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  • Dark Water Rising: Survival Stories of Hurricane Katrina Animal Rescues

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    Compassion. Courage. Survival.

  • Dark Suns (Soleils Noirs)

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    An epic investigation into countless murders in Mexico. Presented in chapters, the film unfolds methodically through unsettling testimonials, sketching a portrait of an entire country transformed into a gigantic mass grave thanks to a climate of impunity established by both criminal gangs and sta...

  • DamNation

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    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 awareness 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 ...

  • Dalai Lama: Towards a Peaceful World

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    Part of a ground breaking series of films documenting Buddhism.

  • DISKO

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    Eccentric skipper Olivier invites 8 crewmates to join him as he attempts to sail North from Virginia (USA) into the Arctic circle on his hand built wooden sailing boat, in search of the legendary DISKO bay.

  • D-Day: The Normandy Invasion

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    Documentary detailing that fateful day on the beach.

  • Crimes Without Honour

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    People have been committing so-called honour crimes since time immemorial. While many of us believed these acts were a thing of the past, reality has bluntly taught us otherwise. Around the world, people are dying by the thousands in the name of honour. The Shafi a murders were Canada’s wake-up c...

  • Crazywater

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    After years of struggle and shame, five Indigenous Canadians are bravely telling their stories. Crazywater is an emotional and revealing exploration of substance abuse among Indigenous people in Canada, directed by Inuvialuit filmmaker Dennis Allen. Rarely have their own perspectives on the sensi...

  • Cracking the Shakespeare Code

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    This is the amazing story of Petter Amundsen, who believes he has deciphered a secret code hidden in Shakespeare’s first folio, and Dr. Robert Crumpton, a skeptical historian and Shakespeare expert. Is there truth in Amundsen’s claims? Are these codes part of something larger, secrets spanning ce...

  • Corner Store

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    Ten years ago during the second Intifada, Yousef Elhaj left his wife and three small children in Bethlehem to start a new life for them in San Francisco. For a decade he has worked day and night to build his business, save for their future, and remain connected from afar, while waiting to become ...

  • Confessions of an Innocent Man

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    Confessions of an Innocent Man, directed by Academy Award®-nominated David Paperny, is a raw exposé that examines William Sampson's harrowing experience while imprisoned in Saudi Arabia for a crime he did not commit.

    Sampson, who was working as a business consultant in Saudi Arabia at the time o...

  • Come on Down and Pick Me Up

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    A short documentary about the eternal questions of life, mortality and the true purpose of art.

  • Come Worry With Us

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    Violinist Jessica Moss and singer/guitarist Efrim Menuck are struggling to balance parenthood with making music in their internationally acclaimed Montreal-based band Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra. They are one of a growing number of bands to have accepted an infant (Efrim and Jessica’s...

  • Combat America

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    A documentary recounting the experiences of the 351st Bombardment Group of the U.S.

  • Collectors

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    "Collectors" focuses on two of the country's premier serial killer enthusiasts. Rick Staton, a funeral director in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, has started many serial killers painting; he was the exclusive dealer of America's most notorious serial killer John Wayne Gacy. Staton's extensive collection...

  • Coffee & Sugar

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    A 93-year-old woman reflects on her marriage of 62 years in this animated exploration of a timeless romance.

  • Coaching Colburn

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    James Colburn was born with Fragile X Syndrome. At 26, he is a child at heart who finds joy in small things and uses his gift of comedic timing to inspire those around him. James is living proof there is love and laughter in the face of autism.

  • CoFounder

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    Ever had regrets about a business opportunity you took a pass on? In the seventies, Ronald Wayne got together with two young computer enthusiasts in Silicon Valley and formed a company. The two young men were Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak and the company became Apple. CoFounder is the uplifting st...

  • Closure

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    It took 26 years and 1,500 miles to find it.

  • Closing Bell

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    Survival of the un-fittest.

  • Clay
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    Clay

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    David Peters has committed himself to mastering his own ceramic technique. Harvesting strictly from the local areas around south west Montana, he has created his own style and approach to wood fire pots. Even before David, ceramic art or the human race, the clay David has chosen to work with was ...

  • Cielo

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    Cielo is a cinematic reverie on the crazy beauty of the night sky, as experienced in the Atacama Desert, Chile, one of the best places on our planet to explore and contemplate its splendour. Director Alison McAlpine’s sublime nonfiction film drifts between science and spirituality, the arid land,...

  • Christmas with Dad

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    “Christmas with Dad” follows 22-year-old AJ as he and his family prepare for the festive season and the arrival of an eighth child. With remarkable access and insight the film reveals a young man struggling to define his role as a father, haunted by his own childhood and facing an uncertain futur...

  • Choosing Victory

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    At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, a first-time, exhibition event - the women's 800 and men's 1500 meter wheelchair races wowed the world.

    "Choosing Victory" follows five of the athletes on their journey to make the Olympic team. Ultimately three of the five athletes competed in the Ol...