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A young photographer is on assignment in Jamaica. It's a cultural shock. First anguished, he later becomes quite fascinated by the people he meets, their neighborhood and their music.

A film crew follows the first 30 days of relief efforts in the aftermath of the 2010 Haiti earthquake. The crew returns in six months to find out how the recovery is proceeding.

This short documentary follows Montreal filmmaker, Eylem Kaftan, as she travels to Turkey in an attempt to unravel the 30-year-old mystery of her aunt Guzide's murder.

A study of transportation issues and solutions in urban areas of developing countries.

Canadians help people in northern Ghana obtain clean water.

A group of children learn that one of their classmates doesn't have enough to eat.

A young man and woman from different castes are forbidden to marry.

A moving portrayal of the plight of Bengali women who are exploited and sold in Pakistan, Nepal and India.

In 1992, an independent South African puppetry group, the African Research and Educational Puppetry Program, were invited by OXFAM (Canada) to bring their highly successful educational program 'Puppets Against Aids' to tour rural and regional Canada for twelve weeks. This is the one-hour documentary that was produced from their Canadian Tour.

A man makes his way through a dark and stormy night to a spooky old house, where surprises await him.

This video shows the positive impact alternative trading organizations (ATOs) have in developing countries. It centers on women in remote communities in Zimbabwe who weave baskets for sale through alternative trading organizations in developed countries. The basket trade helps the women feed and clothe their families, and improve their craft and business skills.

-Retired people are taking control of their lives and finding a new meaning by selling items that they no longer want to use at a reasonable price. We recycle, repair, resell and with this money, we build schools, a hospital and services in a slum in Brazil.

The stories of five Chilean women from three generations who suffered under Pinochet's military dictatorship and have emerged as heroes under democracy.

This short fiction film tells the story of a very unusual satellite named Zenon. Zenon is a product of the most up-to-date technology and so displays an unusual characteristic for a computer: he is conscious. Orbiting the Earth, he is in constant contact with Estelle, who is in charge of a major, planet-wide research project on water. Faced with the disturbing situation he observes, Zenon soon becomes bitter and disillusioned--to the point where he substantially alters his mission. Could Zenon's creator, the mysterious Professor Nguyen, have foretold how the mission would turn out?

Résumé: Décrit la situation sociale et économique des Indiens de Bolivie et du Guatemala. Dénonce les injustices dont ils sont victimes depuis la venue des Européens il y a cinq siècles.