Crushed by a messy unrequited love, a young queer poet, through the confidence of their best friend and the truth of their art, finally reckons with their own emotional baggage (or, 'boulder').
The year I turned nine I became pathologically afraid that my parents would die. I stopped letting them leave the house at night, even for a walk around the block. I'd call them repeatedly at restaurants if they tried to go out for dinner and once threatened to kill myself if anything happened to...
When an older woman begins to experience anxiety and depression she isolates herself inside her small apartment. Embarrassed and alone, she relies on the constant companionship of her chihuahua for her comfort and social outlet.
The Finest Kind: A People's History of the Lockeport Lockout, 1939
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In the fall of 1939, more than 600 fishermen and fish handlers in the tiny town of Lockeport, Nova Scotia walked the picket line in front of the town's only employers, Swim Brothers and the Lockeport Company. Both fishplants had locked their doors rather than recognize the Canadian Fishermen's...
Alyssa and her friends make their way home from school and spend another afternoon in the suburbs, navigating the new pressures they face while teetering on the cusp of girlhood and womanhood.
A documentary unlike any other, The Moody Brood explodes the myth of the idealized, normal family-a popular and pervasive post-WWII notion. The film examines issues universal to all families: the effects of community and religion, the influence of siblings, and the moral standards imposed by...
The Agnostics follows freshly-relapsed alcoholic Suzanne and her father Mark to an Easter gathering, which they hope will result in a much-needed cheque from their senile Uncle Raymond.
YGGDRASLL,(ig-dra-sil), The World Tree has always been, will be, and is. In this tour, its very roots will show us the nine worlds of old and, perhaps, a new mythology for the modern world. But travelers beware: traversing the nine worlds is not for the weak of heart or mind.
A young woman leaves the comfort of her small rural community to pursue opportunities in a big Canadian city. She encounters obstacles that almost force her to return home, but she eventually picks up the skills to adjust to the city.
Madame Winger Makes a Film: A Survival Guide for the 21st Century
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Madame Winger wants you to make a film about something you love. She shows you her favorite low budget filmmaking techniques, from cameraless animation to processing your own film in a bathtub. Filmed in 16 mm.
The film examines what it means to be Black in Nova Scotia - from the history of racial segregation in the province, to the frustration of being from this place and yet continually asked, "Where are you really from?"
