Martin Duckworth Movies

This fictional feature follows a twenty-something man who is struggling to define his position in the world in early adulthood. He has left their...

The story of a young boy forced to spend all five years of his short life in hospital while the federal and provincial governments argued over which...

The shocking story of the establishment of the state of Israel told from the perspective of those who lived through the end of the British Mandate...

OUTREMONT AND THE HASIDIM reveals the challenges of accommodating the “Hasidim” – or ultra-Orthodox Jews – in the affluent...

The World is Watching is a political film about the moral issues surrounding news gathering and newsmaking in the electronic age. Who decides what...

When a camera crew are sent to document hippie protests in Yorkville, Canada's counter-culture capital, they are charmed by a group of misunderstood...

This feature film is a documentary portrait of Joseph Idlout, a man who was once the world's most famous Inuit. Unknown to most Canadians today,...

In this short film, a young man, a girl and a dog attempt to fly with wings more symbolic than practical.

This short documentary is a portrait of the early era of computing and the process and implications of the digitization of large amounts of...

When Hydro-Québec announced its intention to proceed with the enormous James Bay II hydroelectric project, the 15,000 Cree who live in the...

A surrealistic look at life through the eyes of a man returning to life from the edge of death, after surviving an airplane crash. He discusses his...

This feature documentary is a profile of Canadian press tycoon Roy Thomson, whose single-minded attention to business brought him riches, power, and...

In 1945, Great Britain and the United States organized a bombing raid that devastated the ancient city of Dresden. This short documentary returns...

Magic in the Sky investigates the impact of television on the Inuit people of the Canadian Arctic. The film also documents the establishment of the...

A 1970s American elementary school program encouraging students to figure out for themselves the universal building blocks of human community —...

A fifth of Canadians live at the subsistence level. This is a look at that world, where the street is home, and where poor shelter, poor food, poor...

Martin Duckworth is a staunch defender of peace and justice and one of Quebec’s most important documentary filmmakers. Helped by his...

The life and work of the documentary pioneer.

Newfoundlanders share their food, culture, and homes with a group of Tamil refugees found off the coast.

This touching documentary follows a cast of blind and visually impaired actors as they prepare Dancing to Beethoven, a play about blindness. The film...