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1) Mighty Uke
Publisher
Films We Like
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
From the Redwoods of California through the gritty streets of New York, from swinging London through Tokyo’s highrise canyons to Hawaii, ukers tell the story of the people’s instrument. In MIGHTY UKE, we discover why so many people of different nations, cultures, ages, and musical tastes are turning to the ukulele to express themselves, connect with the past, and with each other.
2) Hockey Night
Publisher
Films We Like
Pub. Date
1984.
Language
English
Description
Lovingly restored and digitally remastered, HOCKEY NIGHT features Canadian icon Megan Follows (Anne of Green Gables) as Cathy Yarrow, a confident and talented young athlete. Having moved to a small town, the bored and under-challenged Cathy straps on goalie pads and joins the boys’ all-star hockey team—facing substantial criticism from the town, including local broadcaster Bum Johnson (Maury Chaykin) and the team’s sponsor, lumber magnate Bill...
3) One Mind
Publisher
Films We Like
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
ONE MIND is a rare cinematic portrait of life inside one of China’s most austere and revered Zen communities. The monks at Zhenru Chan Monastery continue to uphold a strict monastic code established over 1400 years ago by the founding patriarchs of Zen in China. In harmony with the land that sustains them, the monks operate an organic farm, grow tea, and harvest bamboo to fuel their kitchen fires. At the heart of this community, a group of cloistered...
6) The Bowery
Publisher
Films We Like
Pub. Date
1994.
Language
English
Description
A short ten-minute movie about the Bowery, a street in lower Manhattan. A street known for its derelict past.
Publisher
Films We Like
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Taking a look into the minds and lives of the band, Medeski Martin & Wood, the drummer and percussionist Billy Martin directed the first feature film in the band's history. Working through a year-long period of personal 16mm film and HD camcorder footage of MMW on the road and in the studio during the Radiolarians recordings, FLY IN A BOTTLE provides an extremely intimate portrait of Medeski Martin & Wood. It highlights the trio's intricate relationships...
8) No Sad Songs
Publisher
Films We Like
Pub. Date
1985.
Language
English
Description
The first Canadian film on the subject of AIDS. In 1985-86 it was featured in festivals and theatres around the world. "NO SAD SONGS" attracted much critical attention for its sardonic dramatic performances which are interwoven throughout the documentary footage. The film centres on Jim Black, 37, and his views on the premature death in store for him. Catherine Hunt, who has a brother in the U.S. with the illness, speaks with remarkable emotion of...
9) Roadkill
Publisher
Films We Like
Pub. Date
1989.
Language
English
Description
Ramona works in a concert agency and is sent after the rock band 'Children of Paradise' who have disappeared. Since she can't drive, she has to take the train and bus and eventually hitchhike. On her way through the Canadian back country she meets the weirdest people - and learns to drive. Winner of Best Canadian Feature Film at the 1989 **Toronto International Film Festival**. *"Roadkill was the first film to flush the institutional mentality out...
10) Underground
Publisher
Films We Like
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Portrays the life of the Weather UNDERGROUND Organization, which was near the top of the FBI’s Most Wanted list in the 1970s. The film juxtaposes interviews with the UNDERGROUND collective with footage of the radical political movements of the time.
Publisher
Films We Like
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
What does it take to carve out a career as a poet? Why on earth would anyone attempt it? AL PURDY WAS HERE is the portrait of an artist driven to become a great Canadian poet at a time when the category barely existed. Al Purdy is a charismatic tower of contradictions: a "sensitive man" who whips out a poem in a bar fight; a factory worker who finds grace in an Arctic flower; a mentor to young writers who remained a stranger to sons. Purdy has been...