Healing Movies

This documentary introduces viewers to qigong, a 5,000-year-old method of cultivating and circulating the life energy called qi. It relates some of...

A talented singer is on the verge of realizing her dream when a terrible tragedy strikes. She survives the ordeal and relocates to a farm in...

When she has the chance to hold her former abuser accountable for his crimes, a traumatized young woman must confront her buried trauma to reclaim...

A heartfelt, emotional story about loss, grief, and the bond between a mother and son.

In the spring of 2005, Jim Miller, a Native spiritual leader and Vietnam veteran, found himself in a dream riding on horseback across the great...

This short documentary tells the intensely personal story of Namrata Gill – one of the many real-life inspirations for Deepa Mehta’s...

An Feng and psychologist intern Fang Xiao Yu, who meet and fall in love in Chengdu. The two lonely souls heal and accompany each other.

Tchai is the word used by Ju/'hoansi to describe getting together to dance and sing; n/um can be translated as medicine, or supernatural potency. In...

SHAMANS OF THE AMAZON is a personal account of filmmaker Dean Jefferys as he returns to the Amazon with his partner and one year old daughter. They...

A poetic exploration of the multi-generational affects of Canada's Indian Residential School system, based on the personal trials of Aboriginal...

Mauri (life principle, life force, vital essence inherent in all living things) The film is an intimate, visually stunning testament to a land and a...

STILL HERE is a short film that depicts Omar's journey from trauma toward healing. It is inspired by the clients and work of the Center for Victims...

Evelyn, a young author, loves spending time with her main character, Lucas, whom she has become extremely close to. But as the demons of her past...

16-year-old Robin Carter grows tired and weary of the special school for the blind after a tragic automobile accident that takes her sight away. As a...

This documentary examines ayahuasca shamanism near Iquitos (a metropolis in the Peruvian Amazon), and the tourism it has attracted. The filmmakers...

A short poem about healing after a traumatic event in the narrator's life.

The villagers of El Dorado, Argentina, shy away from doctors. Then again, they hardly need one. They have almost as many cures for ailments and...

While peeling away the layers of pain, an onion struggles to find the line between self-preservation and self-destruction.