Films titles listed alphabetically
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Mal'occhio: the evil eye (2010)
What happens when you realize that your family is part of a global superstition that is neither spoken
about openly nor even referred to by name?
Filmmaker Agata De Santis sets out on a quest to uncover the world of MAL’OCCHIO – the evil eye – where...
Directed by Agata De Santis
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Mallamall (2012)
95% of India's retail industry is run by small entrepreneurs. From street corners to bazaars, in small stores and narrow lanes, the sounds of street callers are matched only by the colors of their merchandize. Every sale is fortified by history,...
Directed by Lalita Krishna
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Mammalian (2010)
Departing the arctic capital of Yellowknife with 40 days of food loaded into their canoe, Frank Wolf and Taku Hokoyama strike out on a 2,000 km journey through the largest wilderness area in North America. The region contains one of the highest...
Directed by Frank Wolf
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Mandrake: A Magical Life (2001)
Mentalist. Illusionist. Escape Artist. Mandrake was not one magician, but many.
Who was the real Leon Mandrake? This biography draws back the curtain once more for the great magician who mesmerized North American audiences for over 60 years. The...
Directed by Mary Ungerleider
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Manufactured Landscapes (2006)
Edward Burtynsky is internationally acclaimed for his large-scale photographs of nature transformed by industry. Manufactured Landscapes - a stunning documentary by award winning director Jennifer Baichwal - follows Burtynsky to China, as he captures the...
Directed by Jennifer Baichwal
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Manufacturing Consent (2006)
In an energetic fusion of images and ideas, this two-volume video explores the political life and ideas of the controversial author, linguist and radical philosopher, Noam Chomsky. Highlighting Chomsky's analysis and criticisms of the media,...
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Margaret & Evergon (2011)
MARGARET & EVERGON: SYNOPSIS
In 1999, the celebrated Montreal photographer Evergon took a remarkable series of nude portraits of his own mother, then 80 years old: black and white images that embodied not the infirmities of old age, but a timeless...
Directed by Donald Winkler
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Mars Project (2012)
A decade ago rapper Khari "Conspiracy" Stewart was diagnosed with a psychological disorder, but he has rejected the label and is pursuing a spiritual path.
For half of his life, Khari "Conspiracy" Stewart has fought a spiritual war...
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Martyr Street (2006)
Martyr Street, Hebron is the only place in the West Bank where Jewish settlers live in the heart of a Palestinian city; it has long been known as a flashpoint.
History Television commissioned a follow-up on the children of Martyr Street. It was a...
Directed by Shelley Saywell
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MEET IRENE an Unlikely vegan (2011)
It has taken fifty-something odd years of life, but Irene is finally fed-up. Who knew that the baby boomers would end up aging? Our parents are older and need us now. Our children are grown, but just won?t leave. We have aches, and pains, and mortgages,...
Directed by madeline yakimchuk
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Mémoire Moire des souvenirs (1998)
Remembering Memory is a documentary inspired by the autobiographical texts of writer Hélène Cixous. Contemporary and archival images are woven together with lyrical sequences of Cixous' childhood memories alongside interviews with such imoprtant...
Directed by LARA FITZGERLAD
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Mes Soeurs musulmanes (2009)
Asmaa Ibnouzahir et Geneviève Lepage, deux jeunes Québécoises engagées, indépendantes d’esprit et éduquées, sont également des femmes voilées. Geneviève s’est convertie à l’islam en 2001, à la suite des événements du 11 septembre. Musulmane d’origine,...
Directed by Francine Pelletier
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The Milk Act of 1938 made it illegal to sell raw (unpasteurized) milk in Canada. In November 2006, twenty-five armed officers staged a raid at Michael Schmidt’s farm, confiscating milk, equipment, computers and files. This film follows an activist farmer...
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Mirage of El Dorado (2008)
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This feature-length documentary by Martin Frigon takes us high into the Andes of northern Chile where Canadian-owned Barrick Gold, the biggest gold producer in the world, is set to move glaciers if necessary to get at the mineral riches beneath.
The...
Directed by Martin Frigon
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Moli Who? (2006)
Moli who ? Molinari the enigma is a well-documented, humorous, compassionate and passionate portrait of the painter Guido Molinari. Artists, friends, art historians, former students and journalists from Montréal, Toronto and Paris recount stories and...
Directed by Jo Légaré
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Mom's Home (2010)
Moms Home is a compassionate, humorous and tension-filled documentary about aging mothers and their grown daughters moving in together. The film telescopes in on mothers and daughters in the autumn of their relationship, still wrestling with all their...
Directed by Maureen Judge
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Morbidly Obese (2004)
Morbidly Obese chronicles the lives, struggles and metamorphoses of the three patients before, during and after surgery-as they shed the pounds and work to regain their lives.
Directed by Alec Mathewson
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A fascinating and original look at the persona and work of Mordecai Richler - the writer, husband and father. Richler was part of a cohort of great Jewish writers that used their anger and Talmudic teachings to help create a new North American literature...
Directed by Francine Pelletier
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Move Your World (2006)
Fifteen year-old Marie’s world is Whitehorse, Yukon. She wins a contest which takes her half way across the Globe to Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania to witness life in another culture. She has been advocating for children since she was 12 but nothing prepares...
Directed by Lalita Krishna
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Mr. Edison's Ear (2008)
An inventive exploration of the visceral nature of sound and how we learned to capture and reproduce it over time. Anchored by the discovery of the phonograph by the brilliant-and deaf-inventor Thomas Edison, this visual and conceptual collage of rich...
Directed by Francisca Duran
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Murphy's Law (2008)
A young filmmaker turns a brutally honest lens on his fractured family in this raw and poignant portrait. Emotionally revealing, funny and loving, this insider look at a father's struggle to keep his family together after a tragedy blows their lives...
Directed by Chris Murphy
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Music From The Big House (2010)
From acclaimed director Bruce McDonald, teaming with Emmy and Oscar nominated documentary producer Erin Faith Young and her producing partner Jennifer St. John, comes a rare and exclusive musical journey. Rita Chiarelli, an award-winning recording artist...
Directed by Bruce McDonald
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MUSIC FROM THE BIG HOUSE (2008)
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Music is the Medicine (2008)
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Music is the Medicine (2010)
MUSIC IS THE MEDICINE is a one-hour documentary that follows the journey of blues-rock virtuoso Derek Miller, one of Indigenous Canada’s most recognizable artists, as he sets out to release his next album, with high hopes of achieving mainstream success...
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My Different Life (2007)
My Different Life: An Intimate Portrait of a Family Living with Learning Disabilities.
An education is a basic right most people take for granted. But when a child has learning disabilities, sometimes the system doesn't always work the way it...
Directed by Karen O'Donnell
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My Father's Camera (2000)
Directed by Karen Shopsowitz
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My Messy Life (2008)
MY MESSY LIFE is a personal documentary by Canadian filmmaker Josh Freed about his terribly messy life, a look at whether there’s anything that can be said in “defense of mess” as he tracks down the messiest people in the world and lets the disorderly...
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My Toxic Baby (2009)
From feeding and fussing to poo-poos and boo-boos, new moms and dads have enough to worry about. But with heightened awareness of health risks posed by chemicals used in everyday products, modern parenting is fast becoming a decision-making minefield....
Directed by Min Sook Lee
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'MYTHS FOR PROFIT' is a dramatic, expose documentary which explores 'Canada's role in Industries of War and Peace’. Through diverse interviews and case studies this documentary unveils the specific interests and profits that...
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