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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!
November 26, 2025 at 2:07 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/
August 3, 2025 at 1:51 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?
July 30, 2025 at 3:32 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
June 21, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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)
June 5, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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
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...
April 23, 2025 at 3:06 AM
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...
April 10, 2025 at 2:32 AM
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/
March 27, 2025 at 2:13 AM
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!
March 14, 2025 at 10:32 PM
#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.
March 8, 2025 at 7:18 PM
"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
March 4, 2025 at 2:42 AM
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.
February 21, 2025 at 2:58 AM
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.
February 12, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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...
February 5, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Did you know that in addition to #bluesky, HitPlay is on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Threads, and X.

Follow all our channels to keep updated on the latest news, including screening events, new film news, on-set photos, and more!
December 23, 2024 at 4:38 PM
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...
December 3, 2024 at 2:25 AM