Canada Vignettes: Helen Law

I Remember Me

In 1984-85, people at Lake Tahoe fell ill with flu symptoms, but they didn't get better. Medical literature documents similar outbreaks: in 1934 at LA

2000

The Rape of Recy Taylor

Recy Taylor, a 24-year-old black mother and sharecropper, was gang raped by six white boys in 1944 Alabama. Common in Jim Crow South, few women spoke

2019

L’endemà

2014

Velorama

Documentary looking at a century of cycling. Commissioned to mark the arrival of the 2014 Tour de France in Yorkshire, the film makes full use of stun

2014

Yulu

The film uses a documentary approach to tell the stories of 12 Chinese pioneers, chosen from the fields of business and the arts. The protagonists ref

2011

Vive La France

Kua and Teriki will soon get married. They live on the distant Tureia island in the French Polynesia, Pacific Ocean and have just been told that somet

2014

Kate and Anna McGarrigle

A short documentary about singers Kate and Anna McGarrigle made by animator Caroline Leaf.

1981

Jimi Plays Monterey

Jimi Hendrix's debut American set at 1967's Monterey Pop Festival is generally considered one of the most radical and legendary live shows ever. Virtu

1987

Shadowlands

Shadowlands is an animated short film about darkness that won't let go. About the constant fear that something terrible might happen. It describes a j

2016

Salesman

This documentary from Albert and David Maysles follows the bitter rivalry of four door-to-door salesmen working for the Mid-American Bible Company: Pa

1969

Hermitage Revealed

To celebrate its 250th anniversary, this documentary tells the story of one of the world’s greatest museums, from its foundation by Catherine the Grea

2014

Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema

A chronological look at films by, for, or about gays and lesbians in the United States, from 1947 to 2005, Kenneth Anger's "Fireworks" to "Brokeback M

2006

Charles Lloyd - Arrows Into Infinity

A journey in sound through the unusual life and career of jazz legend Charles Lloyd. Lloyd's own voice, and those who worked with him over the last fi

2014

Jay Du Temple: La Tournée Canadienne

2025

Auf demselben Planeten

The filmmaker delves into her family's past and the seemingly intact world of childhood begins to fall apart. Here, the private sphere reflects the he

2002

The Execution of Wanda Jean

The Execution of Wanda Jean chronicles the life-and-death battle of Wanda Jean Allen, the first black woman to be put to death in the United States in

2002

Fog

A finely-woven tapestry, unifying things that are incommensurate. What is it about? Something that we all know, but which resonates differently with e

2014

The War Room

A behind-the-scenes documentary about the Clinton for President campaign, focusing on the adventures of spin doctors James Carville and George Stephan

1993

Bronwyn Oliver: The Shadows Within

This intimate documentary follows the journey of Bronwyn Oliver, a working-class girl from the country who became one of Australia's most influential

2021

Sacromonte, los sabios de la tribu

This documentary is a effort to recover the memory of The Sacromonte, a suburb of Granada city. Chus Gutiérrez researches the relation between the sub

2014