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!

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'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

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)

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...

BBC News talks with Afghanistan women to discover what a day in their lives is like after 3+ years under Taliban rule. Their stories offer a small window into a routines and dreams constrained by an on-going gender apartheid. Read more now: www.bbc.com/news/live/c0...

Our doc #NextOfKin follows 2 young adults impacted by 🇨🇦's broken child welfare system as they work to locate family/process their experiences. Watch on @cbcgem.bsky.social as Jacob & Tahylour overcome obstacles to care for themselves & find a place in their community. www.cbc.ca/cbcdocspov/e...

Proud to announce our documentary, #AnUnfinishedJourney, has been nominated for the Donald Brittain Award for Best Social/Political Documentary at the 2025 Canadian Screen Awards! Winners for the category will be announced on May 30. Congratulations to all nominees: www.academy.ca/nominees/

Our founder Nadine Pequeneza has been selected for the Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship to develop her feature screenplay RARE EARTH! Fellows receive 6 months of mentorship & participation in the @athenafilmfest.bsky.social Writers Lab for scripts focused on women in STEM. Congrats to all women fellows!

#InternationalWomensDay is the perfect time to draw attention to the continuing fight of Afghan women against gender apartheid in their homeland. Our doc #AnUnfinishedJourney, dir. by Aeyliya Husain & Amie Williams, focuses on 4 of those amazing women. Essential stories to hear-today and every day.

"The strength of #TheInvisibleHeart lies within its cast of characters... the faces of real people are what makes [it] so potent." Our 2018 doc looks at the rise in social impact bonds and what happens when capitalism & charity intersect. Stream it now on Vimeo. #HitPlayRevisited

Co-Director @aeyliyah.bsky.social & Producer Charlotte Uzu represented the #AnUnfinishedJourney doc team (incl. producer Nadine Pequeneza & co-director Amie Williams) at the #CinemaForPeace gala in Berlin this past Monday to celebrate films focusing on social, political, & humanitarian challenges.

We're excited to announce that our doc, #AnUnfinishedJourney, is nominated for the Cinema For Peace Dove for Women's Empowerment Award. Previous winners, incl. Four Daughters, She Said, In Her Hands, Writing With Fire & more. Winners will be announced at the Berlin Gala on Feb. 17.

Starting tomorrow, we're revisiting @hitplayproductions.bsky.social documentaries available to stream. Take a deep dive into the issues that continue to impact our lives - gun violence, social finance, the child welfare system & more. Each month, we'll share a new, curated pick! Stay tuned...

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Resistance. Defiance. Despair. Photographer Kiana Hayeri (whose photos feat. in #AnUnfinishedJourney) worked with journalist Melissa Cornet to document the massive changes to Afghan women's lives since the Taliban took power 3 years ago. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...