During the two years they lived together, Steve abused Attiya on a daily basis. Now 20 years later, Attiya has asked Steve to meet. She wants to know if he will finally take responsibility for his violent actions.
Following a series of intimate conversations between the former couple, A Better Man offers a fresh and nuanced look at the healing and revelation that can happen for everyone involved when men take responsibility for their abuse.
Social Justice
Custodians – A Story of Ancient Echoes
The documentary CUSTODIANS – A Story of Ancient Echoes follows the journey of a local community in Herschel, Saskatchewan during the summer of 2021 as they work to uncover, preserve and protect native grasslands, dinosaur and marine fossils, and important Indigenous artifacts recently discovered on farmland near the village. "We have found a living library!" says Metis Artist Jo Cooper. These grassroots volunteers take action to raise awareness and build bridges for healing and restoration.
Songs Versus City
As our world becomes louder, songbirds are forced to adapt, but they are reaching their limit and are at risk in the city.
What the soil remembers
"What the Soil Remembers," examines the trauma of a community uprooted during the Apartheid regime, making way for an educational institution that would become synonymous with the foundation of white supremacist ideologies. The film follows a group of elders who illuminate the screen with their approach to the problem. The collective wisdom and patience embedded in their actions is what a nationalist regime tried to violently take away from them years earlier.
Young Belarus
Out of fear for his life, a young Belarusian rapper escapes to Poland. He is trying to balance between following his dreams and the fight for freedom of his homeland, yet this is made no easier by the Russian invasion of Ukraine and his opportunity to move to the US.
A Night Song
Penetrating through the interstices of the half-closed shutters, a summer light brushes its dappled shadows in Noëlla's apartment, as she is preparing to receive medical aid in dying. Dense and diffuse, the last days of a life reveal the tight weave that intertwines these seemingly infinitely repeated gestures to the ephemeral nature of our passages. At night’s edge, here’s a non-sentimental look at death and how we cope with it.