S3.E9 ∙ JUST A DAY IN LA

A modern adaptation and loosely based on characters and events from Fyodor Dostoyevsky's gripping novel, The Idiot. The film is set in Los Angeles, New York and Las Vegas.

Five strangers facing shame and potential death from AIDS form an unlikely friendship that transforms them from ordinary citizens to extraordinary activists. They struggle against stigma and fear; suicide and isolation. As friends and family die, and leaders deny the existence of HIV, they fight harder. Fifteen years later, against all odds, they are still alive. Their friendship becomes a remarkable story: a quiet victory of meaningful, beautiful lives in a rapidly evolving South Africa. It gives strength in their struggles: of having children, fighting cancer, and being lesbian in South Africa. Positively Beautiful is about life, love and friendship in the age of HIV.

A documentary reflects on artist Ai Weiwei's battle against the lawsuit thrust upon him by the Chinese government in an effort to silence him.

It is a love story of one family. There are neither romantic moments nor miracle changes. But there is a strong potential to change our understanding about what happy and loving family is or could be.

Miss You Can Do It chronicles Abbey Curran, Miss Iowa USA 2008 and the first woman with a disability to compete at the Miss USA Pageant, and eight girls with various physical and intellectual disabilities as the girls participate in the Miss You Can Do It Pageant. Abbey founded the annual Miss You Can Do It Pageant in 2004 and girls and their families travel from all around the country to participate in this one night where their inner beauty and abilities reign.

Sally est une jeune femme autochtone originaire de la réserve de Lower Post située à la lisière du Yukon. Très jeune, Sally a été enlevée à sa mère pour être placée dans une famille daccueil très loin de sa communauté dorigine. Parvenue à lâge adulte et devenue elle-même mère, elle reconstitue difficilement lhistoire de sa famille dont tous les membres ont été dispersés. Aujourdhui, elle cherche à comprendre pourquoi et comment tout cela est arrivé. Lhistoire personnelle de Sally lève le voile sur un chapitre méconnu de lhistoire des Premières Nations, éclairant sous un jour nouveau les enjeux du combat actuel pour le contrôle de léducation. Acculturation, perte didentité, souffrances mais également guérison et espoir pour les générations à venir, telles sont les différentes étapes du périple que nous allons vivre avec Sally.