S1.E17 ∙ Audreanna Zimmerman

An exploration of the act of eating, both as an interaction among people and between people and nature.

Vancouver's Downtown East side is home to thousands of drug addicts, prostitutes, and the mentally ill. Amateur cameraman K.R.T. spent one summer on these mean streets getting to know longtime homeless drug addicts Ken and Lisa. This seemingly random footage was given to first time writer/director Josh Laner who found a story of people trying to connect in an area where no one seems connected to much of anything. An intimate and surreal look at life on the streets in Canada's most impoverished postal code. This is Josh Laner's first film.

The Cuban Dream is a feature-­length documentary that takes viewers to the country of Cuba, following the journey of Cuban-­American baseball player Luke Salas. Luke sets out to use baseball as a way to connect the people of Cuba with the people of the United States by playing in La Serie Nacional - Cuba's version of Major League Baseball. Since Fidel Castro seized power, no foreigner, let alone American, has played in Cuba's system of baseball since 1961. Through the lens of baseball, the film captures the reality and truth of Cuba, exposing the struggle of the Cuban people -­ specifically, the difficulty that Cubans are faced with everyday known as "La Lucha". The Cuban Dream is a testament to the power of the human spirit, while recognizing the reality of Cuba's vast political and social issues; and the stifling effect they have on the development of Cuba's future generations.

Mariano Cruz Ordoñez is a bullfighter who is living the middle of his life and the end of his artistic career. He was a figure of bullfighting in Ecuador and has performed in the most important venues of his country and the world, he lived the glory. The years have passed and prohibitions have arisen regarding bullfighting, the successes have already been consumed and he only has left to fight against several adverse circumstances. Now he has three daughters, who are his reason to be, his energy, his motor of life and now he is forced to separate from them with the objective of moving forward.

In January of 2010, a team of 23 volunteers set off on what should have been an ordinary medical mission. They had no way of knowing the devastation to come. On their final evening, they treated their last patient and set off towards their sleeping quarters. Suddenly they felt a jolt of panic as the world began to shake violently beneath them. Within hours, the entire team was thrust into the center of one of the worst natural disasters in modern history. The documentary film, Today We Saw the Face of God transcends viewers from their comfortable homes into the poverty-stricken world that Haitians navigate daily. As the team journeys back, they recount the harrowing reality of being first responders in an unprecedented medical crisis.

He stood up to the mob, feuded with Sinatra, and sold out every show. He's the greatest voice you've never heard.