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HitPlay Productions is one of 🇨🇦's leading independent companies creating critically acclaimed, award-winning feature documentaries & limited series.
All 3 of our #SeeingGreen subjects have written books about their relationships with the natural world. Get to know Robin Wall Kimmerer, Suzanne Simard, and Paco Calvo through their work before meeting them in our upcoming 2026 doc!
Available at your local library & your favourite local bookstore!
Available at your local library & your favourite local bookstore!
November 26, 2025 at 2:07 AM
All 3 of our #SeeingGreen subjects have written books about their relationships with the natural world. Get to know Robin Wall Kimmerer, Suzanne Simard, and Paco Calvo through their work before meeting them in our upcoming 2026 doc!
Available at your local library & your favourite local bookstore!
Available at your local library & your favourite local bookstore!
So excited to announce that our founder, Nadine Pequeneza, has been selected as one of The Writers Lab’s Canada 2026 participants!
👏👏👏 Congrats to all of the selected writers! twlstories.org/labs/canada-...
👏👏👏 Congrats to all of the selected writers! twlstories.org/labs/canada-...
Canada Lab 2025 - The Writers Lab
The Writers Lab Canada 2025 presented by Firecracker Department & Female Eye Film Festival in partnership with DGC Ontario Canada Lab 2025 The Writers Lab Canada (TWL Canada) Intensive is devoted […]
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November 16, 2025 at 4:08 AM
So excited to announce that our founder, Nadine Pequeneza, has been selected as one of The Writers Lab’s Canada 2026 participants!
👏👏👏 Congrats to all of the selected writers! twlstories.org/labs/canada-...
👏👏👏 Congrats to all of the selected writers! twlstories.org/labs/canada-...
For more than 40 years, the NEAQ’s Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life has been conducting annual surveys to monitor North Atlantic right whales on the migratory journey along the east coast of North America. Catch highlights from their amazing journeys now: www.neaq.org/summer-2025-...
Looking Back at Another Summer of North Atlantic Right Whale Fieldwork - New England Aquarium
This year, our team joined up with partners at the Canadian Whale Institute for surveys in the Gulf.
www.neaq.org
November 1, 2025 at 1:36 AM
For more than 40 years, the NEAQ’s Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life has been conducting annual surveys to monitor North Atlantic right whales on the migratory journey along the east coast of North America. Catch highlights from their amazing journeys now: www.neaq.org/summer-2025-...
Thrilled to announce our founder Nadine Pequeneza’s script #Descent has been announced as a Top 10 Finalist at the Big Break Screenwriting Contest (via @finaldraftinc.bsky.social)! What a cohort to be a part of...
Winners will be announced on November 7! www.finaldraft.com/big-break-sc...
Winners will be announced on November 7! www.finaldraft.com/big-break-sc...
Big Break Finalists - Final Draft®
Check out the full list of finalists from each year of the Big Break Contest! We look forward to adding all upcoming finalists.
www.finaldraft.com
October 27, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Thrilled to announce our founder Nadine Pequeneza’s script #Descent has been announced as a Top 10 Finalist at the Big Break Screenwriting Contest (via @finaldraftinc.bsky.social)! What a cohort to be a part of...
Winners will be announced on November 7! www.finaldraft.com/big-break-sc...
Winners will be announced on November 7! www.finaldraft.com/big-break-sc...
#EnvironmentMassachusetts is screening our doc Last of the Right Whales at the Rockport Public Library on October 18! Learn about these gentle giants, the lethal threats they face from us, and what we can do to help them thrive. Reserve your spot now for FREE: environmentamerica.org/massachusett...
Film Screening: Last of the Right Whales at the Rockport Public Library
Join us to watch Last of the Right Whales, to learn about right whales, the challenges they face, and what you can do to save them.
environmentamerica.org
October 7, 2025 at 12:42 AM
#EnvironmentMassachusetts is screening our doc Last of the Right Whales at the Rockport Public Library on October 18! Learn about these gentle giants, the lethal threats they face from us, and what we can do to help them thrive. Reserve your spot now for FREE: environmentamerica.org/massachusett...
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Entanglement in fishing gear is a major threat to North Atlantic right whales, with over 85% of the population experiencing entanglement at least once, leading to serious injuries and even death. #WetTribe #TidetotheOcean #WhaleWednesday #RightWhales #Entanglements
August 20, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Entanglement in fishing gear is a major threat to North Atlantic right whales, with over 85% of the population experiencing entanglement at least once, leading to serious injuries and even death. #WetTribe #TidetotheOcean #WhaleWednesday #RightWhales #Entanglements
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Today marks four years since the Taliban regained power in Afghanistan.
It's a somber anniversary for millions of Afghans who face oppression and fear — but it's also an anniversary of broken promises made by Western democracies, such as Germany.
It's a somber anniversary for millions of Afghans who face oppression and fear — but it's also an anniversary of broken promises made by Western democracies, such as Germany.
Afghan Women Are Resisting the Taliban—Germany Should Show the Same Courage
Today, August 15, marks four years since the Taliban regained power in Afghanistan. It is a somber anniversary for me and for the millions of fellow Afghans whose daily reality is marked by hunger, op...
www.hrw.org
August 15, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Today marks four years since the Taliban regained power in Afghanistan.
It's a somber anniversary for millions of Afghans who face oppression and fear — but it's also an anniversary of broken promises made by Western democracies, such as Germany.
It's a somber anniversary for millions of Afghans who face oppression and fear — but it's also an anniversary of broken promises made by Western democracies, such as Germany.
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Today, Afghanistan faces one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises.
The fourth anniversary of the Taliban takeover is a grim reminder of the serious and widespread abuses in Afghanistan, but it’s also a call for action ⤵️
The fourth anniversary of the Taliban takeover is a grim reminder of the serious and widespread abuses in Afghanistan, but it’s also a call for action ⤵️
August 15, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Today, Afghanistan faces one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises.
The fourth anniversary of the Taliban takeover is a grim reminder of the serious and widespread abuses in Afghanistan, but it’s also a call for action ⤵️
The fourth anniversary of the Taliban takeover is a grim reminder of the serious and widespread abuses in Afghanistan, but it’s also a call for action ⤵️
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In Taliban-ruled Afghanistan, telling the truth is a crime, and journalists are the criminals—especially women reporters. Once the backbone of the country’s journalism, 84 percent have been forced out of the profession entirely. thewalrus.ca/reporting-afghan...
August 20, 2025 at 10:01 PM
In Taliban-ruled Afghanistan, telling the truth is a crime, and journalists are the criminals—especially women reporters. Once the backbone of the country’s journalism, 84 percent have been forced out of the profession entirely. thewalrus.ca/reporting-afghan...
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On #WorldHumanitarianDay, UNICEF Afghanistan honours women like Sakina and all frontline workers in #Afghanistan.
“I’m responsible for 100+ households,” says Sakina. “The nearest clinic is 9km away, so I have to bring health care to many of my Neighbours.”
Read more👇
🔗 unicef.link/3HxiQxq
“I’m responsible for 100+ households,” says Sakina. “The nearest clinic is 9km away, so I have to bring health care to many of my Neighbours.”
Read more👇
🔗 unicef.link/3HxiQxq
Bringing health care home
Sakina, an experienced Community Health Worker, bridges gaps in rural healthcare for her neighbours – one home visit at a time.
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August 19, 2025 at 5:15 AM
On #WorldHumanitarianDay, UNICEF Afghanistan honours women like Sakina and all frontline workers in #Afghanistan.
“I’m responsible for 100+ households,” says Sakina. “The nearest clinic is 9km away, so I have to bring health care to many of my Neighbours.”
Read more👇
🔗 unicef.link/3HxiQxq
“I’m responsible for 100+ households,” says Sakina. “The nearest clinic is 9km away, so I have to bring health care to many of my Neighbours.”
Read more👇
🔗 unicef.link/3HxiQxq
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Spotting rare right whale off #Newfoundland had this tour guide 'Out of my skin excited'
World Wildlife Fund estimates only 366 North Atlantic right whales left in the world
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
World Wildlife Fund estimates only 366 North Atlantic right whales left in the world
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Spotting rare right whale off Newfoundland had this tour guide 'Out of my skin excited' | CBC News
There are less than 370 North Atlantic right whales left in the world — and a local man spotted one off the southern Avalon Peninsula earlier this month.
www.cbc.ca
July 21, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Spotting rare right whale off #Newfoundland had this tour guide 'Out of my skin excited'
World Wildlife Fund estimates only 366 North Atlantic right whales left in the world
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
World Wildlife Fund estimates only 366 North Atlantic right whales left in the world
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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A U.S. congressman & several fishing groups are asking for a 10-year delay on rules designed to protect North Atlantic right whales.
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The whale population (370) declined by 25% between 2010-2020. Further delay would be extremely harmful to their survival.
apnews.com/article/righ...
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The whale population (370) declined by 25% between 2010-2020. Further delay would be extremely harmful to their survival.
apnews.com/article/righ...
Fishing groups push to postpone protections for endangered right whale to 2035
A Maine congressman and several commercial fishing groups are getting behind a push to delay rules designed to protect a vanishing species of whale for 10 years.
apnews.com
July 30, 2025 at 4:14 PM
A U.S. congressman & several fishing groups are asking for a 10-year delay on rules designed to protect North Atlantic right whales.
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The whale population (370) declined by 25% between 2010-2020. Further delay would be extremely harmful to their survival.
apnews.com/article/righ...
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The whale population (370) declined by 25% between 2010-2020. Further delay would be extremely harmful to their survival.
apnews.com/article/righ...
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North Atlantic Right Whale (Eubalaena glacialis). From my book "A Field Guide to Cape Cod," Yale University Press. a.co/d/eK4A0sd
🧪🐡🌿🌎 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #whales #RightWhales #CapeCod
🧪🐡🌿🌎 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #whales #RightWhales #CapeCod
August 23, 2025 at 3:31 PM
North Atlantic Right Whale (Eubalaena glacialis). From my book "A Field Guide to Cape Cod," Yale University Press. a.co/d/eK4A0sd
🧪🐡🌿🌎 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #whales #RightWhales #CapeCod
🧪🐡🌿🌎 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #whales #RightWhales #CapeCod
It’s been 4 years since the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, and the situation for women and girls continues to deteriorate. Gender equality agency UN Women runs down exactly where things stand below ⬇️ news.un.org/en/story/202...
#ForAllWomenAndGirls #EndGenderApartheid
#ForAllWomenAndGirls #EndGenderApartheid
Four years on, here’s what total exclusion of women in Afghanistan looks like
In 2021, an Afghan woman could have run for president – although none did. Spool forward to 2025, they can’t even speak in public. There is an edict from the Taliban which labels public speaking by wo...
news.un.org
August 15, 2025 at 8:44 PM
It’s been 4 years since the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, and the situation for women and girls continues to deteriorate. Gender equality agency UN Women runs down exactly where things stand below ⬇️ news.un.org/en/story/202...
#ForAllWomenAndGirls #EndGenderApartheid
#ForAllWomenAndGirls #EndGenderApartheid
Watch our award-winning documentary Last of the Right Whales on streaming! Discover the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale, the dangers posed by human activity, and the people fighting to save them. See it on Apple TV, CBC Gem, Vimeo & Prime Video: lastoftherightwhales.com/screenings/
August 3, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Watch our award-winning documentary Last of the Right Whales on streaming! Discover the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale, the dangers posed by human activity, and the people fighting to save them. See it on Apple TV, CBC Gem, Vimeo & Prime Video: lastoftherightwhales.com/screenings/
The @nytimes.com has released their list of the top films of the 21st Century, but how many docs made the final cut? Not enough!
We took some time to pull together our picks for some of the best non-fiction and social justice features from the past 25 years.
Which docs would make your list?
We took some time to pull together our picks for some of the best non-fiction and social justice features from the past 25 years.
Which docs would make your list?
July 30, 2025 at 3:32 AM
The @nytimes.com has released their list of the top films of the 21st Century, but how many docs made the final cut? Not enough!
We took some time to pull together our picks for some of the best non-fiction and social justice features from the past 25 years.
Which docs would make your list?
We took some time to pull together our picks for some of the best non-fiction and social justice features from the past 25 years.
Which docs would make your list?
Paco Calvo, a professor at the MintLAB in Spain, speaks with journalist Rob Waugh about plant consciousness and how they communicate with each other through chemicals, solve problems, and even appear to have memories. Learn more in our upcoming doc, #SeeingGreen. www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/...
I'm a scientist - and I believed plants are CONSCIOUS
A scientists studying plant intelligence and problem-solving shared signs that he believes proves plants are conscious similar to humans and animals.
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July 25, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Paco Calvo, a professor at the MintLAB in Spain, speaks with journalist Rob Waugh about plant consciousness and how they communicate with each other through chemicals, solve problems, and even appear to have memories. Learn more in our upcoming doc, #SeeingGreen. www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/...
A rare sighting of a North Atlantic right whale off the coast of Newfoundland! They don't usually travel that far north, but then again, these critically endangered cetaceans (whom we spotlighted in Last of the Right Whales) like to keep us on our toes. Read more now: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Spotting rare right whale off Newfoundland had this tour guide 'Out of my skin excited' | CBC News
There are less than 370 North Atlantic right whales left in the world — and a local man spotted one off the southern Avalon Peninsula earlier this month.
www.cbc.ca
July 22, 2025 at 6:12 AM
A rare sighting of a North Atlantic right whale off the coast of Newfoundland! They don't usually travel that far north, but then again, these critically endangered cetaceans (whom we spotlighted in Last of the Right Whales) like to keep us on our toes. Read more now: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
We're highlighting the incredible talent of Indigenous storytellers on #NationalIndigenousPeoplesDay with one of our favourite docs from the past year: The inspiring story of #WilfredBuck by Anishinaabe filmmaker Lisa Jackson.
It's currently available to stream on @cravecanada.bsky.social! #NIPD2025
It's currently available to stream on @cravecanada.bsky.social! #NIPD2025
June 21, 2025 at 11:14 AM
We're highlighting the incredible talent of Indigenous storytellers on #NationalIndigenousPeoplesDay with one of our favourite docs from the past year: The inspiring story of #WilfredBuck by Anishinaabe filmmaker Lisa Jackson.
It's currently available to stream on @cravecanada.bsky.social! #NIPD2025
It's currently available to stream on @cravecanada.bsky.social! #NIPD2025
Fisheries and Oceans 🇨🇦 has located the entangled North Atlantic right whale in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, last spotted at the end of May. They are working with the Campobello Whale Rescue Team to respond and help the 4-year-old male. Learn more about the situation ⬇️ www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/pri...
Entangled North Atlantic right whale spotted near P.E.I.
An entangled North Atlantic right whale that was last seen in the St. Lawrence Estuary has been re-sighted near Prince Edward Island.
www.ctvnews.ca
June 18, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Fisheries and Oceans 🇨🇦 has located the entangled North Atlantic right whale in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, last spotted at the end of May. They are working with the Campobello Whale Rescue Team to respond and help the 4-year-old male. Learn more about the situation ⬇️ www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/pri...
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This year’s North Atlantic right whale calving season brought 11 new mom-calf pairs — including 4 first-time moms! 🐳💙
Each calf is a win for this critically endangered animal. Learn how Oceana is fighting to protect the #RightWhaleToSave: oceana.ly/43Ywsdb
Each calf is a win for this critically endangered animal. Learn how Oceana is fighting to protect the #RightWhaleToSave: oceana.ly/43Ywsdb
June 6, 2025 at 8:53 PM
This year’s North Atlantic right whale calving season brought 11 new mom-calf pairs — including 4 first-time moms! 🐳💙
Each calf is a win for this critically endangered animal. Learn how Oceana is fighting to protect the #RightWhaleToSave: oceana.ly/43Ywsdb
Each calf is a win for this critically endangered animal. Learn how Oceana is fighting to protect the #RightWhaleToSave: oceana.ly/43Ywsdb
[email protected] continues its series on the critical state of the North Atlantic right whale population & measures to protect them.
In this entry, they look at the 2024-25 calving season & why 70 reproductive female whales are giving hope to scientists www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/scien...
In this entry, they look at the 2024-25 calving season & why 70 reproductive female whales are giving hope to scientists www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/scien...
Can motherhood help North Atlantic right whales to rise again? Latest calving season offers reasons for hope
Females of reproductive age make all the difference between a species that can bounce back and one that can’t
www.theglobeandmail.com
June 12, 2025 at 2:30 AM
[email protected] continues its series on the critical state of the North Atlantic right whale population & measures to protect them.
In this entry, they look at the 2024-25 calving season & why 70 reproductive female whales are giving hope to scientists www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/scien...
In this entry, they look at the 2024-25 calving season & why 70 reproductive female whales are giving hope to scientists www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/scien...
As part of our #HitPlayRevisited series, we're spotlighting and encouraging you to watch past documentaries that still pack a punch today. In the spotlight this June is "15 to Life: Kenneth's Story".
At just 15 yrs old, Kenneth Young received four life sentences... (1/3)
At just 15 yrs old, Kenneth Young received four life sentences... (1/3)
June 5, 2025 at 10:53 PM
As part of our #HitPlayRevisited series, we're spotlighting and encouraging you to watch past documentaries that still pack a punch today. In the spotlight this June is "15 to Life: Kenneth's Story".
At just 15 yrs old, Kenneth Young received four life sentences... (1/3)
At just 15 yrs old, Kenneth Young received four life sentences... (1/3)
Suzanne Simard, 1 of the 3 scientists at the centre of our upcoming feature doc #SeeingGreen, guests on The Science of Happiness podcast. The B.C.-based expert helps us discover the unexpected ways trees communicate, share resources & support us. Listen now: greatergood.berkeley.edu/podcasts/ite...
What Humans Can Learn From Trees (Encore)
Trees aren’t just competing for sunlight and soil—they’re also looking out for one another. Scientist Suzanne Simard reveals the unexpected ways trees communicate, share resources, a...
greatergood.berkeley.edu
June 5, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Suzanne Simard, 1 of the 3 scientists at the centre of our upcoming feature doc #SeeingGreen, guests on The Science of Happiness podcast. The B.C.-based expert helps us discover the unexpected ways trees communicate, share resources & support us. Listen now: greatergood.berkeley.edu/podcasts/ite...
Our next doc as part of our #HitPlayRevisited series is #RoadToMercy, which documents chronicles Canada’s first legal doctor-assisted deaths and peers into the extreme boundaries of this practice. Watch now on Apple TV & @primevideo.bsky.social #HitPlayRevisited hitplayproductions.ca/films/road-t...
May 18, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Our next doc as part of our #HitPlayRevisited series is #RoadToMercy, which documents chronicles Canada’s first legal doctor-assisted deaths and peers into the extreme boundaries of this practice. Watch now on Apple TV & @primevideo.bsky.social #HitPlayRevisited hitplayproductions.ca/films/road-t...