Bishari Films
17 title(s) found.A Child's Century of War
Bishari Films BF0011At the beginning of the last century, nine out of ten people killed in war were soldiers. At the...
Angry Girls
Bishari Films BF0009This is a story of teenage girls living in Toronto’s inner core, raised in shelters and housing...
Crimes of Honour
Bishari Films BF0016Throughout the Islamic world, each year hundreds of women are shot, stabbed, strangled or burned to...
Devil's Bargain: A Journey Into the Small Arms Trade
Bishari Films BF0008Small arms are the real weapons of mass destruction, killing more than half a million people a...
Fire and Water
Bishari Films BF0017Throughout Fire and Water is the story of Dr. Hussain Shahristani, once Saddam Hussein’s Chief...
Hamas: Behind the Mask
Bishari Films BF0006This one-hour journalistic exploration by acclaimed documentary filmmaker Shelley Saywell takes the...
In the Name of the Family
Bishari Films BF0001On December 10, 2007, a 16-year-old Toronto schoolgirl, Aqsa, was strangled to death; her father...
Kim's Story
Bishari Films BF0015If there was a photograph that captured the horrific nature of the Vietnam War it was that of a...
Legacy of Terror: The Bombing of Air India
Bishari Films BF0013Legacy of Terror is the story of one of the most deadly airline bombings in history: Air India...
Lowdown Tracks
Bishari Films BF0010Lowdown Tracks is a feature documentary that celebrates the music and stories of those living on...
Martyr Street
Bishari Films BF0012Martyr Street, Hebron is the only place in the West Bank where Jewish settlers live in the heart of...
No Man's Land: Women Frontline Journalists
Bishari Films BF0004This film travels to the front lines of Sarajevo and Afganistan, and also portrays famous women...
Out of the Fire
Bishari Films BF0003Faye Schulman returns to her home town of Lenin; at the time, part of Poland, now in Belarus...
Shahira: Nomads of the Sahara
Bishari Films BF0005This is an inspirational documentary about a young Muslim woman, trained as an anthropologist, who...
Street Nurse
Bishari Films BF0014Cathy Crowe is a familiar name. For years as one of Toronto’s 50 or so street nurses, she has...
The Nanny Business
Bishari Films BF0007The Nanny Business explores the domestic labour market that brings in an estimated 5,000 women to...
The War at Home
Bishari Films BF0002“It’s a hidden war and when they call in the troops it's already too late," these are the...