Martin Duckworth Movies

This short satirical film, created entirely from archival footage, is about the British Empire—on which the sun never sets. The majority of the...

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

Experimental filmmaker and color cameraman here collaborate in a surrealistic retelling of the old myth. But this is a dream fantasy with no real...

This short documentary depicts the stories of two hibakusha, survivors of the 1945 atomic bomb attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. This film follows...

A film for teachers, describing the use of the "discovery method" in teaching. All it needs is a teacher whose encouragement is natural and...

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

Shot in 1987 at the Montréal International Jazz Festival, this documentary film presents musical performances and conversations between three...

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...

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

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...

Oliver Jones, one of Canada's foremost jazz pianists, tours Nigeria with his bassist and drummer, discovering in Africa the roots of much of today's...

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 short documentary portrays the complex effects of incarceration on individuals. Prisons, the film shows, lock men within themselves, depriving...

This is a very unusual and original film, breaking new ground in filmmaking methods as well as in ways of viewing things. All the usual facts about...

This short documentary profiles a community engaged in developing sustainable living methods, including food production and small-scale solar and...

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

It was a horrific event that changed the world in a millisecond. The dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima ushered in a new age of imminent peril...