The Americas

THE DROUGHT

21 min, Fiction, Canada, 5.1

Temporada Seca (The Drought) tells the story of Domingo, a mexican indigenous farmer who is grief-stricken at the passing of his wife and the loneliness and poverty that have since overshadowed him. With an atmospheric camerawork, minimal dialogue and solid sound design, the film sweeps the viewer along the mental state of Domingo while he makes a desperate effort to end the climate of decimation that has permeated his life.

YOU DON’T LIKE THE TRUTH – 4 DAYS INSIDE GUANTÁNAMO

100 min, Documentary, Canada, 5.1

Maintaining the surveillance camera style this film annalyses the political, legal and scientific aspects of a forced dialogue.

THE GENTLE DRIFTING OF A HAITIAN CHILD

84 min, Documentary, Canada, 5.1

A sense of form, the whirl of poetry, thinking that is deep and light all at the same time work that was never meant to be contained. From Port-au-Prince to Paris by way of Montreal, New York and Saint-Malo, “La dérive douce d’un enfant de Petit-Goâve” introduces us to one of Quebec’s most charismatic writers and filmmakers, Dany Laferrière. The film touches on his exile from Haiti in 1976, his first novel released nearly 25 years ago, his admiration for Haitian writer Frankétienne, and the importance of the Brooklyn Bridge in his life. A portrait of a fascinating storyteller traced with sensitivity and humour.

KIYUKTA

40 min, Documentary, Canada, 5.1

A journey in Nunavut punctuated by captured moments and encounters.

SPIRA COLLECTION

A collaboration between Spira and Les Films du 3 Mars. Five documentaries are now available on our digital platform, individually or as a bundle, as a rental or as a subscriber’s feature!

THIS LAND IS THEIR LAND

49 min, Documentary, Canada, 5.1

To explore the theme of tolerance, the director chose, as an example, the conflit between Jews and Arabs in Israel and relate his own experience with Inuits in Nothern lands. ” I have always had a fascination for Israel (…) I could not move on from the idea that the situation between Jews and Palestinians related to us. We are a conquered people but compared to the natives, we are a people of conquerors”. (Bernard Émond)