Documentary Films on The D-Word

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The Green Lie (2018)

Directed by Werner Boote

When you shop with a conscience, you don't save the world, you save the corporations.


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Absence/Presence (2023)

Directed by Yasmin Mistry

Celebrating the perseverance and lived experience of youth in the child welfare system


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IN THE SHADOW OF BEIRUT (2023) (unreleased)

Directed by Stephen Gerard Kelly


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Among Wolves (2019)

Directed by Shawn Convery

Where they once fought, they now fight to heal


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PTSD911 (2022)

Produced by Conrad Weaver

First responders battle the demons of post-traumatic stress but are afraid of losing their job.


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Robert Irwin: A Desert of Pure Feeling (2023)

Produced by Jennifer Lane

An in-depth look at the storied career of California Light and Space artist Robert Irwin


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Wisdom Gone Wild (2022)

Directed by rea tajiri


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The Movement and the "Madman" (2023)

Directed by Stephen Talbot


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A Double Standard (unreleased)

Directed by Clare Veronica O’Leary

Decriminalisation of sex work in New Zealand


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The Sound of a Painting (1999)

Directed by Clare Veronica O’Leary

Maori artist, Ralph Hotere's paintings from collaborations with NZ poets


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Jack and Sam (2023)

Two Holocaust survivors miraculously reunite after 80 years to teach about tolerance.


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Geoff Dixon | Portraits of Us (2022)

Directed by Clare Veronica O’Leary

artist, endangered birds, LGBGTQI+, climate change


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Millies Mountain (2021)

Directed by Martha J Moore


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Ask the Sexpert (2017)

Directed by Vaishali Sinha


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Bound (2021)


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Cities at Dawn (2022)

Directed by Paddy Bird

Observational documentary following Californian photographer Anthony Epes


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From Cairo to the Cloud - The World of the Cairo Geniza (2019)

Directed by Michelle Paymar

Ancient manuscripts hidden for centuries in a Cairo synagogue reveal richness of Judeo-Arabic life


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Reclaim Idaho (2022)

It’s not about reaching across the aisle. It’s more like reaching across the doorstep.