Martin Duckworth Movies

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

Temiscaming, Québec is the story of a town's struggle to survive after its main source of employment, the CIP mill, closed down. Part I tells...

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

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...

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

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

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

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...

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...

The life and work of the documentary pioneer.

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

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

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...

This feature film is a documentary portrait of Joseph Idlout, a man who was once the world's most famous Inuit. Unknown to most Canadians today,...

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...

Between March and October 2000, millions of people around the world took to the streets to denounce poverty and violence against women. The historic...

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

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

Magic in the Sky investigates the impact of television on the Inuit people of the Canadian Arctic. The film also documents the establishment of 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...