Peter Pearson

The Best Damn Fiddler from Calabogie to Kaladar

Peter Pearson

Margot Kidder, Kate Reid

A poor bush worker refuses to sacrifice his dignity to provide his family with a better life.

À corps perdu

Léa Pool

Matthias Habich, Johanne-Marie Tremblay

Pierre is a Montreal photojournalist who returns from Nicaragua to find that his ten-year menage a trois is over. Haunted by his mid-life crisis, he becomes obsessed with trying to find out why his two lovers, Sarah and David, have left him.

Paperback Hero

Peter Pearson

Keir Dullea, Elizabeth Ashley

A hockey player in a small town begins to lose his grip on reality, and starts to believe that he is a gunslinger in the Old West.

Saul Alinsky Went to War

Peter Pearson, Donald Brittain

In this feature documentary, American community organizer and writer Saul Alinsky goes to war against the conditions that keep the poor in poverty. The film shows how he helped Black ghettos in the United States find an effective, non-violent method of fighting for their rights.

Only God Knows

Peter Pearson

Gordon Pinsent, John Beck

The sponsors of a drug-rehabilitation center stage a robbery to maintain funding of the facility, but the loot turns out to be syndicate-owned.

Encounter with Saul Alinsky - Part 2: Rama Indian Reserve

Peter Pearson

Indigenous youth, led by Duke Redbird, argue their ideas against the blunt pragmatism of American activist and writer Saul Alinksy. Author of the book “Rules for Radicals”, Alinsky is widely considered the father of community organizing who spent his life advocating for improved living conditions in poor communities across the United States. In this impassioned debate, the young activists question the corrupting influence of power, and ask why Indigenous people cannot live traditionally and peacefully on the land. Alinsky responds, “You have got to be part of the world in order to change it. You are not going to make any changes by staying in your corner.” In Alinsky’s view, equality only happens when the disenfranchised have the strength to show the ruling powers that it will be more costly for them to withhold it. Encounter with Saul Alinksy offers fascinating insights into a conversation about power and activism that has lasting resonance today.