| |  | Jan Maka was a child like any other, until his family's lives were turned upside down when it was discovered he had autism. What is it like to live with a child affected by this neurological disorder?
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| |  | Autism: The Road Back charts the personal journey of three Canadian families with children who have been diagnosed with autism. It talks to parents, service providers and experts in the field about assessment, diagnoses, and options available for treatment, and provides guidance for families trying to navigate their way through the challenges of autism in the first six years of their child's life.
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| |  | Bank robbers have long been romanticised in Western culture, but few have been able to tell their own story with as much self awareness as Stephen Reid. This absorbing documentary is about an extraordinary man, a notorious member of the "Stopwatch Gang," who once lived out the crazy, frantic life of the outlaw bandit. Now sentenced for eighteen years to a prison cell, Reid has a lot of time to reflect on the journey that brought him to this moment.
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| |  | This film features sufferers talking about their experiences, interspersed with interviews with a doctor who explains the medical and psychological aspects.
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| |  | Patrick Bird was a "a casualty of colonialism," having walked a dark boyhood journey of sexual abuse, neglect, foster homes, detention centres, loss, abandonment, drugs, alcohol and self-mutilation. Through no fault of his own, Patrick was disconnected from his family, his childhood and his Native American culture and left with few resources to cope with the pain and powerlessness.
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| |  | Tom was 18 when he killed himself, leaving his family to deal with the anguish of his death. Remembering Tom explores the tragic aftermath of a young man's suicide and the painful impact on his family. We meet Tom's mother, father, sister and brother two years after his death. They convey how they have learned to live with, not "get over," Tom's suicide.
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| |  | Are children being pushed prematurely into adulthood? This documentary analyses the hypersexualization of our environment and its effects on young people. Psychologists, teachers and school nurses criticise the unhealthy culture surrounding children, where marketing and advertising are targeting younger and younger audiences, bombarding them with sexual images. These stereotypes treat girls of all ages as sexual objects and exercise a damaging effect on their identities.
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| |  | When a loved one dies, the process of making the loss real can be a lonely and confusing experience. Surviving Death: Stories of Grief is about people negotiating a new relationship with life after losing a loved one. Seven people - parents, children, siblings, partners and friends - reveal how they have been affected by the death of someone close to them.
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| |  | Every child is born full of promise, but for those diagnosed with schizophrenia in the prime of their lives, independence, acceptance and even a place to call home usually slip beyond their grasp. Filmed over three years, Unbreakable Minds captures the emotional journeys of three Canadian men as they struggle to find acceptance in a world that regards them with fear and hostility.
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| |  | This is a compelling, in-depth look at the phenomenon of "cutting", a disorder whereby people harm themselves to relieve stress from abuse, trauma and other unmanageable emotions.
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| |  | Stuttering is as old as human speech. The biblical Moses stuttered. Winston Churchill, Marilyn Monroe and King George VI were afflicted. Yet it remains a medical enigma. Unspeakable examines the nature, history and treatment of a speech impediment that affects about 1% of the world’s population regardless of language, culture, class or ethnicity.
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