Decades of Decision

An assured, emotionally rich film about the lies a family tells to keep their patriarch happy; and the unattended costs of their falsehood. After sixty years of marriage, Antoine and Vivi have lost their most beloved daughter; but no one has dared to tell the bedridden nonagenarian Antoine, lest his heart crack.

At a time when every motorcyclist was stereotyped as a Hells Angel, The Bootleggers and the Brothers of the Wheel motorcycle club members received a brutal beating by the West Virginia State Police in Lincoln County, West Virginia. The night resulted in the arrest of 15, the hospitalization of three and a federal lawsuit where a jury ruled on behalf of the bikers. Through interviews with club members, eyewitnesses and attorneys, Lincoln County Massacre tells the story of the events leading up to April 19, 1980, the three years that followed and police brutality in West Virginia today.

Lot Lizard is a feature documentary about truck stop sex workers in the United States. The film follows Jennifer, a recovering sex worker who is trying to get her life back on track, Bobby, a man struggling to come to grips with his girlfriend's livelihood, and Betty, an aging sex worker who makes no apologies for her lifestyle. These intimate portraits hint at a broader story about America, how it deals with its "derelicts," and how all Americans are implicated as consumers.

A young woman takes us on a tour of Malta during Carnival week. When the party comes to an abrupt end, she is left feeling trapped on the island she loves.

"We've worked so hard on this land," says Sav Samourn. "And now they've come to destroy it all. Sooner or later it will all be gone." In her directorial debut, award-winning filmmaker Kalyanee Mam travels to her native homeland to capture the stories of three young Cambodians struggling to maintain their traditional way of life while the modern world closes in around them. Deep in the jungle, Sav Samourn struggles as large companies encroach and "progress" claims the life-giving forests. She discovers there's little room for wild animals, ghosts - and the home she has always known. In a fishing hamlet, Sari Math must quit school to help support his family. But as the fish catch dwindles, Sari and his family find their livelihood threatened. In a village, Khieu Mok must leave to seek work in a Phnom Penh factory to help pay her family's debts. But city life proves no better, and Khieu struggles between her need to send money home and her duty to be with her loved ones. From Cambodia's forests to its rivers, from its idyllic rice fields to the capital's pulsing heart, forces of radical change are transforming the landscape of the country - and the dreams of its people.

The Government moves to close Canada's 150 year old rehabilitative prison farm program. But when the time comes to dismantle the farms, their plan is met by fierce resistance. This is the story of the fight to save Canada's prison farms.