Documentary Short Movies

  • 1984
    Nisei Soldier: Standard Bearer for an Exiled People

    Nisei Soldier: Standard Bearer for an Exiled People

    Nisei Soldier: Standard Bearer for an Exiled People

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    Nisei Soldier focuses on the heroism of American men of Japanese ancestry who fought bravely during World War II, despite the intense moral dilemmas...

    Nisei Soldier: Standard Bearer for an Exiled People
  • 2019
    Part One: Where There Is a Joyous Mood, There a Comrade Will Appear to Share a Glass of Wine

    Part One: Where There Is a Joyous Mood, There a Comrade Will Appear to Share a Glass of Wine

    Part One: Where There Is a Joyous Mood, There a Comrade Will Appear to Share a Glass of Wine

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    'Part One: Where There Is a Joyous Mood, There a Comrade Will Appear to Share a Glass of Wine' concerns affective relations and community building....

    Part One: Where There Is a Joyous Mood, There a Comrade Will Appear to Share a Glass of Wine
  • 1986
    Snow Job: The Media Hysteria of AIDS

    Snow Job: The Media Hysteria of AIDS

    Snow Job: The Media Hysteria of AIDS

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    Deconstructs the representation of AIDS in the popular media where distortion and misrepresentation amount to a "snow job" promoting increased...

    Snow Job: The Media Hysteria of AIDS
  • 2018
    The Black Mambas

    The Black Mambas

    The Black Mambas

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    South Africa's first and only all-female, anti-poaching unit, fighting to rescue their country's rhinos from the edge of extinction.

    The Black Mambas
  • 2010
    Suppose We Should Honour Death

    Suppose We Should Honour Death

    Suppose We Should Honour Death

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    A famous Iranian singer who was devoting all his life to his brother's family, died in an earthquake.

    Suppose We Should Honour Death
  • 1992
    Joannis Amelii, animula vagula blandula

    Joannis Amelii, animula vagula blandula

    Joannis Amelii, animula vagula blandula

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    Joannis Amelii, animula vagula blandula
  • 1947
    Joan Avoids a Cold

    Joan Avoids a Cold

    Joan Avoids a Cold

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    How young children must behave to avoid transmitting germs to one another.

    Joan Avoids a Cold
  • 1939
    Hans Memling, Painter of the Madonna

    Hans Memling, Painter of the Madonna

    Hans Memling, Painter of the Madonna

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    1939 short documentary by Belgian filmmaker on pianter Hans Memling.

    Hans Memling, Painter of the Madonna
  • 1970
    Honor & Sacrifice - The Roy Matsumoto Story

    Honor & Sacrifice - The Roy Matsumoto Story

    Honor & Sacrifice - The Roy Matsumoto Story

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    Roy Hiroshi Matsumoto was an American soldier of World War II. A Nisei, Matsumoto was born in Laguna, California. When he was 8 years old, his...

    Honor & Sacrifice - The Roy Matsumoto Story
  • 1942
    La Cité de Notre-Dame

    La Cité de Notre-Dame

    La Cité de Notre-Dame

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    Documentary about Montreal, old French city and modern metropolis. Thanks to its secular churches, its old houses, its old markets, Montreal retains...

    La Cité de Notre-Dame
  • 1976
    Stream Line

    Stream Line

    Stream Line

    01976HD

    The film is a continuous, "real time" tracking shot of a stream bed. The length of the track was ten yards. The camera was suspended in a motorized...

    Stream Line
  • 1970
    The Outlaw: Dan Hardy

    The Outlaw: Dan Hardy

    The Outlaw: Dan Hardy

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    Dan Hardy is a champion. He isn’t delusional about exactly where his talents lie: “I get paid to beat people up,” he has said at...

    The Outlaw: Dan Hardy
  • 2012
    The Working Cats Guide to the Klondike

    The Working Cats Guide to the Klondike

    The Working Cats Guide to the Klondike

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    The Working Cat’s Guide to the Klondike by Veronica Verkley, is a short documentary film recalling the traditional practice of Cat Sledding,...

    The Working Cats Guide to the Klondike
  • 2013
    Daughters of Dolma

    Daughters of Dolma

    Daughters of Dolma

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    Dolma is the Tibetan name of Tara, a Buddhist female deity, and means 'she who saves'. Dolma is regarded as a Bodhisattva of compassion and action....

    Daughters of Dolma
  • 2014
    The Figures Carved into the Knife By the Sap of the Banana Trees

    The Figures Carved into the Knife By the Sap of the Banana Trees

    The Figures Carved into the Knife By the Sap of the Banana Trees

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    The rapid turning of a light draws a circle. In the space bound by its line unravels an archive of postcards sent between the island of Madeira and...

    The Figures Carved into the Knife By the Sap of the Banana Trees
  • 1970
    RETURN: Saving turtles

    RETURN: Saving turtles

    RETURN: Saving turtles

    01970HD

    RETURN follows the story of a family of former sea-turtle–egg poachers, now dedicated protectors, leading ViveMar — a community-based...

    RETURN: Saving turtles
  • 2024
    Syllable on the ending

    Syllable on the ending

    Syllable on the ending

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    Captured during the early days of production, this unreleased film offers a glimpse into its rehearsal sessions — an intimate icebreaking...

    Syllable on the ending
  • 2025
    Melissa Kelly Boudoir Photographer

    Melissa Kelly Boudoir Photographer

    Melissa Kelly Boudoir Photographer

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    Melissa Kelly, a Hamilton-based boudoir photographer helps women to feel powerful, confident, and embraced in their own skin. Through candid...

    Melissa Kelly Boudoir Photographer
  • 1970
    The Man in the Grey Suit

    The Man in the Grey Suit

    The Man in the Grey Suit

    01970HD

    An excerpt from a nature documentary included in Wholphin Issue Number 6

    The Man in the Grey Suit
  • 2016
    Lucia Berlin: My Jockey

    Lucia Berlin: My Jockey

    Lucia Berlin: My Jockey

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    Legendary short story writer Lucia Berlin (1936-2004) captured moments of grace in the cafeterias and laundromats of the American Southwest, in the...

    Lucia Berlin: My Jockey