REIFF 2022
During the late 1980s and the1990s, a small, dedicated group of activists fought on the ground and in the courts to stop clearcutting, oil and gas drilling, and ATV use in the Shawnee National Forest located in Southern Illinois.
They won the support of their community and the struggle in court.
17-years later, the injunction was lifted by the court, and the Forest Service resumed logging.
Will our Illinois treasure be despoiled? How do we keep the forest standing?
REIFF 2022
Set in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, LOVE IN THE TIME OF FENTANYL is an intimate, observational look beyond the stigma of injection drug users, revealing the courage of those facing terrible tragedy in a neighbourhood often referred to as ground zero of the overdose crisis in Canada. As the number of overdose deaths reaches an all time high, the Overdose Prevention Society (OPS) opens its doors — a renegade safe injection site that employs primarily current or former drug users, its staff and volunteers save lives and give hope to a deeply marginalized community as the overdose crisis rages.
REIFF 2022
"The happiest place in America is Boulder, Colorado" -- said no Black person ever. "This is [Not] Who We Are" is a documentary film exploring the gap between Boulder, Colorado’s progressive self-image and the lived experiences of its small but resilient Black community.
REIFF 2022
A metaphor for child predators and their grooming patterns, Chums is about Mack, a young girl brushed aside by her mom after she sneakily surprises her during a phone call. Left essentially unsupervised in an aquarium, she begins to follow her only friend Mega, a massive tiger shark, into the top of his tank.
REIFF 2022
A man goes on a journey through a snowstorm, encountering various wonders along the way.