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...

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

This feature documentary takes us back to April 20, 2001, as Quebec City prepares to host the 3-day Summit of the Americas. A 4-kilometre fence has...

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...

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

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

A film about the people of Saigon told through the experiences of three young American journalists who, in 1970, explored the consequences of war and...

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

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...

Survivors of the 1945 bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki travel to New York for a UN conference on disarming nuclear weapons.

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

A film about the women who supported the 1978 miners strike against Inco, the multinational which owned the nickel mines in Sudbury, Ontario. As the...

The life and work of the documentary pioneer.

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

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

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

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...

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...

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