Health Science & Social Work
The 21st Chromosome
How do you tell the story of someone who's in your family but doesn't have a voice to say whether or not they want that story told? This loving and wistful portrait of a sibling creatively addresses entrenched societal prejudices against people with differences.
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.
AMPLIFY HER
Three female electronic dance music artists battle demons from painful pasts as they emerge to become beacons on the global festival scene. Along their journeys, they encounter plenty of resistance as they dare to enter the male-dominated realm of electronic music and EDM.
Beat Around the Bush
Three seniors in this short comedic drama bring a whole new context to a popular phrase.
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.
Building Bridge: A Housing Project for Women
A documentary that profiles the creation of Bridge Housing for Women on Vancouver's downtown eastside.
Call from Josie
Darlene has made a momentous decision about her lengthy illness. Just as she and a very unusual in-home service converge, a frantic call from her strong-willed daughter threatens to derail her plans.
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.
Dancing With Pain
Four teenagers share their experiences trying to cope with chronic pain. Their thoughts are intercut with performance by dancer Vanessa Goodman in this innovative collaboration between Dr. Leora Kuttner and choreographer Judith Marcuse. Animation of the Body-Self Neuromatrix illustrates the brain's central role in the process through different stages of healing.
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.
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.
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