Acting Blind (2006) 52 minutes Directed by Martin Duckworth. This documentary film follows the transformation of a group of blind adults and children who act. |
Aller-retour (1994) 52 minutes This documentary film follows four Mexican migrant workers during their summer in Quebec. |
Asylum (1998) 78 minutes Asylum tells the emotional stories of refugees who seek entry into Canada. |
Balfour Mount: Reflections on Living and Dying (2008) 26 minutes A series of three videos that illuminate Canada’s father of palliative medicine, Dr. Balfour Mount. |
Bittersweet Deliveries (1998) 58 minutes Santropol Roulant is an unusual meals-on-wheels program. Located in downtown Montreal, the program is staffed by unemployed young people. |
Bonjour! Shalom! (1991) 52 minutes Bonjour! Shalom! explores the relationship between Hassidic Jews and their primarily francophone neighbours in Montreal’s Outremont district. |
Chez Schwartz (2006) 83 minutes Chez Schwartz takes us inside a year in the life of Schwartz’s Deli, the unique 75-year-old landmark. |
Cricket & Parc-Ex: A Love Story (2016) 47 minutes Cricket & Parc-Ex: A Love Story takes us inside the world of cricket and the daily life of Parc Extension – one of Canada’s poorest yet most vibrant immigrant neighbourhoods. |
Endnotes (1999) 51 minutes A documentary about Montreal’s Royal Victoria Hospital’s Palliative Care Unit, capturing the poignant interactions. |
Giota’s Journey (2011) 47 minutes An intimate portrait of Giota Boussios, a 48-year-old Montreal woman born with cerebral palsy. |
In Danku, the Soup Is Sweeter (1991) 30 minutes Portrays a Canadian development project that allows women in Northern Ghana to get access to credit to start a business. |
In Pursuit of Peace (2015) 86 minutes In Pursuit of Peace is a riveting feature documentary film that makes the case for unarmed civilian peacemaking and mediation as a response to violent international conflict. |
Living with Kidney Failure (2008) 45 minutes In Canada, the number of patients with End State Renal Disease (ESRD) has increased from 5,549 in 1981 to 30,924 in 2004. |
The Man Who Learned to Fall (2004) 77 minutes A documentary film about a gifted writer and teacher who celebrates the wonder of life even as he is slowly dying of ALS. |
More than Half the Sky (2010) 21 minutes This film documents a Canadian-initiated project that introduced social work services in Sichuan province in China to reduce gender inequality by addressing the specific needs of rural women. |
My Dear Clara (2001) 44 minutes A passionate World War II love story about one woman’s nine-year struggle to bring her husband to Canada. |
Nothing Sacred (2003) 52 minutes Serge Chapleau and Aislin from La Presse and the Montreal Gazette respectively, are profiled during the 2003 Quebec provincial election and the war in Iraq. |
On Wings of Song – Music Therapy at the End of Life (1999) 43 minutes This is an intimate portrayal of the work of Deborah Salmon, a music therapist who inspires patients. |
Radio Novelas (1994) 58 minutes Follows an exchange between Natives in northern Quebec and Quechua Natives in Bolivia. |
Salaam Montréal (2018) 16 minutes This film documents the sponsorship of 3 Syrian refugee families by Dorshei Emet – the Reconstructionist Synagogue of Montréal. |
The “Socalled” Movie (2010) 87 minutes Socalled is Montréal’s resident Yiddish rapper, musician, magician, and all-around fascinating guy. |
Taxi sans Détour (1988) 51 minutes Portrays the experiences of Haitian-born taxi drivers in their first years working in Montreal. |
Twice Upon a Garden (2009) 52 minutes This film captures the lush beauty through the changing seasons of Quebec’s most visited garden. |
Vive le Québec… Anglé! (2002) 51 minutes Vive le Québec… Anglé! is an original take on Anglo-Quebec culture in Quebec. It is part of the Télé-Québec series. |
Water for Tonoumassé (1987) 28 minutes A Canadian development project encourages women to play a leading role in bringing clean water to a village in Togo. |
Whole Person Care & the Need for a Paradigm Shift in Health Care (2012) 58 minutes Closing Plenary Lecture of McGill University’s 2012 International Congress on Palliative Care by Dr. Balfour Mount. |