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The first all-female Muslim softball league in North America is empowering women through sports, in a community where they traditionally don't participate and are often seen as disempowered.

Documentary | 7 min

Sisterhood Softball

A coming-of-age story set in St. John’s, Newfoundland of 11 year-old Mark, much older on the inside than his 11 years, who uses comedy to win friends and connect with people in his limited world.

Comedy | 2 seasons

Son of a Critch

Pip grew up in a conservative evangelical Christian community. From an early age, he knew he was gay. But as a pastor’s son, Pip believed that there would be great consequences for being queer - in this life and the next. In the early 2000s, teenage Pip was placed in “reparative therapy” (sometimes referred to as “praying the gay away”). It didn’t work.

Documentary | 25 min

Devout and Out: Pip

WITH WONDER is a documentary that tries to answer the question: can you be Christian and Queer?

Documentary | 75 min

With Wonder

The Presentation Sisters and Sisters of Mercy have stopped accepting new nuns into their orders in Newfoundland and Labrador. In the years to come, both orders will disappear as we know them. Their orders have transformed into vehicles for social justice and environmental issues but now there are no longer young women who have the calling.

Documentary | 62 min

The Incredible Vanishing Sisters

After discovering that a small but powerful clique within his Old Order Mennonite community are part of an international cocaine smuggling ring, newly appointed pastor Noah Funk must make a decision.

Drama | 1 season

Pure

The Tudors tells the incredible tale of the young, powerful, seductive King Henry VIII, focusing on the tumultuous early years of his nearly 40-year reign.

Drama | 4 seasons

The Tudors

A series about breaking down stereotypes and offering insight into the lives of people who live with labels, giving an unmediated platform to some of the most misunderstood people.

Documentary | 1 season

You Can't Ask That (OZ)

Lane, an ex-member of a cult called the Exclusive Brethren, attempts to reunite with his estranged family who ex-communicated him from the cult when he was 18 years old.

Documentary | 87 min

The Devil's Trap

Director Abby Neidik catches up with graduates of a Jewish seminary for girls in Quebec, who, a few years after graduation, are finding their way in the world.

Documentary | 52 min

Shekinah Rising

As fourteen-year-old Hollie sews her first dress with her mother, she faces the decision all Mennonite girls must make as they reach adulthood. Will she put on the dress and become a full member of the church and assume her role as a mother, or will she join the wider world?

Documentary | 24 min

Hollie's Dress

Cormac is a queer, trans, non-binary youth minister who works at an Anglican church in Toronto. Cormac is creating a new narrative for queer people by setting an example of how religious organizations can reduce the trauma that young people experience when they come out to their communities. Cormac shares their story of growing up in evangelical Christianity, where happy memories are quashed by the reality that Cormac was not welcome in the community when they expressed their queerness. After being forced to resign by a Christian organization when they came out, Cormac abandoned their faith. After leaving religion, Cormac found love, which gave them an opportunity to step into their queer identity — and a lifelong partnership. Many years later, Cormac saw a job posting for a youth minister focused on LGBTQ communities. Applying for a position with an Anglican church was a huge leap of faith. Cormac thought it was possible that they were setting themself up for a repeat of the trauma, homophobia and rejection they’d experienced in the past. But, intrigued by the idea of returning to the church in a way that accepted their queerness, Cormac applied and was offered the job. Now an openly trans youth minister, Cormac is turning a church space into a LGBTQ2-supporting space, a wholly original and inclusive community for teens, especially queer-identifying teens. We see vibrant youth drop-ins with dozens of teens enjoying themselves. We hear from atheist and queer-identifying young people who’ve found a home in what Cormac has created. We see Cormac’s impact on young people. Cormac is creating a space that exists as a contrast to the community they grew up in. Over the course of this documentary, we see the impact that a positive queer role model can have on youth and the strength of character it takes to create a safe space within a place that felt so hostile in the past.

Documentary | 19 min

Devout and Out: Cormac

Susan lives on a fine line between cultures and expressions. She is Kanien'kehá:ka (also known as Mohawk). She is an open lesbian. She is a United Church minister at the Grand River United Church. Despite balancing these diverse identities, Susan radiates peace and thoughtfulness. She is living out a new expression of faith in the somber face of the church’s abusive history toward Indigenous and queer individuals. Susan grew up on Six Nations territory, experiencing a joyful childhood that included the best parts of community, surrounded by family and friends. But she was also formed by her family’s trauma in the wake of residential schools. It wasn’t until she was in her 20s that Susan was able to see the complicated effects of oppression and internalized racism, and began to process what it all meant to her. Susan knew she was gay at the age of seven — she also knew that it wasn’t safe to tell anyone. But when her friends started dying of AIDS in the 1980s, Susan realized it was important for her to be out, visible and proud. Now, Susan has been nominated for Moderator of The United Church of Canada — the most senior elected position in the national church. In the lead up to the election, she reflects on how slowly the Church has moved in its reconciliation efforts with Indigenous people, as well as with queer people. It’s clear to Susan that the church can do a better job, and she feels called to be part of that movement. Susan accepts the nomination and steps into the spotlight as the council votes. As the church and Indigenous people continue to heal, Susan hopes that the teachings of love, compassion, respect and kindness will shape new generations of people to be good to one another. In one hand, she holds her Longhouse faith and Indigenous traditions. In the other, she holds a firm belief that there is goodness at the core of the Church. The point, she says, is to bring people closer together.

Documentary | 21 min

Devout and Out: Susan

An ethnic Canadian hockey player struggles against traditional family values and discrimination from mainstream hockey players.

Comedy | 90 min

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