Movies: Reconciliation

Dawn Mikkelson’s Risking Light is a meditation on forgiveness, layered with a theme that is rarely seen on the screen—forgiving the unforgivable. Five years prior to making the film, Mikkelson met Mary Johnson and O’Shea Israel, a meeting she describ...

After being introduced by a mutual college friend, two unnamed characters form an immediate connection. As their romantic relationship progresses, the honeymoon fades and the two are forced to grapple with their own changing identities and career amb...

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Black soldiers are captured by red soldiers and shot dead. Then, red soldiers capture black and shoot them. And so on to the bare end....

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Sixty snowmobilers, indigenous and non-indigenous, join forces to take part in a huge snowmobiling expedition: a 3500 km journey to be completed in 16 days. The goal: to cross a large swath of Quebec to work towards reconciliation between peoples. I...

In the form of a poetic love letter to its nation, this short film reveals a strong community and the anchoring of the new generation in this rich culture....

Caught in a spiral of routine and unresolved tensions, young spouses Amanda and Sebastián face a crucial point after a heated argument. Over the course of a day of introspective journeys and memories, mysterious encounters from different timelines ch...

A young man struggles to communicate with his stroke-afflicted father, and at the same time, stay true to himself....

The documentary Custodians – A Story of Ancient Echoes follows the journey of a local community in Herschel, Saskatchewan during the summer of 2021 as they work to preserve and protect the pastureland, native grasslands, and important Indigenous arti...

Relatos de Reconciliação is a broadcast project that artistically interprets the interviews and testimonies of some victims who suffered different types of violence in Colombia....