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For 10,000 years farmers planted and saved their seeds, but now control of seeds – and control of our food crops – has shifted into the hands of a few multinational corporations. “Who controls the seeds, controls the food.”
The story of the early Canadian oil industry from its start in Petrolia and Oil Springs, Ontario, from about 1850 to 1900. Dramatic re-creations blend with archival photographs and diaries to tell the rags-to-riches-to-rags tale of a boom that went bust.
Shark Divers: Arguably the most fascinating, but at the same time most legendary creatures of the ocean are sharks. Feared by many, but loved by those who have ever had the good fortune to encounter them during a dive.
Watch ship sinkers turn floating junkyards on the ocean into habitats for innumerable marine species.
Women have always sought ways to terminate unwanted pregnancies, despite powerful patriarchal structures and systems working against them. This film provides a historical overview of how church, state and the medical establishment have determined policies concerning abortion. From this cross-cultural survey--filmed in Ireland, Japan, Thailand, Peru, Colombia, and Canada--emerges one reality: only a small percentage of the world's women has access to safe, legal operations.
A university student makes several attempts to win the heart of a female student he has fallen in love with.
This documentary studies the life and artwork of photographer Paul Strand, using his own compelling photography as well as interviews with his friends, acquaintances and third wife. Documentarian John Walker explores the various influences Strand encountered throughout his life that helped him to develop as an artist. His personal life and relationships are examined and shed light on the inner working of this man who achieved great renown while hiding "under the dark cloth."
