Health Movies

In an era of activism, filmmaker Connor Luke Simpson enters the world of Fat Acceptance, a provocative social movement that is seeking to change the...

A bloodstain on a sheet triggers a great transformation in Tina, an eleven-year-old girl. As she spreads out the laundry with her mother, she will...

Three people try to start a pilot program to document the health benefits of a plant-based diet.

Wendy’s hopes for friendship at the picnic crumble when her homemade cake ends in a recipe for disaster.

This 1959 documentary short is a frank portrait of the daily operations inside the Montreal General Hospital’s emergency ward.

Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) is the human version of mad cow disease and has been described as a "ticking time bomb" in Britain. This...

Filmmaker Judith Helfand turns the camera on herself to document her battle with cancer caused by DES, a drug prescribed to her mother during...

Tradition and AIDS in Africa. What to do when the respect of tradition is at odds with the community's health?

"Forget calorie counting, cholesterol, exercise, and too much salt!" Dr. Wallach shatters the health myths! His humor combined with irresistible...

Kathryn Calder, one of the vocalists behind the Influential and successful indie band The New Pornographers, puts her life on hold when her mother is...

“I am a hypochondriac”, admits Rosa Von Praunheim, the icon of the gay movement, right at the beginning at the film. The director, who...

An extraordinary video diary about living with AIDS documenting, with guts and humor, the love and dedication of longtime companions Tom Joslin and...

Pastor's wife Veronica has become ill in bed, so he decides to sell his musical instrument secretly in order to buy the medicines she needs. After he...

Using engaging interviews and arresting visuals, this documentary investigates the case for milk as a nutritious food. Is milk good for us or not?

In the cobalt mining areas of Katanga in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), babies are being born with horrific birth defects. Scientists...

Follow filmmaker Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers as she creates an intimate portrait of her community and the impacts of the substance use and...

It is one of the most controversial issues of our day, jeopardizing the health and smearing the reputations of Olympians, professional sports players...

Behind the scenes of news coverage during the pandemic. Follow the work of the professional press in a fight against denialism.

Olivier, Elise and Marine just finished their 6th year of their medical studies. Next year, they will begin their residency and they will be...

Made for TV documentary on the widespread habitual use of marijuana among schoolchildren and teenagers in the 1970s. Part of the NBC Special Treat...