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Grammy-nominated, and Dove-Award winning country star Ty Herndon talks about the love behind the music, sharing stories about the moments that inspired his popular songs such as "What Mattered Most", which he re-recorded with new lyrics for Pride Month in 2019.

Are midwifery and its tradition's dying out or is midwifery the hope of the future? GIVE LIGHT shares penetrating interviews of indigenous midwives from five continents. In their These women relate their stories with confidence, humor, and faith in the capabilities of the women that they serve. The documentary compares and contrasts the birth experiences by indigenous midwives with contemporary methods to explore the current rite of passage in childbirth in our modern world.

"Outside the Law: Stories from Guantánamo" tells the story of Guantánamo, extraordinary rendition and secret prisons, examining how the Bush administration turned its back on domestic and international laws, rounding up prisoner in Afghanistan and Pakistan without adequate screening (and often for large bounty payments), and why some of these men may have been in Afghanistan or Pakistan for reasons unconnected with militancy or terrorism; for example as missionaries or humanitarian aid workers

Railway stations are like islands, suspended between space and time. In the heat of Cairo, keeping calm helps, in Zurich, air conditioning or dancing. In both places, people are passionately living out their lives at the train station, their little cosmos. Episode by episode, the film consolidates into the collective rhythm of everyday life, uncovering stories from two countries whose shared poetry develops into universal human energy.

Prisoners, officers, a doctor, a chaplain, and a solicitor are followed through a mainly female prison in Armagh built in the Victorian period and used during the Troubles that they had previously visited when it was active. They recall the past that they had taken part in, and how it reflects on today.

In 1938, the town of Sturgis, S.D., was the site of a small, almost inconsequential motorcycle race, which spawned one of the biking world's most popular annual events, the Sturgis Rally, now attracting hundreds of thousands of riders. This documentary shows the diverse community that arrives every year when the population of Sturgis explodes from about 6,000 to almost a half-million, as well as the event's impact on town residents.

A documentary focusing on the life stories of Jewish American World War II veterans. The film explores their unique experiences of being Jewish soldiers during a time of extreme anti-Semitism both abroad, and in America.

Irit Batsry’s hallucinatory soundtrack and disturbing images create an eerie and all too realistic narrative of destruction and ruin. This is a faked report of an imaginary investigation of an event that never happened. Batsry’s purposeful avoidance of documentary only serves to give her allusions to impending disaster more force. Batsry borrows her images largely from the commercial media; pictures of a sprinter, two Oriental women fending off the camera with their hands, a figure skater; all dissolve and are reconstructed electronically so that their ordinariness and lifeless stillness seem a cover for erotic passions and rapid motion. -lux.org.uk

Family - Ananse the Spider Man climbs up to the sky to buy stories from the Sky God. Then, Hippo makes a promise not to eat Ngais' little fishes so he can live in the cool water. Finally, plucky Flossie Finley outsmarts a fox on her way to deliver eggs.

Loud, fearless and (un)typical girls: Gina Birch (The Raincoats) and Helen Reddington (The Chefs), musicians and punk icons turned directors, serve up a fascinating documentary built on new interviews with the women who played instruments in punk bands in the 1970s. In accounts laced with wit, honesty and insight, pioneering players including the Adverts’ Gaye Black (bass), Palmolive from The Slits (drums), Shanne Bradley from The Nips (bass), Jane Munro from The Au Pairs (bass), Hester Smith and Rachel Bor from Dolly Mixture (drums and guitar), bassist Gina and guitarist Ana Da Silva from The Raincoats, as well as many others, we hear about acquiring instruments, learning to play, forming bands and getting gigs.

2008 saw a legacy continue. The Rip Curl Pro Search 'Somewhere' In Indonesia' stayed true to the event's DNA: the world's best surfers in the world's best waves. From mind-blowing hell pits in round 1 to flawless, roping lefts for the late rounds, upon event's end, there was no doubt; the world witnessed the best waves for an ASP World Tour event since Mexico in '06. The search continues...

People share experiences from O:se Kenhionhata:tie, aka Land Back Camp, a long-term Indigenous gathering on the shared land of the Chonnonton, Anishinaabe, Haudenosaunee, and Huron nations.

Humorous and often poignant accounts of gay bars as important venues for community, organizing, sex, and safety. This film reveals the threat to queer culture of our disappearing social spaces.

From the second floor of his coincidental new home, the filmmaker observes his surroundings; a vast green marshland with birds, animals, a pond and people. The filmmaker wonders whether there could be a space in the absence of stories or whether the camera forces spaces to create stories for its own survival.

Finding love has never been easy. But it's also never been easier. Online dating sites thrive on the promise that dates and mates are just a 'click' away...but are they? From Robert Kenner comes a compelling new documentary about the way we woo in a wired world.

The chilling horror experience that happened in the mountains presented by Kenichi Suzuki of the "It was really there! Curse video" series! The ultimate horror experience presented by the staff of "It was really! Curse Video"! Trauma is inevitable! Five horror experiences encountered at ordinary mountain leisure such as hiking, bird watch, power spot tour!

More Stories From Inside Quebec was a Canadian documentary television series which aired on CBC Television in 1967.

A documentary look at the changing interpretations of the first amendment of the U.S. Constitution - laws and court cases that have alternatively broadened and narrowed the amendment's protection of free speech and assembly. The film's thesis is that post-9/11 the government has seized unprecedented license to surveil, intimidate, arrest, and detain citizens and foreigners alike. The film also looks back to the Pentagon Papers' case and compares it to cases since 9/11 dealing with high school students' speech and protesters marching in New York City during the 2004 Republican convention. Comment comes from a range of scholars, pundits, and advocates.

Women have always sought ways to terminate unwanted pregnancies, despite powerful patriarchal structures and systems working against them. This film provides a historical overview of how church, state and the medical establishment have determined policies concerning abortion. From this cross-cultural survey--filmed in Ireland, Japan, Thailand, Peru, Colombia, and Canada--emerges one reality: only a small percentage of the world's women has access to safe, legal operations.

Winnipeg, like most North American cities, has been shaped by the automobile. City planners designed the urban environment around the idea of mobility, and the social and work life of the population followed. The car became a necessity rather than a luxury; our environment demanded that we drive. So what does it mean, living in a car-based society, to make a conscious choice not to drive? In this new film, a number of Winnipeggers speak of this choice and the effect it has had on their lives. From mothers with young children to social activists, from artists to human rights workers, they share their reasons for choosing not to drive and the practical consequences in terms of work and social relationships.