Martin Duckworth Movies

This feature documentary is a profile of Canadian press tycoon Roy Thomson, whose single-minded attention to business brought him riches, power, and...

Six composers work on a composition to be performed in a shopping mall.

Newfoundlanders share their food, culture, and homes with a group of Tamil refugees found off the coast.

Temiscaming, Québec is the story of a town's struggle to survive after its main source of employment, the CIP mill, closed down. Part I tells...

OUTREMONT AND THE HASIDIM reveals the challenges of accommodating the “Hasidim” – or ultra-Orthodox Jews – in the affluent...

This fictional feature follows a twenty-something man who is struggling to define his position in the world in early adulthood. He has left their...

A film about the people of Saigon told through the experiences of three young American journalists who, in 1970, explored the consequences of war and...

The life and work of the documentary pioneer.

Experimental filmmaker and color cameraman here collaborate in a surrealistic retelling of the old myth. But this is a dream fantasy with no real...

In this short film, a young man, a girl and a dog attempt to fly with wings more symbolic than practical.

Martin Duckworth is a staunch defender of peace and justice and one of Quebec’s most important documentary filmmakers. Helped by his...

This short documentary portrays the complex effects of incarceration on individuals. Prisons, the film shows, lock men within themselves, depriving...

The shocking story of the establishment of the state of Israel told from the perspective of those who lived through the end of the British Mandate...

Magic in the Sky investigates the impact of television on the Inuit people of the Canadian Arctic. The film also documents the establishment of the...

This feature film is a documentary portrait of Joseph Idlout, a man who was once the world's most famous Inuit. Unknown to most Canadians today,...

The story of a young boy forced to spend all five years of his short life in hospital while the federal and provincial governments argued over which...

This short documentary profiles a community engaged in developing sustainable living methods, including food production and small-scale solar and...

The World is Watching is a political film about the moral issues surrounding news gathering and newsmaking in the electronic age. Who decides what...

Portrait of the early era of computing which examines the workings of a new and mysterious machine: the Canada Land Inventory Geo-information System....

This touching documentary follows a cast of blind and visually impaired actors as they prepare Dancing to Beethoven, a play about blindness. The film...