of family, friends and
experts, Maureen traces the development of
memory, from cradle to grave, and asks if there
is anything we can do to improve it.
NEW!
Hands and Feet (2)
BBC 2014
2x50 mins SrH-A
NEW!
Michael Mosley - Infested Living with Parasites
BBC 2014
DVD $249
50 mins
SrH-A
Parasites are some of the most extraordinary
creatures in nature, found on almost every
animal on earth. Now Michael Mosley infects
himself with a variety of these fascinating
organisms to find out more about them.
From the face mites on our eyelashes to the
amoebae that reproduce in our mouths, we all
act as hosts to parasites – and we barely give
them a second thought.
These forgotten organisms live in or on a host,
using it to get food. It’s a complex and intimate
relationship that has evolved over millions of
years. Predators kill their prey, but parasites have
a much harder task – they need to keep their
host alive.
BBC 2011
4x50 mins JrH-A
More than almost any other piece of anatomy,
our hands and feet hold the true secret to
humanity. They have allowed us to manipulate
and master the natural world. They have allowed
us to stand upright, build the world we see
around us and are a vital part of what makes us
human.
In this program, Michael Mosley infects himself
with some of the most powerful and surprising
parasites to find out how this fascinating
relationship works. From the disgusting
tapeworm to head lice and leeches, Michael’s
body becomes a home for some enterprising
creatures.
Revealing the workings of the human body on
a scale never seen before, this is the most
comprehensive story yet of how our unique and
amazing bodies make us who we are.
Breathtaking CGI takes viewers inside the body
to show how different parts of our anatomy
have evolved and why. Extraordinary scientific
images of the body reveal its most unusual and
bizarre workings in minute detail.
In this program, George McGavin and a team of
specialist anatomists unpick the secrets of
human hands and feet. In a dissection theatre,
George watches as hands and feet are taken
apart, piece by piece – skin, muscles, veins,
tendons and bones. As each component is
revealed, experiments and breakaway films
explore its story in more detail.
Michael is carefully monitored over a period
of weeks as his parasites get used to their new
home, revealing how an infestation takes hold
and the effect it has on the human body. He also
explores the growing scientific evidence that
suggests some parasites might be beneficial.
Inside the Human Body (4)
Human behaviour is shown in super-slow
motion, revealing elements of ourselves that we
are completely unaware of, while footage of
people around the world illustrates the
universality of our experiences and how some
can do amazing things, live in incredible places
and push their physiology to the limits, all thanks
to the highly evolved machine that makes we
humans the world's most successful animal.
#1 – Creation
#2 - First to Last
#3 - Building your Brain
#4 - Hostile World
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To uncover the origins of our anatomy, George
takes a look at chimpanzees’ feet, whales’ flippers
and bats’ wings. The bones of our hominid
ancestors reveal how we’ve changed from apes
that walked on all fours into bipeds that conquered the globe.
From the evolutionary importance of thumbs to
the 52 bones in our feet, our hands and feet
hold many secrets that set us apart from every
other creature on the planet.
DID YOU KNOW?
• The 52 bones in your feet make up one quarter of all the bones in your body.
• There are more than 100 muscles, tendons
and ligaments in each foot.
• Our fingertips are the most sensitive part of
the body with 3,000 touch receptors on each,
the same number found on the entire torso.
From the role leeches can play in stimulating
blood circulation, and how this is helping in
plastic surgery, to how hookworms can help hay
fever sufferers, over the weeks, Michael itches
and scratches his way to a new found respect
for parasites.
Human Geography
Generation Earth (3)
BBC 2012
3x50 mins JrH-A
In just one generation, we have transformed the
face of our planet. Featuring the most ambitious
and audacious engineering projects on Earth,
this series captures the power of human
ambition and ingenuity.
From a distance, Planet Earth looks the same
as it has done for millions of years. But take a
closer look and it tells a dramatic story – of
how we’ve remodelled our world.
In 1970 there were three and a half billion
people that called this place home. Now there
are seven billion. In order to cope with more
people, we’ve redesigned the face of our planet.
Remarkable engineering is reshaping our lives.
This is the story of our manmade world.
To transform our world we’ve become a
powerful force. We’ve opened up the Earth,
creating subterranean cathedrals that can
control the forces of nature. We’ve built faster
than ever before, changing whole landscapes in
a blink of an eye. And we’ve conquered the
sky… making it a place we can call home.
Using state-of-the-art visual techniques,
Generation Earth showcases the ingenuity that
has propelled us into a new era of history.
High resolution satellite imagery and specialist
camera mounts provide a new view on the
world. Time-lapse cameras track the progress
of some of the biggest construction projects
underway today. On the ground, the series
follows the stories of human endeavour; the
people who make the impossible happen and
the people whose lives have been changed as
the world around them changes.
Blue chip sensibilities, employed so successfully
by the BBC’s Natural History Unit to portray
the natural world, capture the stunning and
sometimes terrible beauty of the man-made
world.
Generation Earth reveals the extraordinary
achievements that are transforming our planet,
and in the process reshaping our lives. This is the
story of a generation of awe-inspiring change.
Ep #1 – A Place to Live
Ep #2 – The Way We Move
Ep #3 – Food, Fire and Water
Human Rights
NEW!
Utopia
Bullfrog 2013
DVD $375
NEW!
Price of Gold
112 mins SrH-A
A rare and powerful insight into a secret
Australia and breaks what amounts to a national
silence about the indigenous first people -the oldest, most enduring presence on Earth.
An epic film in its production, scope and
revelations, UTOPIA reveals that apartheid is
deep within Australia's past and present and that
Aboriginal people are still living in abject poverty
and Third World conditions, with a low life
expectancy and disproportionately high rate of
deaths in police custody.
"Poignant and highly analytical...This film is not
only a tool for educating about social justice
issues but is also exemplary in modeling many
facets of critical inquiry. ...The film
demonstrates how the conditions of history,
politics, policies, economics, and dominant
culture collate into contemporary social
injustices. The film compels us to take a critical
lens to the colonized/colonizer relations in our
own backyards and to boldly and mindfully ask,
'Given our 'advanced' societies--Why does such
injustice prevail?'"
- Gail Baikie, Assistant Professor,
School of Social Work, Dalhousie University
Magic Lantern Films
DVD $295
NEW!
Shot for Going to School
2011 86 mins Coll-A
BBC 2013
DVD $199
30 mins
JrH-A
Gold: today's most popular investment
commodity. This astounding film is the first to
document the illegal gold-diggers in Mongolia’s
Gobi Desert risking their lives for a few grams
of the precious mineral.
Until the shocking events of October 9th 2012,
Malala Yousafzai was unknown outside her home
region in North Pakistan. Now the young girl is
a worldwide icon after being shot by the Taliban
while travelling home from school.
While the speculative market value of gold in
the Western world holds little relation to any
tangible yardstick, the film describes in very
direct and stark images what it means to
prospect for gold by hand, in brutal conditions
eerily reminiscent of the California Gold Rush
during the late 19th-century.
Malala’s campaign for girls to be educated was
gaining too much attention, and she was an easy
target for the Talaban.
In amazingly intimate shots, Sven Zellner shows
us the people at the other side of the world
who pay the real price of gold.
“Recommended.”
- Educational Media Reviews Online
In this film, Nel Hedayat sets out to discover if
this teenager’s horrific experience is likely to
change the lives of millions of young Pakistani
women.
Nel travels to Northern Pakistan – regarded as
one of the most dangerous places in the world
– to immerse herself in the heart of this turmoil,
discovering the reality for young women there
and finding out why Malala’s campaign is
stronger than ever – but also much riskier.
In Mongolian with English sub-titles.
2012 HotDocs
2013 DocuAsia Forum, Vancouver
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Internet, Technology, Privacy
NEW!
InRealLife
NEW!
Drones in My Backyard
KINOSMITH 2013
DVD $150
90 mins
SrH-A
InRealLife asks what exactly is the internet and
what is it doing to our children?
Taking us on a journey from the bedrooms of
British teenagers to the world of Silicon Valley,
filmmaker Beeban Kidron suggests that rather
than the promise of free and open connectivity,
young people are increasingly ensnared in a
commercial world. Beguiling and glittering on the
outside, it can be alienating and addictive.
Quietly building its case, InRealLife asks if we can
afford to stand by while our children, trapped in
their 24/7 connectivity, are being outsourced to
the net?
Official Selection TIFF, 2013
The Age of Big Data
BBC 2013
BBC $249
50 mins
JrH-A
Every day we produce more data than the
human race did from the dawn of civilization
until the year 2000. In this program we find out
how this information can be searched and
exploited for our gain.
Twitter, search engines, scientific experiments,
stock markets – these colossal databases can be
mined for valuable, sometimes mind-blowing,
insights using the most sophisticated algorithms
ever created. This film finds out how scientists
are using technology and innovation to search
data.
The program starts with a visit to the Los
Angeles police department that is stopping
crime before it happens. Officers patrol with
smart phones that predict crime hot spots.
We meet the entrepreneur and rocket scientists
who have joined forces to design one of the
most advanced algorithms in the world.
Bullfrog 2013
DVD $175
13 mins
JrH-A
DRONES IN MY BACKYARD is a funny and
scary video mash-up about the coming of aerial
drones to the United States.
One day a drone appears in the filmmaker's
backyard, hovering over his head. It's the catalyst
for an extended meditation and free association
on the presence of drones in war-making, the
role of drones in surveillance, and the thrill of
flying when you put on goggles to see what the
drone sees.
Whether it's the Predator, the Argus, or cute
little Hummingbirds, drones of all shapes and
sizes are flying to a rock and roll beat. We see
them following us...and listen to the incessant
buzzing of cameras overhead.
There are currently more than 500 live satellites
circling our planet – not to mention thousands
of defunct ones and we take them totally for
granted.
This fascinating and accessible documentary sets
out to change that, tracing their story from their
earliest origins through to today’s hugely
complex spacecraft.
BBC 2013
DVD $249
Bullfrog 2013
5x26 mins JrH-A
Many of the world's most talented young
computer programmers are now based in cities
like Nairobi, Hyderabad or Rio de Janeiro. They
live and work in 'cappuccino culture' hotspots,
techie clusters -- where they gather to incubate
new ideas with friends and colleagues. Many are
driven by a powerful belief that communications
technology can deliver social change.
The producers of LIFE asked five of them to
leave the bright lights, and get out among the
poor and marginalized to see what they wanted
and needed -- and then create `Life Apps' for a
better, more sustainable world.
Episode #1 – Silicon Savannah (Kenya)
Episode #2 – Favela Farm (Brazil)
Episode #3 – Mobile Harvest (India)
Episode #4 – Once a Nomad (Namibia)
Episode #5 – World of Apps
(UK / South Africa)
In South Africa, we visit the square kilometre
array, a huge cluster of 3000 radio telescopes
hopping to collect data that will answer some of
the biggest questions in astronomy – where did
we come from and is there life beyond Earth?
NEW!
In Orbit: How Satellites
Rule Our World
And in San Francisco, Horizon meets Dr
Geoffrey Olgin, who has signed up to an
internet company which predicts when one of
his patients is about to be in trouble – could this
transform the health care system?
Satellites play a bigger part in modern life than
most people ever consider. This fascinating and
accessible documentary charts their story and
shows just how much we use them.
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Not only do they provide everyday services –
think satellite TV, GPS, time-keeping and weather
tracking – they’ve revealed lost cities, protected
endangered species, taken lives in war and saved
them in natural disasters.
NEW!
Defeating the Hackers
NEW!
Life Apps (5)
BBC 2012
DVD $249
These masterpieces of technology are the single
greatest product of the space program and have
transformed our world.
50 mins
SrH-A
50 mins
SrH-A
This program behind the scenes of the exciting,
fast paced world of frontline cryptography to
meet the experts working at the very frontiers
of science who are battling to keep our secrets
safe.
Digital has become a huge part of how we live.
We keep photos and emails in digital files. We
do our shopping, dating and banking online. Data
is precious – and cybercriminals want it.
Hackers are stealing our money and spying on
our secrets. Cyber-vandals are destroying our
digital lives. Even governments are
eavesdropping. Our only defense is a new kind
of armed force – the smartest minds on earth.
Defending us from our cyber enemies is a
diverse group of elite scientists. They are experts
in extreme physics, math and ultra-paranoid
computing, harnessing the weirdest forces in the
universe to forge unbreakable codes and
ultra-fast computers.
The film investigates how this global geek squad
is using simple math to keep our bank details
safe, planting passwords in our unconscious
brains, and harnessing the most bizarre physics
we know of to build a whole new kind of
computer – all to try and stay one step ahead of
the hackers.
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International Finance and Trade
The Carbon Rush
Kinosmith 2012
SrH-A
percentage of its revenue. But political changes
have transformed the way the country views oil
development.
84 mins
DVD $150
Hundreds of hydroelectric dams in Panama.
Incinerators burning garbage in India. Biogas
extracted from palm oil in Honduras. Eucalyptus
forests harvested for charcoal in Brazil.
What do these projects have in common? They
are all receiving carbon credits for offsetting
pollution created somewhere else. But what
impact are these offsets having? Are they actually
reducing emissions? And what about the people
and the communities where these projects have
been set up?
THE CARBON RUSH takes us around the
world to meet the people most impacted. They
are the least heard in the cacophony
surrounding this emerging "green-gold"
multi-billion dollar carbon industry.
This ground breaking documentary features asks
the fundamental questions - what happens
when we manipulate markets to solve the
climate crisis? Who stands to gain and who
stands to suffer?
With narration by Daryl Hannah
"One of the finest, most carefully researched and
executed political exposes of the year"
- ART THREAT
A Wild Idea
Video Project 2011
DVD $175
26 mins
SrH-A
A Wild Idea explores Ecuador's unprecedented
proposal for fighting global warming and
preserving a large area of pristine rainforest
from oil development – called the Yasuni-ITT
Initiative. In exchange for compensation from
the world community, Ecuador pledges to leave
untouched a large oil reserve, the ITT block with
over 850 million barrels of oil. If the proposal
succeeds, it will protect one of the most
bio-diverse places on Earth, respect the rights of
two of the last nomadic indigenous cultures who
live there, and avoid the emission of over 400
million tons of CO2 into the atmosphere.
Exploiting the ITT oil reserve seemed a logical
step that Ecuador had to take, as a relatively
poor country that depends upon oil for a large
The film takes the viewer to the Yasuní National
Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon, capturing the
rainforest’s stunning biodiversity and profiling the
tribes that live there. Through rich archival
footage and commentary from government
officials, environmentalists and others, A Wild
Idea shows how the seemingly utopian ideal of
keeping valuable oil underground turned into an
official proposal. The political twists and turns
that made the proposal possible could also
threaten the success of this revolutionary idea.
Bankers - Risking it All
BBC 2013
DVD $249
50 mins
SrH-A
In 2008 the financial crisis swept across the
western world. Today, banks are still at the eye
of the storm. This program looks at the turmoil
facing an industry at the heart of the modern
world.
Five years on from the worst ever financial
crash, a new landscape has emerged. The rules
of our banking system are being re-written, and
bankers, politicians and ordinary men and
women are asking fundamental questions about
what banks are for and how they should
operate.
NEW!
Money and Life
Video Project 2013
DVD $350
86 mins SrH-A
Money and Life is a compelling cinematic
journey that examines the origins of money,
how the role of money has changed over time,
how it shapes our lives and world today, and the
emerging movement to create new economic
models that redefine our relationships with
money.
The film presents a tapestry of expert
interviews, narration, animated graphics and
stories of individuals, communities, and small
businesses who are seeking innovative ways to
transform their relationship with money at the
personal, local and global level. Experts include
economists, authors, religious leaders, and a
former JP Morgan executive.
Money and Life helps viewers understand the
history and fundamentals of money in order to
be more informed participants in the economic
transformation happening around us.
Ultimately, the film asks, how can we move
beyond being merely consumers, debtors and
creditors, and create a more equitable and
sustainable economy that meets the needs and
realities of the 21st Century?
Investigating recent revelations that have
shattered trust in the banking system, this series
asks whether this new damage to our banks’
reputations has had an impact perhaps greater
than that of the financial crisis itself.
Combining rigorous journalism, first-rate
storytelling, and access to key players, these
films ask what our bankers, regulators and
policy-makers have learnt since 2008.
How can the fractured relationships with our
banks be repaired? And, in the process of making
the City and Wall Street pay the price for
weaknesses in regulation,leadership and ethics, is
there a danger of inflicting as much suffering on
the wider economy as on the banks?
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Latin American Studies
Cuba with Simon Reeves
BBC 2012
DVD $249
50 mins JrH-A
Two years ago Cuba announced the most
sweeping and radical economic reforms the
country has seen in decades. From ending state
rationing to cutting one million public-sector
jobs, one of the last communist bastions in the
world has begun rolling back the state on an
unprecedented scale.
Simon Reeve meets ordinary Cubans whose
lives are being transformed, from the owners
of fledgling businesses to the newly rich estate
agents.
Will Cuba be able to maintain the positive
aspects of its long isolation under socialism - low
crime, top-notch education and one of the best
health systems in the world - while embracing
what certainly looks like capitalism?
Road Warrior Prod. 2013
DVD $250
53 mins
Coll-A
Telón de agua," also titled "Curtain of Water"
(an allusion to the legendary Iron Curtain that
isolated the ex-Soviet communist states), is
photographer Joe Guerriero’s personal quest to
make sense of the United States’ trade embargo
on Cuba.
In this documentary, Guerriero asks about the
reasons for the embargo and tries to identify
the opposing interests of the two countries,
while also showing its effects on the Cuban
people. He presents conversations with Cuban
exiles and American activists in the U.S. and
personal reflections of everyday Cubans caught
in a situation of acute material and cultural
privation, to shed light on the political and the
human side of this conflict.
Spanish version available.
Unfinished Spaces
86 mins
SrH-A
Cuba's ambitious National Art Schools project,
designed by three young artists, Ricardo Porro,
Vittorio Garatti, and Roberto Gottardi, in the
wake of Castro's Revolution, is neglected, nearly
forgotten, then ultimately rediscovered as a
visionary architectural masterpiece.
In 1961, three young, visionary architects were
commissioned by Fidel Castro and Che Guevara
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UNFINISHED SPACES features intimate footage
of Fidel Castro, showing his devotion to creating
a worldwide showcase for art, and it also
documents the struggle and passion of three
revolutionary artists.
NEW!
La Camioneta
Curtain of Water
Bullfrog 2012
DVD $325
to create Cuba's National Art Schools on the
grounds of a former golf course in Havana,
Cuba. Construction of their radical designs
began immediately and the school's first classes
soon followed. Dancers, musicians and artists
from all over the country reveled in the beauty
of the schools, but as the dream of the
Revolution quickly became a reality, construction
was abruptly halted and the architects and their
designs were deemed irrelevant in the prevailing
political climate. Forty years later the schools are
in use, but remain unfinished and decaying.
Castro has invited the exiled architects back to
finish their unrealized dream.
Bullfrog 2012
DVD $325
72 mins SrH-A
Every day dozens of decommissioned school
buses leave the United States on a southward
migration that carries them to Guatemala,
where they are repaired, repainted, and
resurrected as the brightly-colored camionetas
that bring the vast majority of Guatemalans to
work each day.
Since 2006, nearly 1,000 camioneta drivers and
fare-collectors have been murdered for either
refusing or being unable to pay the extortion
money demanded by local Guatemalan gangs.
La Camioneta follows one such bus on its
transformative journey: a journey between
North and South, between life and death, and
through an unfolding collection of moments,
people, and places that serve to quietly remind
us of the interconnected worlds in which we
live.
"Quietly moving...is as modest and farsighted as
its cast of Guatemalans who make a living
resurrecting discarded American school buses...
For all the perils they face, the Guatemalan
drivers, dealers and mechanics are able to make
a living from American refuse and in the process
turn the buses into mobile works of folk art."
- Stephen Holden, The New York Times
CINE Golden Eagle Award
Critics' Pick, New York Times
Indiewire's List of "Top Docs of 2013"
www.lacamionetafilm.com/
NEW!
The Chilean Building
Magic Lantern Films 2010 99 mins
DVD $295
Coll-A
This remarkable film tells a story never before
documented: While their parents battled the
Pinochet dictatorship in Chile, a group of
children were raised, first in Europe and then
in Cuba, safely and communally.
The 20 adults who supervised Project Home
saw over sixty children through to adulthood,
children whose mothers and fathers—members
of the leftist organization Movimiento de
Izquierda Revolucionaria (MIR)—fought for the
freedom of their homeland, many never to be
seen again.
For the men and women in The Chilean
Building, patriotic duty took another form—
child-care rather than warfare; these adoptive,
communal parents assumed responsibility for
their charges for years to come.
In this remarkable documentary, director
Macarena Aguiló, herself a product of Project
Home, provides an intimate, behind-the-scenes
examination of a grand and surprising social and
political experiment.
“Because Aguiló interviewed dozens of her peers,
she ends up presenting a balanced perspective
on events, free from either bitterness or rosyhued delusion."
Highly Recommended – Video Librarian
Merit in Film Award, Latin American Studies
Association Film Festival
Best Documentary, New York International
Latino Film Festival
LGBTQ
NEW!
Valentine Road
NEW!
Pride Rises
NEW!
Pride Talks
Hi Concept Prod. / Pivotal Pictures
2014
46 mins
SrH-A DVD $250
Hi Concept Prod. / Pivotal Pictures
2014
60 mins
SrH-A DVD $250
On February 12, 2008, in an Oxnard, California,
classroom, 14-year-old Brandon McInerney shot
classmate Larry King twice; Larry died of the
wounds two days later. Larry (Leticia), a gendervariant youth of color, had liked to wear makeup
and heels to school, and had publicly announced
a crush on McInerney. For this reason, some of
McInerney's defenders say the victim had
"embarrassed" the shooter--and was therefore
at least partly to blame for his own murder.
This look at LGBT movement in Canada starts
with the impact of the Stonewall Riots through
the Toronto Bathhouse Raids and the political
battles that paved the way for the legalization of
marriage and explores the struggles that still lie
ahead.
Filmed during the WorldPride Human Rights
Conference in June 2014 in Toronto this
documentary series features prominent LGBTQ
activists from across Canada. Intimate interviews
combine with clips from their presentations as
they discuss the challenges and human rights
issues they are taking on through their work.
Stock footage combined with feature interviews
with leaders from the community takes you
through the key moments in LGBTQ history.
VALENTINE ROAD brilliantly focuses on how
bigotry and prejudice are community-wide
problems, rather than only the acts of
individuals. It asks how schools can respond to
the the full complexity of students' lives, and
support students in crisis before tragedy strikes.
Reverend Brent Hawkes (Sr. Pastor Metropolitan
Community Church, Member of the Order of
Canada), Ken Popert (Founder of The Pink
Triangle Press) and Brenda Cossman (Law
Professor and Director of the Bonham Center
for Sexual Diversity Studies at the University of
Toronto) give us a personal look at the
emergence activist, the battles, the triumphs and
the challenges that still lie ahead.
Included in the program:
Jeremy Dias
Maurice Tomlinson
Barry Bedford
Jack Saddleback
Annie Battiste
Alex Abramovich
Bullfrog 2013
DVD $350
88 mins
JrH-A
Best Documentary, Miami Gay &
Lesbian Film Festival
Audience Award, Best Documentary,
Fresno Reel Pride Film Festival
Media Literacy
Shadows of Liberty
Kinosmith 2012
DVD $150
93 mins
SrH-A
SHADOWS OF LIBERTY reveals the
extraordinary truth behind the news media:
censorship, cover-ups and corporate control.
Filmmaker Jean-Philippe Tremblay takes a
journey through the darker corridors of the
US media, where global conglomerates call the
shots. For decades, their overwhelming influence
has distorted news journalism and
compromised its values.
In highly revealing stories, renowned journalists,
activists and academics give insider accounts of
a broken media system. Controversial news
reports are suppressed, people are censored for
speaking out, and lives are shattered as the
arena for public expression is turned into a
private profit zone.
Tracing the story of media manipulation through
the years, SHADOWS OF LIBERTY poses a
crucial question: why have we let a handful of
powerful corporations write the news?
SHADOWS OF LIBERTY provides a platform
for silenced voices to inspire the idea of an
independent media where truth and integrity
are the norm, not the exception.
NEW!
A Fragile Trust
Bullfrog 2013
DVD $375
75 mins SrH-A
A FRAGILE TRUST tells the shocking story of
Jayson Blair, the most infamous serial plagiarist
of our time, and how he unleashed the massive
scandal that rocked the New York Times and the
entire world of journalism. In 2003 Blair was
caught plagiarizing and supplementing his own
reporting with fabricated details in dozens of
stories published in the Times. The daily
operations of the Times newsroom became a
public spectacle as every major news outlet
picked up the story and ran with it. The fact that
Blair is African-American was emphasized again
and again as accounts of the 'Blair Affair' served
up sordid details in a soap-opera style tale of
deception, drug abuse, racism, mental illness,
hierarchy, white guilt, and power struggles inside
the hallowed halls of the New York Times.
Featuring exclusive interviews with everyone
involved, including former Executive Editor
Howell Raines and Blair himself, A FRAGILE
TRUST is the first film to tell the whole sordid
story of the scandal while exploring deeper
themes of power, ethics, and responsibility in the
mainstream media.
"Well-balanced...meticulous. Portrait of
disgraced reporter Jayson Blair raises tough
questions about journalistic ethics and personal
responsibility in the digital era."
- Ronnie Scheib, Variety
"A remarkable film for its probing, its wealth of
detail and testimony - remarkable above all,
perhaps, in the clinical picture of its subject, one
devoid of any efforts to assign mitigating factors
to his disastrous career, whether of race or
class." - Dorothy Rabinowitz, Wall Street Journal
Through the course of the film, we follow Blair
as he slowly unravels in the face of mounting
pressures and distractions. Starting with his
'reporting' of the plagiarized article that
ultimately lead to his undoing, we trace the rise
and fall of this fascinating young reporter as he
clings to his career at the Times even as he is
losing his mind.
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Mental Health
Healing a Soldier's Heart
Video Project 2013
DVD $275
73 mins
The Mars Project
Sr-A
Healing A Soldier's Heart follows the
courageous journeys of four Vietnam veterans,
all suffering from severe PTSD, who return to
Vietnam to face the demons that continue to
haunt them and hopefully heal their PTSD.
Under the guidance of pioneering
psychotherapist Dr. Edward Tick, the vets visit
their actual trauma sites – the places where they
fought and killed their former enemies, or saw
their friends and comrades die.
The film provides an unforgettable,
transformative journey through what Dr. Tick
calls “their second, this time, willful descent into
hell.” It carries viewers into the hearts and minds
of the four veterans and their families, as they
experience forgiveness and compassion from
their former enemies. Through first-time contact
with Vietnamese culture, the four vets are led to
a new state of awareness and spiritual peace.
Healing A Soldier's Heart traces the veterans’
gradual shift from terrorized nightmares, drug
abuse and attempted suicides, to healed warriors – with profound lessons for PTSD-suffering
younger veterans from the more recent wars in
Iraq & Afghanistan. The film is a powerful story
about the long-term, psychological effects of war,
and of the reconnection of the human soul
through Dr. Tick’s innovative therapy.
Balazs Projects 2012 61 mins
SrH-A
DVD $295
For half of his life, rapper and performance artist
Khari "Conspiracy" Stewart has fought a spiritual
war against two demons: Anacron, an
intergalactic consciousness that possesses
Stewart's mind, and the Canadian mental health
system, which diagnosed him with schizophrenia
over a decade ago.
Through artful documentation of Khari's history,
daily life and with insight from psychiatric
experts, Mars Project reveals the deep
complexities of mental health and the
inadequacies of the current Canadian health
care system. Khari's diagnosis or spiritual
encounters have entrenched themselves so
deeply, that it will take much more than a stateimposed drug regimen or spiritual healing to
vanquish his demons.
Yet Khari isn't just a victim. His plagued mind has
simultaneously debilitated him and formed the
foundation for his identity as a contemporary
soothsayer who spreads his message and his
experiences through the recited verb-forms of
his rap music. Tormented artist, spiritual shaman,
drug-addled rapper, Khari's unique experience
seeks to challenge our understanding of
schizophrenia and mental health.
NEW!
The Naked Room
On the road ... to find out
Columbian Centre Society 2013
32 mins SrH-A
DVD $195
On the road ... to find out is a documentary film
that explores issues related to the re-location of
people with mental illness, from smaller
communities in order to access mental health
services. The film is intended to be a discussion
starter.
What happens when people are taken out of
their natural social setting after they become
mentally ill? What are the positive and negative
effects of re-location? Where is home once
someone has been relocated for an extended
period?
The documentary was commissioned by
Columbian Centre, Nanaimo, BC and produced
and directed by filmmaker Paul Manly.
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DVD $295
The location: a pediatric therapist's office. The
characters: severely depressive child patients and
their anguished parents.
In Nuria Ibáñez’s fascinating and acclaimed
documentary, the austere interior of a Mexico
City hospital is the setting for a profoundly
moving and educational film.
The Naked Room offers the opportunity to
study and witness the trauma of a series of
youths who suffer from issues including severe
depression, schizophrenia, post-traumatic stress
disorder from assault and more.
Many of the children in the film pose a danger
to themselves or others; the office is their parents’ last hope at saving their children from suicide, life behind bars, or a straightjacket.
“A haunting exploration of mental illness in
children.” - Variety
NEW!
Rude Dude
INDIECAN Ent. Inc. 2014 91 mins Coll-A
DVD $295
Rude Dude tells the candid story of iconic
comic book artist Steve “The Dude” Rude, an
impulsive and compulsive artist, who puts
everything fame, fortune, family and friends on
the line for his art. For nearly three decades,
Rude worked in the comic book field, earning
critical acclaim and winning every major comic
book industry award. At the surface, Rude
seems unstoppable.
This film chips away at Rude’s exterior and tells
the story of a man who, at age 53, walks away
from the career that made him a comic book
artist celebrity to live a quieter life as a fine art
painter. His battle with bipolar disorder prompts
Rude to make this decision at the height of his
career.
Throughout the film Steve’s family, friends,
colleagues, students and fans speak about Rude’s
legendary artistic talent and the important
impact he made in comics. Rude is recognized
as the quintessential “artists’ artist,” influencing
countless artists in the comic book field. We see
Rude as a mentor who teaches his students
how to become better artists and to pursue
their dreams.
Nevertheless, a very different picture of Rude is
painted on the home front. Rude cannot take
care of himself because of his illness. His wife,
Jaynelle, works three jobs and takes care of
Rude and their two children. The family is
constantly living on edge as they face financial
difficulties and the unpredictable mood swings,
which often are manifest with holes punched
into the drywall throughout the house.
By the end of the film, Steve’s fine art begins to
gain some traction as art galleries begin to
accept some of his art and he begins to develop
a new fan following. While the film may end,
Rude’s story is far from over.
NOTE: Some strong language
Ocean / Fisheries
NEW!
The Last Ocean
Video Project 2013
DVD $275
NEW!
Looting the Pacific
87 mins
SrH-A
With stunning footage of Antarctica's unique
landscapes and wild life, The Last Ocean profiles
the international battle over commercial fishing
in the Ross Sea, the last pristine ocean
ecosystem on earth.
The Ross Sea is a vast, icy landscape that teems
with life -- whales, seals and penguins carving
out a place on the very edge of existence. This
‘living laboratory’ is one of the last places where
the delicate balance of nature still prevails,
largely untouched by humans. But an
international fishing fleet has recently made its
way to the Ross Sea, targeting the highly
lucrative Antarctic Toothfish, sold as Chilean Sea
Bass around the world.
Bullfrog 2012 27 mins JrH-A
DVD $225
forever. He rallies fellow scientists and builds a
global campaign to protect this last pristine
marine ecosystem.
Featuring top scientists, including Dr. Sylvia Earle
and Dr. Daniel Pauly, as well as international
political leaders, the film examines both the
science and politics behind the debate over
preserving Earth’s last truly wild ocean.
"Highly Recommended.”
Californian ecologist Dr. David Ainley has
studied the Ross Sea’s unique ecosystem for
more than forty years and knows that unless
fishing is stopped, the natural balance will be lost
Jack mackerel, or "jurel" -- a silvery fish which
once thronged the South Pacific -- was one of
the world's last great fisheries, and a staple of
the global food chain. But unnoticed by the rest
of the world, jack mackerel stocks have crashed,
declining by 90 percent in two decades as a
result of rampant industrial overfishing.
An investigation by the International
Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ)
showed that a global convention which was
intended to save jack mackerel stocks led instead to a disastrous "race to fish", as faraway
nations like Russia, China, Norway, the
Netherlands and other EU countries competed
with Pacific states to establish fishing quotas.
Looting the Pacific reports exclusively on the
secrets of the global fishing industry's last
frontier and the fate of the jack mackerel.
tve.org/reframing-rio/films/looting-thepacific/index.html
Plants
NEW!
Magic of Mushrooms
BBC 2014
DVD $249
50 mins
JrH-A
Mushroom enthusiast Professor Richard Fortey
explores the science behind fungi, unlocking the
astonishing story of their evolution, life cycle and
their value to both us and the planet.
From their spectacular birth, through their
secretive underground life to their final explosive
death, mushrooms are quite remarkable. In his
program, Richard reveals a fascinating world that
few of us understand or even realize exists – yet
all life on Earth depends on it.
In a specially-built mushroom lab, with the help
of mycologist Dr Patrick Hickey and some stateof-the art technology - Richard brings to life the
secret world of mushrooms as never seen
before and reveals the spectacular abilities of
fungi to break down waste and sustain new
plant life, keeping our planet alive.
NEW!
Just released for Educational sales!
The landmark BBC series!
The Private Life of Plants
BBC 1995
6x50 mins JrH-A
David Attenborough reveals the incredible
secrets of the plant world. Crawling, flying,
exploding, thieving, fighting, killing…plants as you
have never seen them before!
Episode #1 – Travelling
Episode #2 – Growing
Episode #3 – Flowering
Episode #4 – The Social Struggle
Episode #5 – Living Together
Episode #6 – Surviving
Of all living things, plants are the most successful.
They have colonized every part of the globe,
they can live longer, grow bigger, even come
back from the dead. The Private Life of Plants
reveals the many and ingenious ways that plants
solve the problems of survival. Plants lead
thrilling lives, but on a very different timescale
from our own.
David Attenborough says:
“Plants have to face very much the same sort of
problems as animals face throughout their lives
if they are to survive. They have to fight one
another…compete for mates…invade new
territories. The reason we are seldom aware of
these dramas is that plants, of course, live on a
different time scale......”
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Psychology
NEW!
Don’t Worry, Be Happy
NEW!
Free the Mind
BBC 2013
DVD $249
Video Project 2013
DVD $350
50 mins SrH-A
79 mins
SrH-A
It turns out that optimists outlive pessimists by
nearly a decade. Understanding the origins of an
optimistic personality could help us save ourselves from a premature death. In this
programme, Michael Mosley takes a closer look
at the links between outlook and life expectancy.
Free the Mind profiles the pioneering work of
renowned psychologist Richard Davidson, who,
by studying the practices of Tibetan monks and
others, found that it is possible to rewire the
brain through meditation and mental training
exercises.
A self-confessed introvert - Michael endures
the horror of karaoke bars; expert psychologists
from Massachusetts Institute of Technology ‘read’
the emotions on his face and; with a wrist-band,
monitor his feelings. Professor Elaine Fox, a UK
psychologist, tests Michael’s outlook on the
world and explains how the physiology of his
brain is changed by entrenched ways of thinking.
Named one of Time Magazine’s 100 most
influential people in 2006, Dr. Davidson has
dedicated himself to applying this hopeful
discovery to improve the lives of people
throughout the world. He founded the Center
for Investigating Healthy Minds at the University
of Wisconsin to study whether and how
contemplative traditions change our brains and
can help people overcome mental trauma and
live happier lives.
But where does personality come from?
Psychologists from Maryland talk about the
significance of Michael’s early years with his
family and why mother love is so crucial. And
geneticists at the Wellcome institute in London
test his DNA to see whether he’s got any of the
genes that will make him resilient to life’s lows
or vulnerable to them.
Official Selection, Hot Docs
Official Selection, Vancouver International Film
Festival
NEW!
Inside My Mind
BBC 2013
DVD $249
50 mins
SrH-A
Head Case … Mental …. These terms of abuse
speak volumes about the fear and stigma
commonly associated with mental illness, even
though it affects us all. This unique program
brings together the latest scientific information,
personal stories, and absorbing CGI to explore
the causes and possible cures of mental illness,
especially in young adults.
More young people than ever have a mental
disorder, and most of us will know someone
with one. It is most likely to strike in late teens
and early twenties than at any other time in our
lives. Especially as this is the time in life when we
face tumultuous changes and challenges:
changing bodies, emerging sexuality, exam
pressures and relationship worries. Sometimes,
for some if us, it all gets too much.
Working with leading mental health institutions,
Inside My Mind explores the science behind
mental illness, discovering the social, biological
and psychological changes that happen to five
people suffering from different mental health
disorders and unravelling the treatments that are
helping them overcome their conditions.
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“Compelling… filled with wonder and questions
about humanity and yourself. The parallel
storylines coax you into questioning not only
the hidden potential of humanity, but the possible applications in your life as well."
- Toronto Star
richardjdavidson.com/
NEW!
Psychology and the New Heroism
Bullfrog 2012
DVD $225
87 mins
SrH-A
Philip Zimbardo is professor emeritus of
psychology at Stanford University and creator
of the renowned Stanford Prison Experiment.
Daniel Ellsberg served in the Pentagon under
Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara and is
best known as the whistleblower who released
documents known as the Pentagon Papers to
the public which detailed the secrets and lies
that shaped three decades of American foreign
policy in Vietnam.
These two icons of progressive thought in
America met for the first time to discuss a
salient question for our times: Why are some
people willing to take courageous nonviolent
action in defense of ethical principles, even at
personal risk to themselves?
This video captures their conversation and calls
for a new era of truth-telling by citizens privy to
crucial and often classified information that the
public deserves to know. They call for a new
ethic of accountability by those leaders who
govern the United States, its judiciary and its
military. They challenge ordinary people to take
calculated risks in the service of their conscience
and their fellow citizens. This defines the New
Heroism.
thepromiseofgrouppsychotherapy.com/
NEW!
Released
Video Project 2013
DVD $350
72 mins
SrH-A
Two-thirds of convicts released from prison
return behind bars within three years.
RELEASED presents the hopeful stories of four
parolees who prove that the tide of recidivism
can be reversed, if former prisoners are given
the support they need to reenter society.
The four -- Vilma Ortiz Donovan, Kenneth
Harrigan, Casimiro Torres and Angel Ramos –
spent over 70 years in prison combined.
Released with no homes to go to or jobs for
support, they ended up in a prisoner reentry
facility in New York City known as “The Castle”,
run by former convicts and established by The
Fortune Society. With the help of The Castle, all
four overcame their traumatic personal histories
and chronic criminal behavior to become
exemplary citizens.
All four speak about how what ought to be the
final redemptive chapter -- release from prison - is often the hardest challenge of all. Dropped
back into society with little or no preparation
and support virtually insures a high failure rate.
Having spent 30 years in prison, Angel Ramos
asks: “How do I live like a normal human being
when I have no idea what normal is?”
Their life-affirming stories of change provide an
important model for reducing the rate of repeat
offenders.
Psychology - Death and Dying
NEW!
Death Makes Life Possible
Video Project
DVD $275
63 mins SrH-A
Death is something that most people fear and
don't want to think about. But is it possible that
facing our mortality can inspire us to live our
lives more fully?
Death Makes Life Possible follows cultural
anthropologist and scientist Marilyn Schlitz,
Ph.D., as she explores the mysteries of life and
death from a variety of perspectives and world
traditions. Sparked by her own near death
experience as a teenager, Schlitz has been
delving into the nature of consciousness and
death for the past three decades.
The film looks at how popular culture deals with
the ever-present fear many have about our own
mortality. Interviews with mental health experts,
cultural leaders, and scientists explore the
meaning of death and how we can learn to live
without fear. The interviews and evidence
presented are interwoven with personal stories
of people facing their own death as well as
those who report encounters beyond death.
The narrative is illustrated with vivid imagery.
Death Makes Life Possible features some of the
leading scientists, anthropologists, philosophers,
spiritual teachers and thinkers of our time –
including Yassir Chadley, Deepak Chopra,
Mingtong Gu, Stuart Hameroff, Lauren Artress,
Michael Bernard Beckwith, Dean Radin, Rupert
Sheldrake, Rudy Tanzi, Luisah Teish, Dr. Jim Tucker
and others.
Death Makes Life Possible offers a deep and
thoughtful exploration into the ultimate
question we all face.
NEW!
A Will for the Woods
Bullfrog 2013
DVD $350
93 mins SrH-A
What if our last act could be a gift to the planet?
Capturing the genesis of a revolutionary social
and environmental movement, A WILL FOR
THE WOODS draws the viewer into a lifeaffirming and immersive portrait of people
embracing their connection to timeless natural
cycles.
Musician, folk dancer, and psychiatrist Clark
Wang prepares for his own green burial,
determined that his final resting place will benefit
the earth. He has discovered a movement that
uses burial to conserve and restore natural
areas, forgoing toxic, wasteful funeral practices
engineered to preserve the body at the
ecosystem's expense. Clark, a spirited and
charismatic advocate, sets out to save a tract of
forest with the help of green burial pioneers and
a compassionate local cemeterian.
While he continues to battle cancer, he and his
partner Jane find great comfort in the thought
that his death - whenever it may happen - will
be a force for regeneration. As the film follows
Clark's dream of leaving a loving, permanent
legacy, environmentalism takes on a deeply
human intimacy.
www.awillforthewoods.com/
www.greenburialcouncil.org/
Saving the Planet - Some Suggestions
GreenHeroes – S2 (6)
CineFocus 2013
6x25 mins JrH-A
Season 2 of GreenHeroes, a six-part series that
tells the story of change - of how people
improved their lives, what their tipping point
moments were and how they overcome
obstacles to become a GreenHero.
The 6x25 minute series tells remarkable stories
of people who acted on their ideas and
heroically “ventured forth” to protect our planet.
From the celebrity to the everyday person, each
story details the different paths and interests the
GreenHeroes have taken in their quests to help
save the world.
#1 - Biting into Change (Local Food)
#2 - Green is the New Black
(Fashion and Beauty)
#3 - Back to Nature
(Reconnecting with the Outdoors)
#4 - Art of Change, The (Visual Artists)
#5 - Moving Green (Transportation)
#6 - Saving Oceans (Water)
NOTE: DVDs are video described and
closed captioned.
www.greenheroes.tv
greenheroes.tv/greenheroes-academy/
• A link to information on the GreenHeroes Smartphone
App.
• Each of the six episode themes tie to missions in the
Green Heroes Academy – a mobile app where users take-on
challenges and actions aimed at moving them from viewers
to do-ers. The 45 short on-line videos and take-action
campaigns at our Green Heroes web channel are yet another way to engage people in great stories told by
inspiring storytellers.
GreenHero - chef Jaime Kennedy - photo credit - Justin Arjune
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Saving the Planet - Here are Some Suggestions
Chasing Water
Bullfrog 2011
DVD $195
18 mins
JrH-A
After spending a decade working abroad as a
photojournalist, Colorado native Pete McBride,
decided to focus on something closer to his
home and his heart: the Colorado River which
cuts through his backyard. Taking nearly three
years, McBride followed the river source to sea
on a personal journey to see exactly where the
river goes and what becomes of the irrigation
water that flows across his family's cattle ranch
in central Colorado after it returns to the creek.
Recruiting his father, John, as his personal pilot
McBride chose an aerial vantage to capture a
unique and fresh view of the Colorado River
Basin. He also partnered with Jon Waterman, an
author who stayed stream level to paddle the
entire length of the river.
This short film takes the viewer on a 1,500 mile
adventure downstream, from mountains and
cities and through canyons and across shrinking
reservoirs. For 6 million years the Colorado
River flowed to the sea. Today it runs dry some
90 miles shy of its historic terminus at the Sea of
Cortez.
This visual journey is both revealing and alarming
as it highlights the state of the river and the
Southwest's drying future.
Extreme by Design
Bullfrog 2013
DVD $325
57 mins
JrH-A
EXTREME BY DESIGN follows Stanford
business, engineering and medical students as
they work in teams, using design thinking
methods, to develop products and services that
serve the needs of the world's poor. One
student team works on a breathing device to
keep babies alive in Bangladesh. Another seeks a
way to store drinking water in Indonesia. The
third team project is to design an IV medicine
infusion pump.
It's all part of the Design for Extreme
Affordability course inspired and launched by
the Stanford d.school. The film begins on the first
day of the course and ends eight months later
as one group of students returns to Asia to test
their device amid plans to launch a startup.
At a time of unprecedented global challenges
EXTREME BY DESIGN shows the power of
human-centered design in creating innovative,
effective and sustainable solutions to the
complex problems facing us.
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NEW!
Bringing it Home
Bullfrog 2013
DVD $295
52 mins
SrH-A
Industrial Hemp is making headlines in American
media with the recent Farm Bill amendment
allowing hemp research crops in ten states. But
why does Federal policy still classify and confuse
this non-psychoactive plant with marijuana as a
drug? BRINGING IT HOME tells the story of
hemp's past, present and future through
interviews with global hemp business leaders
and entrepreneurs, archive images, animation
and footage filmed in Europe and the United
States.
The film features the designer of "America's First
Hemp House" and his quest to find the
healthiest building material available to construct
a safe environment for his daughter with
chemical sensitivities. He discovers non-toxic,
carbon neutral hempcrete that is recyclable,
pest-fire-mold-resistant and cuts energy bills in
half. But the major drawback for U.S. builders is
that the fiber for hempcrete must be imported.
Current U.S. Federal policy does not distinguish
hemp from its psychoactive plant cousin
marijuana, despite a long history of hemp
farming in America up until the 1940s.
BRINGING IT HOME follows the hemp trail to
the U.K. where business owners, researchers,
farmers and Kevin McCloud, TV host of Grand
Designs, discuss industrial hemp use in their
country. Also featured are interviews with CEOs
of million dollar U.S. companies that are
importing hemp for healthy, sustainable
products, and those working for policy change
at the state and federal levels. A lobbyist for the
CA Narcotics Officers Association gives voice
to the opposition.
NEW!
Drying for Freedom
Video Project 2012
DVD $225
53 mins
JrH-A
Drying For Freedom travels from America’s
clothesline-free yards to India’s open-air
laundromats to explore how the electric dream
was marketed, without regard for its
environmental and other impacts.
In post-war America, the push to “Live Better
Electrically”, with Ronald Reagan as spokesman,
was symbolized by the selling of energy hungry
clothes dryers to replace the centuries-old zero
energy outdoor clothesline. With archival TV ads
and commentary, the film looks at how
consumer demand was created for an electric
utopia, where the dryer became a necessity and
the clothesline became an ugly thing of the past.
Convenience trumped consequence, as energy
consumption rose rapidly, with significant
impacts on the environment – and personal
freedom. Sixty years later, more than 50 million
Americans live in communities where energy
efficient clotheslines are banned as unsightly. But
line-drying activist Alexander Lee has
campaigned since 1997 across America for the
“Right to Dry”, turning the age-old clothesline
into a powerful symbol for efforts to reduce
carbon emissions.
Drying For Freedom begins with the symbolic
battle over the clothesline, but expands to the
bigger potential global consequences of
increasing energy usage in developing countries.
NEW!
Saving Sunshine Keeping the Lights on with
Batteries and Solar Power
Bullfrog 2013
DVD $225
34 mins
SrH-A
As the world turns to sustainability, solar
enriches our lives. SAVING SUNSHINE takes a
look at today's developments in solar electricity
and its increasing role as power provider.
Combining the best features of off-grid,
stand-alone solar installations with grid-tied
systems that provide distributed generation,
photovoltaic systems have evolved into ACcoupled systems. They provide back-up,
stand-alone electricity while also using
renewable solar energy for our everyday
electrical needs.
This combination of renewable energy and
energy storage connects multiple inverters with
maintenance-free batteries and opens the door
to energy independence in a sustainable,
low-carbon future.
www.themarea.org/
- Midatlantic Renewable Energy Association
Saving the Planet - Here are Some Suggestions
NEW!
Future My Love
KINOSMITH 2012
DVD $150
93 mins SrH-A
NEW!
Joanna Macy and the Great Turning
NEW!
Last Call
Video Project 2014
DVD $175
Video Project 2013
DVD $325
26 mins SrH-A
90 mins SrH-A
At the brink of losing the idealistic love of her
life, filmmaker Maja Borg takes us on a poetic
road trip through the financial collapse: from a
broken past, via utopian futures, to the
possibilities we have today. Seeing the economy
as a human relationship, and by questioning her
own fears, hopes and desires, she invites us to
explore how we could live differently. How
much freedom are we prepared to give to the
ones we love? And how much responsibility for
our society are we ready to take on?
Joanna Macy and the Great Turning is a short
film about the societal shift now underway from
an industrial growth society to a more
sustainable civilization.
Last Call examines the predictions and impact of
one of the most important and controversial
environmental books of all time, The Limits to
Growth, published four decades ago.
Based on an extensive interview with wellknown writer, teacher, and activist Joanna Macy,
the film lays out Macy’s understanding of “the
Great Turning” as the third major revolution of
human existence after the agricultural and
industrial revolutions.
As the consequences of our modern economy
continue to paint an increasingly dystopian
future, Maja finds herself an unexpected
companion in 95-year-old futurist Jacque Fresco
from Venus, Florida. Growing up in New York
City during the Great Depression of the 1930s,
Fresco faced a crisis similar to the one we have
today. But instead of trying to save the economy
as we know it, he asked himself a different
question about the future: Do we have enough
resources for everyone and can we distribute
them directly, without money?
“The most remarkable feature of this historical
moment on Earth,” says Joanna Macy, “Is not that
we are on the way to destroying the world —
we've actually been on the way for quite a
while. It is that we are beginning to wake up, as
from a millennia-long sleep, to a whole new
relationship to our world, to ourselves and each
other.”
In 1972, the publication of the book shook the
world, selling 30 million copies in 30 languages,
and marked a turning point in thinking about the
environment. Prepared for the Club of Rome,
the book was based on the work of a team of
young scientists from MIT who created the first
computer model to analyze the interaction over
time of exponential growth with finite natural
resources.
The answer he found was ‘yes’, and so he spent
the rest of his life designing a ‘Resource-based
Economy’ where every person on the planet
would have enough food, clothing, housing and
education without using ever money or debt – a
pragmatic realisation of a free society through
the ‘intelligent application’ of technology.
As Fresco’s 70-year-old social designs seem
more radical than any solutions presented today,
Borg begins to retrace Fresco's life and theories
– from encounters with Technocracy Inc., the
forgotten social movement of the early 20th
Century that even then questioned the
suitability of a monetary-based system, to those
at the forefront of technology today: the Free
Energy Movement and 3D printing, whose work
could not only revolutionise the production of
goods and the supply of services, but transform
our entire economy.
Macy considers how human beings have
previously responded to the major challenges of
our past and shows how we are doing so once
again, in hundreds of ways both small and large.
Their primary message was that the human
footprint, if unchecked, would grow beyond the
carrying capacity of the planet on a sustainable
basis. They concluded that humanity must adapt
to the planet’s limits or risk overshoot, which
could result in the collapse of global support
systems and human decline. Their conclusions
stimulated broad interest and significant debate,
but not much action on their scenario for
avoiding overshoot.
Illustrated with beautiful footage shot around
the world, the film is at once sobering, insightful,
and inspiring. The Great Turning is ultimately a
call to take part in this new “great adventure” in
order to help create a more life-sustaining
world.
Four decades later, the surviving authors of The
Limits to Growth and the book’s mentors
gathered to assess their earlier predictions,
update where we stand today, and present what
we need to do now to avoid global ecological
collapse in the next few decades.
Supported by archival footage and other
materials, Last Call provides provocative insights
into the fundamental reasons behind the
ongoing global ecological and economic crises,
and a vision of a more hopeful future, if we
commit to appropriate measures before it’s too
late.
"Highly Recommended.”
FUTURE MY LOVE challenges us to understand
why we resist change as individuals and as a
society – when we both can and have to.
Carefully weaving a texture of archive footage,
black and white Super 8 film, and colour HD,
Borg poignantly depicts the universal struggle
between our heads and hearts in times of
radical change.
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Science - Biology
Secret Universe:
Journey Inside the Cell
BBC 2012
DVD $249
50 mins
SrH-A
This epic film takes us on a high-tech adventure
inside our own cells, revealing an alien world few
have ever seen before – and reveals our eternal
battle against the threat of invading viruses.
Exploring the human cell in the context of a
viral invasion – the battle for control of the cell,
this film tells the remarkable story of a single cell
– from birth to death in the front line of the
eternal fight for supremacy. No-one knows for
sure whether viruses and animal cells co-evolved
or whether we have a common ancestor.
Back in the primordial soup, inside the nucleus of
a primitive cell the swapping and mixing of viral
and cellular genetic material takes place. The
forced mixing of genes and the survival pressure
to stay one step ahead of the viral invaders has
driven the evolution of life on earth. Three
billion years on from the dawn of life, the
primordial world has changed; the first plant and
animal cells flourish, and start to form colonies.
Under constant viral attack, they invent a new
defensive weapon: sex. Splitting in half and
recombining with each other, they keep changing
the locks on their DNA to stay one step ahead
of their enemies.
Playing God
BBC 2012
DVD $249
50 mins
SrH-A
Can synthetic biology provide us with real
benefits? Or is it a Frankenstein science
threatening Earth’s biodiversity, public heath and
national security? Evolutionary biologist Adam
Rutherford meets the scientists creating life in
the lab.
In May 2010 scientists announced that they had
created synthetic life for the very first time. A
team headed by Craig Venter presented selfreplicating bacteria that had been designed on a
computer and made using entirely synthetic
DNA. This astonishing technological
achievement demonstrated to the world that
scientists can manipulate genetic material in
ways previously thought unimaginable.
In this programme, evolutionary biologist Adam
Rutherford investigates the fast moving world of
synthetic biology. As a scientist he is excited by
the powerful technology, but at the same time
believes that we all need to confront important
ethical issues and ask - should we be doing this
at all?
Science - Genetics
Pedigree Dogs Exposed Three Years On
BBC 2012
DVD $249
50 mins
JrH-A
In 2008, Pedigree Dogs Exposed revealed the
shocking extent of health and welfare problems
in pure-bred dogs; showing that inbreeding was
rife and that many dogs bred for their looks and
success in the show ring were suffering from
unacceptable levels of deformity and disease.
The film generated worldwide debate and
sparked action on an unprecedented level.
Pedigree Dogs Exposed: Three Years On
assesses this explosive film’s impact and asks: are
the dogs finally on their way to recovery, or still
on the road to oblivion?
Science - Inventions
The Genius of Invention (4)
BBC 2013
4x50 mins JrH-A
Ideas that changed the world!
The greatest inventions have the power to
transform the world and the lives of us all. In this
series, Michael Mosley and his team explore the
inventions that made the world around us.
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In The Genius of Invention Michael Mosley and
his team pick twelve inventions and show how
they shaped our modern world. They explain
how they came about; by sparks of inventive
genius and steady incremental improvements
hammered out in workshops and they separate
myth from reality in the lives of the great
inventors.
Ep #1 – Power
Ep #2 – Speed
Ep #3 - Communications
Ep #4 – Visual Image
Related Title:
Canadian Made .......................................pg 21
Science - Materials
NEW!
The Age of Aluminum
Video Project 2013
DVD $325
90 mins
SrH-A
Aluminum is an integral part of our daily lives,
from cooking pans and computers, to soda cans,
cosmetics and vaccines. But how much do we
know about its impact on human health and the
environment?
Based on Bert Ehgartner’s groundbreaking book
Dirty Little Secret – The Aluminum Files, The
Age of Aluminum is the first film to explore the
metal’s little-known darker side. Through
interviews with leading scientists and
researchers, along with the personal stories of
several individuals, the film reveals how
aluminum exposure has triggered serious health
consequences and environmental damage.
Representatives of the aluminum industry
defend its safety record.
Long known as a neurotoxin, many scientists
suspect aluminum is linked to such modern
scourges as breast cancer, Alzheimer’s disease,
allergies and autism. The documentary looks at
how aluminum may be the “universal toxin”
underlying the increase in epidemic levels of
chronic illness and age-related neurological
disorders.
ADVISORY – Includes scene of a woman with a
mastectomy
"Highly Recommended."
Aluminum mining and manufacturing have also
created acute environmental problems in several
parts of the world. The film documents the
devastating effects of aluminum mining in South
America, as well as environmental disasters in
Hungary and the UK.
Ultimately, The Age of Aluminum asks, why isn’t
more research urgently being conducted on
aluminum and human health, and what can we
do now to avoid its negative impact on our
lives?
Science - Physics
Wonders of Life (5)
BBC 2013
5x50 mins JrH-A
This beautiful and definitive series looks at
natural history from a physics perspective,
revealing how a few fundamental laws gave birth
to the most complex, diverse, and unique force
in the universe – life.
3.7 billion years ago the fundamental laws that
had previously built stars, supernovae and
planets contrived to create life. Today, there are
thought to be as many as 100 million different
species on Earth: each one governed by the
same laws. Light, gravity, time, matter and energy
are the fundamental building blocks of everything - from the smallest microbe to the biggest
galaxy.
Wonders of Life tells the story of the amazing
diversity and adaptability of life through the
fundamental laws that govern it.
Each episode tackles a different aspect of life on
Earth, travelling to a single location that
illustrates it best.
Ep #1 – What is Life?
Ep #2 – Expanding Universe
Ep #3 – Endless Forms, Most Beautiful
Ep #4 – Size Matters
Ep #5 - Home
NEW!
Light and Dark (2)
BBC 2013
2x50 mins SrH-A
A landscape filled with mountains, the stars in
the night sky or the face of a loved one...
everything you see is the result of light. But for
our familiar world to exist, more than 95% of
the universe has to be dark – dark matter we
can't see and dark energy we can barely
comprehend.
In this thought-provoking series, Professor Jim
Al-Khalili explores the paradox that lies at the
heart of physics. By manipulating light, great
scientists like Galileo and Newton have
uncovered virtually everything we know about
the Universe.
But today's search for what lies hidden in the
shadows, the mind-bending quest to discover
dark matter and dark energy threatens to
overturn our understanding of the cosmos
forever.
Light and Dark is the story of everything we
know and everything we don't know about the
Universe.
Episode #1 – Light
Episode #2 - Dark
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Science - Zoology
Insect Dissection
BBC 2013
DVD $249
Planet Ant
50 mins
SrH-A
Delve inside the amazing anatomy of bugs as
this fascinating investigation reveals how insects
have evolved to survive – and shows how this
knowledge is inspiring technology for humans.
As well as taking viewers inside these incredible
creations, this fascinating documentary shows
how discoveries made in insect labs are inspiring
technology that will transform the human world.
Through a series of dissections combined with
state-of the- art imaging techniques, the
program examines at micro level the precision
engineering hidden inside these extraordinary
creatures.
BBC 2013
DVD $249
50 mins
JrH-A
Ants are fascinating creatures - builders of
extraordinary and complex societies.
So how can a species, inferior to humans by so
many measures, achieve such spectacular feats
of co-ordinated power? How do they do it and
what can they tell us about ourselves? This
programme takes us inside a million strong ant
colony, housed in a specially constructed glass
nest, that allows us to see the inner workings of
this most mysterious society, in a way never seen
before.
The program discovers what happens when the
queen is removed from the nest, investigates
how ants can solve mathematical problems that
defeat modern computers, and asks in what
ways a study of ant behaviour could help us
better organise our own societies.
Teacher Education
NEW!
School’s Out
Bullfrog 2013
DVD $250
36 mins
JrH-A
A year in the life of a forest kindergarten in
Switzerland where being outdoors and
unstructured play are the main components.
No classroom for these kindergarteners. In
Switzerland's Langnau am Albis, a suburb of
Zurich, children 4 to 7 years of age, go to
kindergarten in the woods every day, no matter
what the weatherman says. This eye-opening film
follows the forest kindergarten through the
seasons of one school year and looks into the
important question of what it is that children
need at that age. There is laughter, beauty and
amazement in the process of finding out.
The documentary is a combination of pure
observational footage of the children at kindergarten in the forest, paired with interviews with
parents, teachers, child development experts,
and alumni, offering the viewers a genuine look
into the forest kindergarten. There are also
scenes of a traditional kindergarten in the
United States to show the contrast between the
different approaches.
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"This thought-provoking production offers
interviews with parents, teachers, and a
pediatrician who share the benefits of the
outdoor experience as well as the concerns and
challenges of these two early childhood
educational programs. A nice addition to
professional collections in elementary school
media centers and public libraries."
- Linda M. Teel, East Carolina University,
School Library Journal
"What a great way to show people the
importance of outdoor play and exploration for
young children! I hope all educators,
administrators, and parents will watch this and
take it to heart. The high stress on academics in
early childhood just isn't necessary. Teachers,
even if you can't teach your classes in the forest,
take inspiration from this, your students and
society will thank you."
- Stacy Carr-Poole, Director of Education,
Riverbend Environmental Education Center
Best Short Film Award,
Colorado Environmental Film Festival
Best Education Award, Cinema Verde
Environmental Film & Arts Festival
Metamorphosis –
The Science of Change
BBC 2013
DVD $249
50 mins
JrH-A
Stranger than fiction. Metamorphosis seems like
the ultimate evolutionary magic trick: the
amazing transformation of one creature into a
totally different being: one life, two bodies.
From Ovid to Kafka to X-Men, tales of
metamorphosis richly permeate human culture.
The myth of transformation is so common that
it seems almost pre-programmed into our
imagination. But is the scientific fact of
metamorphosis just as strange as fiction… or
even stranger?
Teacher Education
Schools that Change Communities
Video Project 2012
DVD $225
58 mins SrH-A
Schools that Change Communities profiles a
diverse group of public schools that are
successfully creating higher achieving students in
a different way -- by turning the communities
where they live into their classrooms.
The film re-imagines what education can be,
visiting K-12 public schools in five states across
America that are engaging students in learning
by solving real-world problems in a variety of
communities, from economically and
environmentally challenged rural areas to
poverty-stricken urban neighborhoods.
In the film, administrators, teachers, students and
local residents discuss their projects and the
value they find in place- and community-based
education -- an interdisciplinary approach which
emphasizes hands-on, curiosity-based
investigation using surrounding neighborhoods
as "living" classrooms. By confronting and solving
real-world issues in their hometowns, students
become more engaged in the learning process
and develop a stronger sense of civic
responsibility and pride. Plus, the local
communities benefit, as well.
“This is a fantastic introduction – the best I've
ever experienced – to existing and potential links
between schools and communities. The cultural
and geographical diversity of communities
profiled, along with their unique challenges,
creates an expansive range of ideas for others to
consider.”
- David A. Greenwood, Director,
Centre for Place and Sustainability Studies,
Faculty of Education, Lakehead University
Room to Breathe
Video Project 2012
DVD $275
55 mins SrH-A
Inner city schools across the nation are in
serious trouble. In many cities, about half of high
school students drop out, and a similar
percentage of teachers leave after just five years
in the profession.
ROOM TO BREATHE explores one promising
solution that has been tested in several dozen
public schools – a self-regulatory technique
called mindfulness that increases kids’ focus and
concentration, self-awareness and impulse
control.
The film presents a hopeful story of
transformation, following a young mindfulness
teacher, Megan Cowan, as she spends several
months attempting to teach the technique to
troubled kids in a San Francisco public middle
school that tops the district in disciplinary
suspensions.
Confronted by defiance and contempt, Cowan
at first runs into substantial difficulties in the
classroom. But under her guidance, the students
begin to learn the technique and eventually use
it to take greater control over their lives,
decrease stress, and better focus in class and at
home.
Based on the experiences depicted in the film,
as well as results at other schools and
independent academic studies, the mindfulness
technique appears to have broad potential to
significantly improve kids’ social interactions with
peers and adults, to reduce bullying and
violence, and to improve academic performance
and graduation rates.
NEW!
Growing Up Green
Video Project 2013 27 mins SrH-A
DVD $175
Growing Up Green profiles a unique statewide,
hands-on environmental education program in
Michigan, the Great Lakes Stewardship Initiative.
For the very first time, both rural and urban
schools across the state are working to increase
academic performance by involving students in
local efforts to improve the environments they
inhabit.
learning valuable watershed lessons.
In Detroit's inner city, high school students
renovate 800 houses with energy saving devices
as part of their science and math program, while
Detroit middle school students perform regular
'tire sweeps' of the neighborhood around their
school, helping a local nonprofit in its recycling
and poverty alleviation efforts. Professional
development is offered through nine hubs to
help teachers facilitate inquiry-based learning
and problem-solving, and to sustain schoolcommunity partnerships.
SPECIAL FEATURES
The DVD includes extended segments and
interviews with film participants.
"Growing Up Green should be required viewing
by every educator in the country. Worldwide,
people and communities are facing a variety of
interconnected ecological and social challenges.
Too often, standardized school curriculum
remains unresponsive to these challenges, and
this lack of responsiveness is one reason for a
pandemic of student disengagement. Growing
Up Green profiles committed educators,
students, and community members who have
learned how to embrace these real world needs
as curriculum, curriculum that is also designed
to promote multiple content area literacies."
- David A. Greenwood, Director,
Centre for Place and Sustainability Studies,
Faculty of Education, Lakehead University
This coordinated statewide approach to "placebased education" presents a national model for
increasing student engagement by making
education more relevant, while also encouraging
students to become lifelong stewards of the
environment.
High school students in an interdisciplinary
science and math class in Houghton developed
ROV’s (remotely operated vehicles) to use in
underwater explorations looking for invasive
species. Across the state in Alpena, elementary
school students use similar ROV’s to aid Fish and
Game biologists in their research.
In Lansing and nearby Grand Rapids, elementary
and high school students raise salmon in their
classrooms, then restock local rivers, weaving
science, math, history and art though their
year-long curriculum. In Muskegon, elementary
students plant a former dump site with noninvasive species, restoring a natural habitat, while
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NEW!
ALIAS
INDIECAN Ent. Inc. 2013
DVD $250
64 mins SrH-A
A Michelle Latimer film.
Beyond typical music video images of girls, guns,
and gold, ALIAS follows aspiring rappers trying
to escape the gangster life. An in-depth look into
the world of street hip-hop and the hustle
known as the rap-trap.
However, just as rap music is vilified, there is no
denying that it has become the main form of
expression signifying the voice of a growing
Canadian underclass. Raw and uncompromising,
ALIAS illuminates a side of urban Canada rarely
seen before.
NOTE: Some language.
“A gritty and captivating portrait of some of
Toronto hip hop’s true hustlers….illuminating
and inspiring!” - Torontoist – 4 stars out of 5
Winner - Audience Choice Award Bay Street Film Festival - Thunder Bay
Winner - Best Documentary Hamilton Film Festival
In recent years, controversy surrounding rap
music has been at the forefront of North
American media. From the hype of the East
Coast-West Coast rivalry that shadowed the
murders of rappers Tupac Shakur and Notorious
B.I.G., to the demonization of the music in the
wake of a string of shootings at Toronto
recording studios, it seems that political and
media groups have been quick to place blame
on rap for a seeming trend in youth violence.
Women’s Studies
The World Before Her
Kinosmith 2012
SrH-A
89 mins
DVD $150
In the lobby of a modest Bombay hotel, 20
young women from across India arrive for an
intense, month-long beauty boot camp. They are
the hand-picked contestants for the Miss India
pageant, the ultimate glamour event in a country
that has gone mad for beauty contests. Winning
the coveted title means instant stardom, a
lucrative career path and, for some girls,
freedom from the constraints of a patriarchal
society.
But as the popularity of pageants has exploded,
so have the controversies surrounding them.
Moving between the transformative action at
both camps and the characters' private lives, The
World Before Her creates a lively, provocative
portrait of the world's largest democracy at a
critical transitional moment. These young
women may represent opposing extremes but
in their hearts they share a common dream: to
help shape the future of India as she meets the
world before her.
"A definite must watch"
- Huffington Post
"Riveting"
– The New York Times
The film travels to another corner of India to
visit an annual camp for young girls run by the
Durgha Vahini, the women's wing of the militant
fundamentalist movement. Through lectures and
physical combat training, the girls learn what it
means to be good Hindu women and how to
fight against Islam, Christianity and Western
influences by any means necessary. The Indian
government says these camps promote
terrorism and is trying to ban them. Until now,
they have never been filmed.
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NEW!
The Lips
DVD $295
Winner of the Cannes Film Festival Certain
Regard Award for Best Actress, a prize shared by
the film’s three leads (Adela Sanchez, Eva Bianco,
and Victoria Raposo), this subtle, challenging mix
of documentary and narrative filmmaking follows
a trio of women who deeply inhabit their
cinematic roles as social workers interacting
with members of an impoverished rural
Argentine neighborhood.
Facing poverty that threatens to overwhelm
even the greatest reserves of calm, humor, and
empathy, the three move into makeshift living
quarters in a run-down hospital. They then begin
the work of recording data on the needs of the
community and getting to know each other,
while trying to make their living quarters
habitable… and still find time for an occasional
night out.
“Recommended.”
- Educational Media Reviews Online
Women’s Studies
Girl Model
Kinosmith 2012
DVD $150
77 mins
SrH-A
Despite a lack of obvious similarities between
Siberia and Tokyo, a thriving model industry
connects these distant regions. Girl Model
follows two protagonists involved in this
industry: Ashley, a deeply ambivalent model
scout who scours the Siberian countryside
looking for fresh faces to send to the Japanese
market, and one of her discoveries, Nadya, a
thirteen year-old plucked from the Siberian
countryside and dropped into the center of
Tokyo with promises of a profitable career.
Girl Model is a lyrical exploration of a world
defined by glass surfaces and camera lenses,
reflecting back differing versions of reality to the
young women caught in their scope.
**** CRITIC'S PICK - Time Out - New York
NEW!
Arise
Video Project 2013
DVD $325
79 mins SrH-A
Narrated by Daryl Hannah
On every continent, women are taking the lead
to protect and restore the natural environment,
and are empowering others to respect the
earth. Arise presents the stories of a diverse
group of 13 women in five countries who have
initiated solution-oriented environmental
projects in their communities, towns and villages.
These women are engaged in a variety of
innovative efforts profiled in the film: replanting
trees in Kenya, conserving biodiversity in India,
preserving sacred Native lands, protecting the
rainforest in Ecuador, building more sustainable
local communities, transforming food through
urban agriculture, creating safe outdoor places
to play, training women to build and install solar
lights, and organizing to combat climate change,
among others.
Arise gives voice to these powerful women, and
weaves together their inspiring stories with
stunning images, poetry and music by wellknown writers and musicians, including Alice
Walker and Michael Franti.
Through these hopeful examples and new
models, the women in the film challenge our
current way of thinking about the environment,
and encourage a shift in values to find a
different, healthier way to view our relationship
to the earth.
Winner, Spirit of Activism Award,
Colorado Environmental Film Festival
Winner, Shift Award, FilmShift Festival
World Religions / Philosophy
Hellbound?
Kevin Miller XI Prod
85 mins
SrH-A
2012
DVD $295
For many people, belief in hell as a place of
eternal torment for the wicked is an indisputable
tenet of Christian orthodoxy. In their view,
rejecting or modifying this belief is tantamount
to rejecting Christianity, itself. But a growing
number of believers disagree. They argue that
we can have a loving God or we can have
eternal hell, but we can’t have both. Hellbound?
is a provocative, critically acclaimed
documentary that wades right into the center of
this debate. Featuring interviews with
controversial Mars Hill Church pastor Mark
Driscoll; screenwriting guru (and atheist) Robert
McKee; self-proclaimed exorcist Bob Larson; the
purveyors of a “hell house” in Dallas, TX; “
Oderous Urungus,” lead singer of the rock band
GWAR; and the notorious Westboro Baptists,
Hellbound? presents a challenging, eclectic and
entertaining mixture of views from across the
theological spectrum.
Does hell exist? If so, who goes there, and why?
Hellbound? is a probing, incendiary journey that
ensures viewers will never look at hell the same
way again.
“substantive and even-handed”
- New York Times
“a brave and refreshing documentary capable of
lasting impact”
- Huffington Post
NOTE: DVD includes closed captions as well as
Spanish, French and English subtitles.
hellboundthemovie.com
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