Health Science & Social Work
Access Challenge
This inspiring documentary chronicles three world travellers who though all confined to wheelchairs participate in Access Challenge, a 3-day, 60 kilometer hike through glorious and rugged terrain in British Columbia.
aftermeth: a family story
aftermeth follows the roller coaster ride of one family as it battles with drug addiction and co-dependency.
Becoming Barbie
This sobering and enlightening documentary examines eating disorders that have become commonplace in a society where diet products are a $74 billion dollar industry.
The Blue Buddha in Russia • Tibetan Medicine
An examination of the history of Tibetan medicine in Russia, this documentary is also an illuminating look at one of its most devoted practitioners today.
The Brush, The Pen, and Recovery
Talented artists suffering from schizophrenia prepare for an exhibition of their works and discuss their long paths to recovery.
Building Bridge: A Housing Project for Women
A documentary that profiles the creation of Bridge Housing for Women on Vancouver's downtown eastside.
Building Futures: Re-building Our Lives
Building Futures critically examines the four phases of The Downtown Women's Project, a feminist-inspired community development project: community process, partnerships, life skills and training, and the construction itslef.
Captured: From Footbinding to Stilettos
Just as the practice of footbinding was followed for centuries in China, the practice of wearing high heels has been promoted in the western world as a symbol of feminine beauty and desirability. But what happens to the body when they are worn?
Cherry Kingsley: Recognizing the Person
Cherry Kingsley: Recognizing the Person sheds light on the exploitation of youth in the sex trade.
Craving
In this powerful performance by Delphine Brooker, an expectant mother chronicles her struggle with anorexia nervosa to her unborn child.
Crystal Fear, Crystal Clear
Crystal meth has become the drug of choice with teenagers in small towns across North America. This documentary sheds light on a rapidly growing problem for communities of all sizes.
Depression: Fighting the Dragon
This documentary provides new insight into the illness of depression and highlights the importance of early detection.
Desperately Seeking Doctors
Canada's universal health care system was the envy of the world. But today five million Canadians don't have a family doctor. How did we get here? And how do we get back to the level of primary health care that we believe is our right as Canadian citizens?
Dissolve: a documentary on drug facilitated sexual assault
A documentary on drug facilitated sexual assault.
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Do You Really Want to Know? [57 min version]
Do You Really Want to Know? is a documentary about the complex emotional, ethical and psychological issues surrounding the new frontier of predictive genetic testing.
Do You Really Want to Know? [72 min version]
Do You Really Want to Know? is a documentary about the complex emotional, ethical and psychological issues surrounding the new frontier of predictive genetic testing.
Doing Time
A documentary of a sculptural installation created by the collaboration between artist Persimmon Blackbridge and women who have been incarcerated in Canadian prisons.
Don't Be a Bully
Riley Inge, formerly on stage with the Motown group The Temptations, wrote and directed this short drama that educates both children and adults about bullying and violence.
Down Here
Director Charles Wilkinson filmed eight residents of Vancouver's Downtown East Side, with dignity, in a quiet and safe environment. One-on-one conversations are combined with images of life on the street to create an intimate portrait of a sub-class living without the safety net that was once considered a fundamental human right.
The Downside of High
Documentary expoloring the connection between early marijuana use and schizophrenia.
Dying to Be Perfect
Three to four percent of North American women between the ages of 15 and 25 will suffer from a severe eating disorder. Two survivors, Erin and Molly, speak frankly about their battles with anorexia nervosa and bulimia.
Embracing Bob's Killer
Embracing Bob's Killer is a documentary exploring the relationship between a widow and the man who killed her husband.
Face First
In Face First, filmmaker Mike Grundmann and three other remarkable individuals who grew up with facial birth defects open old, surgically-sealed wounds to tell stark anecdotes about the physical pain of corrective surgery and the psychological sting of ridicule and rejection.
The Family Image
Poignant and powerful, this fictional drama takes a unique look at aging and the effect it has on family relationships. Through the use of "home video," it also examines issues of memory and control in the family.
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