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Short , DocumentaryAlternative Grind is a brief introduction to the tree planting sub-culture in Northern Canada. Shot on HD and Super 8 film, this short film explores the remote isolation of working in a high production reforestation camp, and the individuals who choose to live this alternative lifestyle.
Feature, DocumentaryArt From the Streets is a feature length documentary about homelessness, art, community service, courage and hope. The film tells the story of an extraordinary, grassroots program in Austin, TX for homeless artists. By following five of the artists over the course of a year, we learn about their daily struggle to survive, their passion for art, and how this all-volunteer program helps the artists accomplish their goals while enriching the lives of all involved. Viewers will visit homeless camps, learn of the daily challenges of street life, and witness the strengths of human character.
Short , DramaNineteen-year old Ilya da Costa lives life without much responsibility. He works in construction, lives with his mother in an urban Toronto apartment, and spends his weekends drinking with his friends in downtown bars. Ilya breaks this pattern of simplicity when he is arrested for assaulting a female police officer while intoxicated. His life becomes exponentially more complicated in the ensuing weeks, as he faces life changing criminal consequences. The delinquent desperately searches the Yellow Pages for a lawyer, and gradually begins to realize the implications of his actions. While struggling to come to terms with his troubles, Ilya's youthful anxiety shines through his tough exterior.
Feature DocumentaryThough he appears normal, Rick Franklin's brain injury has made his life anything but. Teamed up with veteran documentary maker and friend Lyell Davies, in this documentary Rick explores the impact that brain injury has had on himself and other survivors. As they visit with brain injury survivors, invisible aspects of this common disability become clear; we see a wide range of deficits that survivors must face, both physically and mentally, and learn that no two brain injuries are alike.
short , documentaryA documentary about Jeff Murphy, an up-and-coming breakdancer in Toronto’s underground street culture. Despite family troubles and poverty, Jeff and his role model older brother James have used their passion for dancing to rise above their circumstances.
Feature, DocumentaryIn 2007, Joe Patane, a social worker, and Steve Wozniak, a close friend and co-founder of Apple Computer, welcomed ten 'emotionally and behaviorally challenged' young men from New Jersey, ages 14-20, into Wozniak's home, for the inaugural week of The Patane Foundation's 'Dream Camps,' a unique and brand new camping experience focused on community sensibility, creativity, independence, and specific to Camp Woz, technology.
Feature DocumentaryA bicycle caravan -- with the theme, 'Money or Life' -- travels 500 miles across Europe to join protests in Prague against the International Monetary Fund and World Bank. The goal is to create a mobile utopian community which will be a living counter-example to the values of these powerful financial institutions. The landscape is beautiful, and bicycles possess their own poetry. But it's not always easy functioning without money. The authorities have their own ideas about policing the intersection of utopia and everyday life. And should the caravan succeed in getting to Prague, there's the matter of shutting down the World Bank/IMF meeting...© Copyright 2004-2007 B-Side Entertainment. All rights reserved.
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