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Documentary Shorts - A Selection of our Highlighted Films

Black Ice tells the story The Colored Hockey League of The Maritimes that was formed in 1895 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. The league comprised of the sons and grandsons of runaway American slaves, the league helped pioneer the sport of ice hockey changing this winter game from the primitive "gentleman's past-time" of the nineteenth century to the modern fast moving game of today.

Flowers for Rwanda

 24 min                              Documentary Short
                                                                                        Screening                                                          

Rwanda. 14 years after the genocide that took away the lives of more than 800.000 people. What's the current situation of the country? What feelings prevail in the hearts of the victims? Can victims and killers live together? What's the importance of education in a society that has lived through a genocide? May a genocide happen again in Rwanda? Who should act when a genocide is happening? Do we, as individuals, have any responsibility?