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1) Griefwalker
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Griefwalker is an extraordinary portrait of Harvard-trained theologian Stephen Jenkinson, who teaches that death empowers us to live and that we must know grief well in order to appreciate our own lives.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Trauma loss and grief - victims of crime is a timely representation of the experiences of victims of crime, and its impact on their lives. Their stories will evoke emotions, raise awareness and consciousness for all who view it, and contribute greatly to a broader community understanding of the issues and support needs of victims of crime. This Speaking from experience program offers offer first-hand accounts from people who have experienced the affects...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
They arrive under age and alone, often traumatized and seeking asylum in a country completely alien to their own. In some provinces, specifically Ontario, these unaccompanied refugee minors have surprisingly no government system in place for their care after arriving. This documentary is a cinematic portrait of a year in the life of two such teenagers, Joyce and Sallieu. They seem like your typical teenagers, except that reserved Sallieu, 16, witnessed...
4) Lyle
Publisher
Breaking Glass Pictures
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
An expecting couple, Leah (Gaby Hoffmann - Emmy nominee: GIRLS & TRANSPARENT) and June (Ingrid Jungermann), move into a Brooklyn brownstone apartment with their toddler daughter, Lyle. Despite the strange baby-obsessed landlady downstairs and the group of female models who live above them, the two are happy with their new apartment until a bizarre accident leads to the death of Lyle. Months later, Leah is still grief-stricken, trying to make sense...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011, 2010.
Language
English
Description
Officer Mac McDonald loses his faith and becomes bitter towards his family after his son is killed in an accident, and now must cope with the fact that his new partner happens to be a part-time pastor and a loving father.
7) L'attesa
Publisher
Oscilloscope Pictures
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
Français
Description
When the seductive Jeanne arrives at her boyfriend's childhood home, she is greeted by his brooding mother Anna (Oscar-winner Juliette Binoche). As the two women await him, a mysterious secret looms over the household, ready to boil over.
8) Ballast
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
A double prize winner at the Sundance Film Festival and one of the most critically acclaimed films of 2008, Ballast is a stunningly evocative story of personal catastrophe and communal redemption. In the cold winter light of the Mississippi Delta, three lonely people stumble under the weight of a shared tragedy. Lawrence (Micheal J. Smith, Sr. ) is paralyzed with grief after the loss of his twin brother. Twelve-year-old James (Jimmyron Ross) drifts...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
A unique compilation of candid interviews with children ages 4-18 talking about their experiences of their parents' divorce, about coping with illness in the family, dealing with the loss of a loved one, and learning to cope and thrive with autistic siblings. The kids talk about their pain. They talk about their adjustment. They talk about their love and understanding. The children have phenomenal wisdom and compelling practical advice to share.
11) Remember me
Publisher
Summit Entertainment
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
A young man trying to recover from a family tragedy meets a woman whose free spirit and outlook on life causes him to fall in love with her.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Grief, trauma and sexual abuse: The stories of two women' is a strong reminder of the experiences of victims of sexual assault and the impact on their lives. These two stories will evoke strong emotions, raise awareness and increase the consciousness of these crimes for all who view this video. The courage of these two women will contribute greatly to a broader community understanding of issues that are often hidden, and draw attention to the support...
14) People like us
Publisher
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
After a salesman learns that his father has died, he returns home to settle the estate and discovers he has a sister he never knew about.
15) Nostalgia
Language
English
Formats
Description
A mosaic of stories about love and loss, NOSTALGIA explores our relationships to the objects, artifacts, and memories that shape our lives. Official Selection at the **Palm Springs International Film Festival**. *"A multi-character study of grief and loss as represented through the things people leave behind, it's a heartfelt work from Pellington." - Norman Wilner, **NOW Toronto***
16) Peppermint
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
A revenge story focusing on a young mother who finds herself with nothing to lose, and is now going to take from her enemies the very life they took from her.
17) A ghost story
Publisher
Lions Gate Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
In this singular exploration of legacy, love, loss, and the enormity of existence, a recently deceased, white-sheeted ghost returns to his suburban home to try to reconnect with his bereft wife.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
After a death of a loved one, grownups are often unsure about how to help young children. Death is a difficult concept for adults to process, and most feel helpless in the presence of a grieving child. For children, there is an added dimension. Their capacity to make send of the loss is filtered through the lens of their developmental state. After some discussion of infants and toddlers, our young experts, ages 4-12, explain with patience and wisdom,...
Publisher
MPI Home Video
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Having trouble coming to terms with the death of his brother, Jack accepts his friend Iris' invitation to her family's cabin for some time alone, but Iris is unaware that her sister Hannah is staying at the cabin to get over a breakup with her longtime girlfriend.
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