Becoming 13
Film maker Victoria King explores the wonders of girlhood by following three ordinary 12-year-olds for one year.
Film maker Victoria King explores the wonders of girlhood by following three ordinary 12-year-olds for one year.
Join DocumentaryStorm, Tony Harris and Al Jazeera as we go into Baltimore, into the inner city, into the classrooms, and into the head of black boys of America. The education system is failing black Americans. Why? You’ll be fascinated by what you see.
Meet Abigail and Brittany. They come as a package deal, so you better get along with both of them. They’re charming, pretty, and joined at the hip. Literally. Possessing only two arms and two legs between them, but two hearts and two minds, Abigail and Brittany are challenging society’s conception of individuality and human rights.
Put your hand up if you enjoy a good steak, hamburger, and bacon with your morning eggs. Vegetarians kept their hands down. Now, keep your hand up if you enjoy eating dog, squirrel, and spiders. Fewer people? How about human flesh? We explore cultural mores surrounding food.
anOther Story Of Progress is a Do-It-Yourself documentary based on the anarcho-primitivist idea that humanity took a wrong turn with domestication and agriculture, leading to the chaotic situation of today with rampant environmental destruction and suffering.
This documentary is about California: The Great State of the Union that has become the 8th largest economy in the world – larger than all of Canada. Why do people love California? Why do some despite what they stand for?
BASEBALL GIRLS tells the tale of America’s pastime – from the woman’s perspective. Using a special blend of animation, archival footage, and modern day interviews, BASEBALL GIRLS details the history of women’s participation in baseball.
REDDIT has become the homepage of the internet. Founded in 2005, Reddit quickly grew into an influential community that decides what is important on the web. Reddit generates information and new content and gives birth to collaborative projects.
Once Upon a Rooftop: The world of the Hong Kong rooftops. There is a whole underworld that lives over the world. PBS invites the viewer to a land of fan dancers, fire breathers, and young students.
Slab City, also just knows as The Slabs, is a one of kind community. It might be one of the only places in the United States where laws and regulations aren’t enforced. Attracting Vietnam Veteran, homeless people, and other drifters, its residents have built a society that works in its own special way.
If you are not an Evangelical Christian, you are probably not a fan of Ray Comfort. This man has made a career out of preaching his beliefs on and off the air. 180 is about comparing abortion to the Holocaust. The comparison is sketchy, at best, but my hope is that this documentary will stir up an interesting discussion.
Behind the Reply Girl Phenomenon looks at a Youtube trend where large breasted women with very little original content become video celebrities based on their breasts. This is a look at the business behind the bosom.
Meet Mr. Happy Man: 88-year-old Bermudian Johnny Barnes devotes six hours every day to an endearing traffic ritual that has made him one of the island’s most cherished citizens. Come rain or shine, he’s there. He stands and blows kisses. This story will make you smile.
I Lost My Job looks at how technology makes some jobs obsolete (travel agents, operators) and creates new jobs. Are you someone who has benefited or seen their job taken from them and placed in cold, metallic hands?
Documentary analyzes the hypersexualization of our environment and its noxious effects on young people. Psychologists, teachers and school nurses criticize the unhealthy culture surrounding our children, where marketing and advertising are targeting younger and younger audiences and bombarding them with sexual and sexist images.
In the picture-postcard community of North Vancouver, filmmaker Murray Siple follows men who have turned bottle-picking, their primary source of income, into the extreme sport of shopping cart racing.