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2019 Lunenburg Doc Fest

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2019 Lunenburg Doc Fest

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ONCE WERE BROTHERS: ROBBIE ROBERTSON AND THE BAND

OPENING NIGHT FILM Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band is a confessional, cautionary, and occasionally humorous tale of Robbie Robertson’s young life and the creation of one of the most enduring groups in the history of popular music, [...]

Ask Dr. Ruth

The incredible life of Dr. Ruth Westheimer, a Holocaust survivor who became America's most famous sex therapist. Ask Dr. Ruth chronicles the incredible life of Dr. Ruth Westheimer, a Holocaust survivor who became America's most famous sex therapist. With her [...]

ASSHOLES: A THEORY

With venomous social media, resurgent authoritarianism and rampant narcissism threatening to trash civilization as we know it, the time has come for Assholes: A Theory — an entertaining and oh so timely feature doc from acclaimed director John Walker. Inspired [...]

BEYOND THE VISIBLE: HILMA AF KLINT

The art world is confronted with a sensational discovery – a hundred years too late! How could it happen, that an artist who discovered abstract painting at the beginning of the 20th century remained largely unnoticed? Hilma af Klint’s first [...]

COAST TO COAST: CANADIAN SHORTS

A showcase of a diverse selection of evocative works that share a range of intriguing journeys and adventures from all sides of our nation. Join us for a post-screening Filmmakers’ Q&A. The COAST TO COAST lineup includes:

CONVICTION

Conviction envisions alternatives to prison through the eyes of women behind bars and those fighting on the front lines of the decarceration movement. Not another ‘broken prison’ film, this collaboration is a ‘broken society’ film—an ambitious and inspired re-build of our [...]

DREAM BIG: ENGINEERING OUR WORLD

*FREE YOUTH & FAMILY SCREENING* Narrated by Academy Award-winner Jeff Bridges, Dream Big: Engineering Our World transforms the way we think about engineering. From the Great Wall of China and the world’s tallest buildings to underwater robots, solar cars and [...]

FACES OF LYME: AMBIVALENCE & CONTROVERSY

SENIORS WORKSHOP The third Seniors Workshop was an exciting opportunity for adults 55+ to get comfortable behind the camera and shine a light on an important issue affecting our community! Participants learned filmmaking techniques from professional mentors through discussions, research, [...]

MAIDEN

The story of Tracy Edwards, a 24-year-old cook on charter boats, who became the skipper of the first ever all-female crew to enter the Whitbread Round the World Race in 1989. 2018 / UK / 97 mins [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJbwJ8fe0ng[/embed]

MAXIMA

MAXIMA tells the story of 2016 Goldman Prize winner, Máxima Acuña, a subsistence farmer from the Peruvian highlands, who is standing up to one of the largest gold mining companies in the world: US-based Newmont Mining Corporation. Máxima is fearlessly [...]

PUSH

Housing prices are skyrocketing in cities around the world. Incomes are not. PUSH sheds light on a new kind of faceless landlord, our increasingly unliveable cities and an escalating crisis that has an effect on us all. This is not [...]

SEA OF SHADOWS

The Sea of Cortez is facing total collapse because of a war at sea. Mexican drug cartels have discovered the “cocaine of the sea,” a valuable fish called the totoaba—which is at the center of a multimillion-dollar business with the [...]

SHORT FILMS FROM AROUND THE WORLD

This special free-admission presentation was curated with the students of Bluenose Academy in mind, but is open to everyone! Lunenburg Doc Fest is delighted to present a collection of short fact-based films that entertain, educate and inspire. These documentaries are [...]

THE ODD MONK

THE ODD MONK is a personal journey through modern-day Buddhism. The film follows German first-time filmmaker Jesco Puluj through Europe, Asia and Africa for six months as he meets a variety of monks and nuns in order to discover the [...]

THE VALLEY

High in the French Alps, on the border between Italy and France, refugees risk their lives crossing dangerous mountain routes. Witnessing the increasing influx of refugees, local communities in the Roya and Durance Valleys start providing them with shelter, food [...]

THROUGH OUR EYES: SHORT DOCS BY INDIGENOUS FILMMAKERS

* FREE SCREENING * Lunenburg Doc Fest is proud to present THROUGH OUR EYES: SHORT DOCS BY INDIGENOUS FILMMAKERS, a shorts program featuring five films from some of the most exciting emerging Indigenous filmmakers from across the country. This short [...]

TOXIC BEAUTY

Each morning we slather with 1000s of chemicals hidden inside cosmetics and personal care products, many of which are toxic. In the United States, the Cosmetic and Personal Care Industry regulates itself. Links to hormonal disruption in baby boys, developmental [...]