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Addicted to Plastic! The Rise and Demise of a Modern Miracle
Canada, 2008, 85 min.
A global journey to investigate what we really know about plastic — the material of a thousand uses — and why there's so darn much of it. On the way we discover a toxic legacy, and the men and women dedicated to cleaning it up.... more
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As Slow as Possible
Canada, 2008, 61 min.
At the age of 18, Ryan Knighton was diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa and informed that he would slowly go blind. Fifteen years later, with only one percent of his vision remaining, Ryan travels to Germany in search of the John Cage organ — an instrument designed to play for 639 years.... more
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Be Like Others
Canada, 2008, 74 min.
Be Like Others is a fascinating look at gender reassignment in a country where homosexuality is punishable by death. Unable to be open about their love, many gay individuals in fundamentalist Iran choose to undergo the painful surgery to be part of a socially sanctioned couple.... more
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Before Tomorrow
Canada, 2008, 93 min.
Inuit elder Ningiuq (Madeline Ivalu) and her grandson Maniq (Paul-Dylan Ivalu) fear they are the last people on earth after a mysterious illness kills their clan. This is the debut feature from the Inuit women's group Arnalt Video Collective.... more
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Fierce Light: When Spirit Meets Action
Canada, 2008, 97 min.
In Fierce Light: When Spirit Meets Action, filmmaker Velcrow Ripper searches for deeper meaning in his life. He finds it in "fierce light," or desire for change driven by love and compassion. Featuring interviews with world spiritual leaders, this film will inspire viewers with hope.... more
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The Forgotten Woman
Canada, 2008, 90 min.
This extraordinary documentary, set in India, aims to understand the destitution and marginalization of many of the millions of widows in India today, who are forced by age-old traditions to live out their remaining years isolated from and shunned by the society at large.... more
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Heaven on Earth
Canada, 2007, 106 min.
Director Deepa Mehta (Fire, Water) offers up a complex and emotional drama in which Chand, a young bride, leaves her home in India for Ontario, her new husband Rocky, and his very traditional family.... more
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It's Not Me, I Swear!
Canada, 2008, 108 min.
1968. While his parents' marriage disintegrates, 10-year-old Leon busies himself with vandalism, theft, running away, breaking and entering — and failed suicide attempts. But his vivid imagination and growing crush on his exasperating neighbor, Léa, help him overcome the pain of growing up.... more
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Mommy Is at the Hairdresser's
Canada, 2008, 98 min.
School's out for the summer of 1966, but for Élise, the abrupt departure of her long-suffering mother means she'll have to care for her father and two brothers. Pool uses the perfect blend of sweet aesthetics and sorrowful subject matter to tell this poignant coming-of-age story.... more
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The Necessities of Life
Canada, 2008, 103 min.
In the 1950s, Tivii, an Inuit hunter and family man from Baffin Island, is yanked from his isolated home terrain and installed in a Quebec City tuberculosis sanitarium. There he takes a fatherly interest in an afflicted native orphan.... more
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Passchendaele
Canada, 2008, 114 min.
The World War I victory at Passchendaele, in Belgium, has been seen by Canadians as their country's "coming of age." Half a million Allied soldiers died in the battle. Canadian Paul Gross uses an ultra-realistic palette, akin to Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan.... more
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Stone of Destiny
Canada, 2008, 96 min.
Charles Martin Smith brings a fine wit and charm to spare to this tale, based in truth. The Coronation Stone—the “stone of destiny”—was used in Scotland for centuries to crown the heads of the land. Then the English stole it. In 1950, four Scottish students hatch a plan to steal it back.... more
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The Young Romantic: A Portrait of Yundi Li
Canada, 2008, 88 min.
At age 25, classical piano virtuoso Yundi Li has already accomplished what most musicians can only dream of. Sweete's poetic documentary trails the intense, charismatic artist as he prepares for a monumental concert with the Berlin Philharmonic.... more
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