How To Stay Out Of Jail

Follow an elite police team whose extraordinary mission it is to not send criminals to prison. Based in County Durham, each year the local police apprehend thousands of offenders accused of everything from drugs to assault to child neglect or domestic abuse. Some offenders are given a once in a lifetime chance to reform and cancel out their crime by joining a tough 16-week scheme. If they fail it’s off to court and possibly prison.

Woman Raised By Monkeys

After being abducted and abandoned in the jungle, Marina Chapman claims she survived by living with a troupe of monkeys. She says, that for five years, they were her only family. Now, fifty years later, Marina and her daughter are on a quest to find the answers to her life; Who were her real family? Why was she taken? And did she really survive five years alone in the jungle with only monkeys for company? For the first time, Marina Chapman’s incredible story will be put to the test as we forensically examine her claims to have been raised by monkeys. Could a five year old girl really survive in the jungle in the company of monkeys? Working with neuroscientists, forensic anthropologists and primatologists we search for the clue. Will they reveal Marina to be a hoax or prove her amazing story to be true?

Every Child Counts

In this uplifting documentary about the power of education, awareness and acceptance, join the children and families of a small island community as they endeavor to challenge the systemic prejudice and neglect focused on the learning-disabled children in their village.

Beyond The Silk Road

Led by actor Dominic West, BEYOND THE SILK ROAD is a feature-length documentary exploring the heart of Kyrgyzstan, a hidden gem of Central Asia. Through encounters with traders, herders and highland farmers, it reveals how the ancient Silk Road and nomadic traditions continue to shape the country’s identity. West begins in the south at a remote high-altitude caravanserai, before meeting a yak herder whose animals remain central to life in the mountains. In the capital, he travels with adventurer Alexandra Tolstoy and reunites with The Wire co-star Clarke Peters for a breathtaking horseback journey into the western highlands, living as nomads have for generations. What begins as a travelogue becomes a reflection on resilience, hospitality and the quiet strength of tradition.

Love Rats

They’re charming, they’re romantic and they’re too good to be true. When people go looking for love, all too often what they find is a rat. LOVE RATS tells the most shocking stories of victims who have fallen prey to manipulative criminals: from online scam artists, to serial conmen, to catfish looking for their next victim. Through blow-by-blow accounts of how they were targeted, coerced and conned, LOVE RATS shares the most shocking stories of trusting lovelorn people who were left with broken hearts and empty bank accounts.

The Two Lives of Li Ermao

Filmed over 17 years across Southern China, THE TWO LIVES OF LI ERMAO is the intimate and heart-wrenching story of Li Ermao, a transgender migrant worker, transitioning from male to female, then back to male. In this touching tale, we witness Li Ermao's search for identity, struggle for love and fight for survival. World Premiere 2019 International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam Winner of 2020 China Screen d'Or, Les Écrans de Chine Film Festival Winner, audience prize at the Royal Anthropological International Film Festival

9/11 Kids

This award-winning documentary explores the lives of the students who were reading with George W. Bush when a plane hit the second tower of the World Trade Center. For these kids, this moment in American history is forever etched in their minds. Almost 20 years later, we reveal what has become of these gifted, predominantly African American children. 9/11 KIDS catches up with many of those present on that day and reflects on the theme of race in America and what the American Dream means today. *Winner of 2020 Ted Rogers Audience Award, Hot Docs *Winner of 2021 Donald Brittain Award for Best Social/Political Documentary Program, Canadian Screen Awards *Nominated, Best Direction, Documentary Program, Canadian Screen Awards *Nominated, Best Photography, Documentary or Factual, Canadian Screen Awards

Rebellion

With global temperatures continuing to rise at an alarming rate, climate change protests are growing, becoming some of the largest demonstrations in history. REBELLION reveals the moments that sparked the global climate crisis movement. From 15-year-old Greta Thunberg’s “School Strike for Climate” outside of the Swedish parliament, to Academy Award winning actress and activist Jane Fonda’s multiple arrests during some of the biggest climate change protests in US history, the people’s resistance continues to be fierce. Through the streets of Delhi, and up the steps of Congress, REBELLION is the story of a generation marching in revolt.

To Be Continued...

TO BE CONTINUED is a three-part documentary series profiling new writers, who have taken on the unique task of keeping well-known stories and characters alive in sequels. Do the new writers emulate the style of the original author? Do they dare make changes to plots and characters so well known and loved? The series features heated discussions with writers, agents, heirs and most importantly, readers.

Cracked: The Perplexing World of Egg Donation

CRACKED reveals the world of egg donation at a time when fertility rates are collapsing. Infertile potential parents are desperate to find egg donors with the right traits, the right ethnicity. But donating an egg is not simple and invites multiple risks. Through intimate stories of couples searching for donors, a Hollywood actor who had her child through egg donation, and frank confessions from a donor who is helping scores of families welcome babies, the film explores the economics, emotional costs and ethics of egg donation. It illuminates how rapid advances in reproductive science have left countries, cultures and laws struggling to catch up and both egg donors and those yearning for babies walking on eggshells.