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It's the most famous whisper in American history. President Bush learns of the 9/11 attacks while sitting in front of 16 schoolchildren. This is the untold story of those kids. Today they are in their mid-20s and offer a fascinating window into post 9/11 America.

Documentary | 78 min

9/11 Kids

Kiribati, a low-lying island nation on the Pacific is one of the first countries to face rising sea-levels.

Documentary | 77 min

Anote's Ark

With philistine politics and toxic tweets trashing civilization as we know it, the time has come for Assholes: A Theory - a tonic-n-timely new doc from acclaimed director John Walker.

Assholes: A Theory

A 30-year-old CEO responsible for $215 million in cryptocurrency and cash dies suddenly in India, kicking off a major scandal, and fueling speculation that his exit was only one of many scams.

Dead Man's Switch: A Crypto Mystery

Gordon Lightfoot: If You Could Read My Mind is an exploration of the career, music, and influence of legendary Canadian musical icon Gordon Lightfoot.

Documentary | 88 min

Gordon Lightfoot: If You Could Read My Mind

One Newfoundlander’s obsessive quest to clean up coastal ocean floors and bring attention to an environmental crisis.

Documentary | 1 episode

Hell or Clean Water

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

A crime documentary about the largest art fraud in American history set in the super rich, super obsessed, and superfast art world of New York.

Documentary | 90 min

Made You Look: A True Story of Fake Art

A Canadian searches for the tree that was planted in his name in Israel many years earlier. When he discovers that it stands on the remains of an Arab village, he is forced to question his own culpability.

Documentary | 102 min

My Tree

Raised in a refugee camp in the West Bank while her mother was in prison, Walaa dreams of becoming a policewoman in the Palestinian Security Forces (PSF). Despite discouragement from her family, even her beloved brother Mohammed, Walaa applies and gets in.  But her own rebellious behaviour, and complicated relationship with her mother are challenging, as are the circumstances under which she lives.

Season 1 | What Walaa Wants

This feature documentary presents a thoughtful and vivid portrait of a community facing imposed relocation. At the centre of the story is a remarkably astute and luminous 12-year-old black girl whose poignant observations about life, the soul, and the power of art give voice to those rarely heard in society. Unarmed Verses is a cinematic rendering of our universal need for self-expression and belonging.

Season 1 | Unarmed Verses

One of Ours is a poetic observational look at reconciliation and belonging through the eyes of a young Haitian-born Indigenous adoptee in Canada.

Documentary | 89 min

One of Ours

Follow five young organists as they compete in the prestigious Canadian International Organ Competition. Who will master the ‘King of Instruments’ to take home the top prize?

Pipe Dreams

This entertaining and revealing documentary goes behind the scenes of a famous International ballet company, Les Trockadero de Monte Carlo. This internationally acclaimed company travels around the world but stands alone: all the ballerinas are men!

Rebels on Pointe

A group of culinary apprentices navigates their way through one of the best restaurants in the world, Mugaritz.

Stage: The Culinary Internship

Amid the tangled wires of Nigeria’s energy crisis, hope flickers in the stories of ordinary people connected by the grid.

Take Light

Featuring intimate, charming interviews with queer Canadians ranging in age seventeen to eighty-eight, Take Me To Prom invites audiences to revisit this iconic adolescent milestone. Meet Alf, a quiet wallflower with a secret crush. Fontaine only remembers the details of his date’s dress. Marcy skipped her prom for a wild escapade. Alphonso staged a liberating protest with his friends. Marc bravely went to court so he could take his boyfriend to prom. Carmen’s traumatic prom marked the beginning of her inspiring transformation. And Caroline’s story captures the complex reality faced by queer youth today. Vivid set design, re-enactments and archival footage transport audiences across seventy years of teenage heartbreak and rebellion - all while telling a story of social change over seven decades.

Documentary | 21 min

Take Me to Prom

Oskar Gröning goes on trial in Germany as prosecutors race against time to bring aging Nazi guards to justice.

The Accountant of Auschwitz

A cautionary tale examining systemic abuse of elderly people in Las Vegas revealing the consequences of unchecked power.

Documentary | 104 min

The Guardians

A whistleblower is sued for $1.5 million for plotting to steal a walrus, and launches into a personal quest against the backdrop to end marine mammal captivity.

The Walrus and the Whistleblower

Dr. Miami is "the most famous plastic surgeon of the universe." While chasing fame, can this Orthodox Jewish father of five carry on with his gimmick and still preserve his identity?

They Call Me Dr. Miami

From white trash kid to world record powerlifter, Matt Kroczaleski faces his most challenging feat of strength yet: becoming a woman.

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