Face2Face with David Peck
803 episodes - English - Latest episode: 29 days ago -Face2Face is hosted by change maker David Peck and is rooted in casual conversation and intelligent inspiration. David interviews film makers, actors, writers and artists of various kinds and he does it in a fun, thoughtful and entertaining way. Check out this weekly podcast where David honors and celebrates people who believe in the power of little things, the splash and ripple effect and who are rolling up their sleeves to make the world a better place.
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Happiness, Buddhism & Living Well
March 30, 2024 13:24 - 37 minutes - 51.5 MBMaster Hun Khemra, Noem Chunny and Face2Face host David Peck had four conversations about meditative mindsets, Buddhism, the East meeting the West, kindness, peace, happiness and contentment and its impact on all cultures and about how to live well. This is part one. Part 1 of a 4 Part Series The Venerable Kassapa Hun Khamra, was drawn to the profound teachings of Buddhism at a young age when he embarked on a quest for spiritual understanding and enlightenment. His early years laid the gro...
Propaganda, Poetry & Justice
August 24, 2023 21:49 - 39 minutes - 72.3 MBRoman Liubyi and Face2Face host David Peck talk about his new film Iron Butterflies, cultural diplomacy, artistic interpretations, poetry, war crimes, human rights, justice, propaganda, and creating monuments on screen. Trailer Synopsis: On July 17, 2014, Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur was shot down over Eastern Ukraine, killing all 298 people on board. While worldwide shock was immediate, failure to lay categorical blame would only amplify the tragedy. Filmmak...
Andrew McCarthy, Success & Family
May 10, 2023 12:24 - 38 minutes - 70 MBAndrew McCarthy and Face2Face host David Peck talk about his new book Walking With Sam, fear, success and the 80’s, relationships and isolation, acting, travel and family, generosity, finding our way back home and why it’s so revealing and important to take one step at a time. More about Andrew here and the book is Available now! Photo credit: Jesse Dittmar About the Book: An intimate, funny, and poignant travel memoir following New York Times bestselling author and actor Andrew McCarth...
Family, Corruption & Justice
May 05, 2023 20:18 - 27 minutes - 50.7 MBRobert Osbourne and Face2Face host David Peck talk about his new film Malcolm is Missing, tenacity and passionate commitment to a cause, justice and corruption, family and why sometimes pushing back against the system is necessary. Trailer Watch on CBC Gem Synopsis: Malcom is Missing, from Canadian documentarians Robert Osborne and Jari Osborne, is an affecting and suspenseful portrait of a daughter who wouldn’t give up, and a corruption-riddled system of justice - a country where 100,00...
Armageddon, Politics & Prophecy
May 01, 2023 20:06 - 43 minutes - 79.1 MBTonje Hessen Schei and Face2Face host David Peck talk about her new film Praying For Armageddon, the power of persuasion, our addiction to certainty, hope, empire and power, fundamentalism, extremism and violence, and the power of the people. Watch the Trailer. Synopsis: Praying for Armageddon is a political thriller that reveals the power and influence of U.S. fundamentalist Evangelicals, as they aim to fulfill the Armageddon prophecy. With close quarters journalism, this feature documen...
Uganda, Trauma & Justice
April 28, 2023 12:09 - 31 minutes - 58.4 MBEmil Langballe, Lukasz Konopa and Face2Face host David Peck talk about their new film Theatre of Violence, Christianity and conflict, radicalization, nature versus nurture, restorative justice, government oppression, and why retributive justice doesn’t work. Watch the trailer here and head to Hot Docs for more information. Synopsis: Can you be an executioner and a victim at the same time? At the age of 9, Ayena's client, Dominique Ongwen, became one of at least 20.000 children abducted b...
Nintendo, Family & Pure Joy
April 26, 2023 12:41 - 28 minutes - 52 MBChristian Einshøj and Face2Face host David Peck talk about his new film The Mountains, Super Nintendo, anxiety, depression, memory, family photography and trauma, existentialism, expectations and the experience of pure joy. Watch the trailer here and head to Hot Docs for more information.' Synopsis: Two decades after the tragic death of his brother, the director Christian Einshøj's family is falling apart. But when his overworked CEO dad is unexpectedly let off and decides to sell the f...
Truth, Conspiracy & Lies
March 08, 2023 18:40 - 40 minutes - 74.4 MBLewis Cohen and Face2Face host David Peck talk about his new show Truth and Lies, Conspiracies, Propaganda, the supposed Age of Reason, facts and Fake News, history and how it repeats itself and why we need to be on our guard. Watch the series here. Blurb: Since the dawn of civilization, people in power have played with the truth, danced with deception, and altered reality to suit their interests. Truth and Lies is an ambitious new TVO documentary series that explores the most dramatic ...
Institutions, Trauma & Love
February 10, 2023 14:40 - 44 minutes - 80.6 MBBarri Cohen, Brian Logie and Face2Face host David Peck talk about Unloved: Huronia’s Forgotten Children, trauma, empathy and love, “othering”, labels and wood carving, oppression, institutions and junk science, capitalism and dehumanization and why it’s so important to never forget. For more info head here and www.remembereveryname.com Blurb: Filmmaker Barri Cohen leads part detective story, part social history in UnLoved: Huronia’s Forgotten Children as she uncovers the truth about A...
Listening, Loss & Self Correction
February 05, 2023 13:34 - 40 minutes - 74.9 MBJo Brunini and Face2Face host David Peck talk about her new book Never A Cloud, empathy, listening, loss in a marriage, storytelling and self-correction, mystical encounters, authenticity, and why fighting for your free space is so important. For more info head here. Blurb: Never a Cloud charts the course of three women—Violet, Ava, and Margot— who find their way to a new understanding of home and family at Otyrburn, an estate in rural Scotland. Violet Grey, a child of the sixties, wri...
Whales, Conservation & Community
January 20, 2023 19:16 - 31 minutes - 57.3 MBNadine Pequeneza & Face2Face host David Peck talk about her new film Last of The Right Whales, conservation and general ocean health, hope, despair, joy and plankton, plant intelligence, cohabitation, community and grass roots movements. Watch it on CBC and find out more information here about the film. Blurb: These gentle giants no longer die of natural causes. Instead, they are run over by ships or suffer lethal injuries from fishing gear. Over the past decade they’ve been dying at a ra...
The Case Against Cosby
January 10, 2023 16:53 - 32 minutes - 60.4 MBKaren Wookey, Andrea Constand and Face2Face host David Peck talk about their new film The Case Against Cosby, trauma, purpose, trust and aha moments, authenticity, fear, risk, and faith, finding a safe community and how healing is possible. Watch now on CBC Gem Survivors.org Hope Healing Blurb:Of the sixty-three women who have come forward to accuse Bill Cosby of sexual assault, only one was able to gain a conviction. This is her story. With intimate access to Andrea Constand and her fa...
Women Talking & Sarah Polley
December 23, 2022 15:55 - 14 minutes - 26.5 MBSarah Polley and Face2Face host David Peck talk about her new film Women Talking, curiosity, imagination, the patriarchy, trauma and grief, de and re-construction, the power of community, what it means to heal, inspiration and the greater Good. Blurb: Rooney Mara, Claire Foy, Jessie Buckley, and Judith Ivey, with Ben Whishaw and Frances McDormand, star in Sarah Polley’s fearless adaptation of Miriam Toews’ acclaimed novel about a cloistered world where women struggle with an epidemic of a...
How Magicians Think
November 07, 2022 20:54 - 31 minutes - 57.4 MBJoshua Jay and Face2Face host David Peck talk about his new book How Magicians Think, mystery, philosophy and wonder, asking good questions, doing what you love, problem solving and why magic matters. To buy tickets for Thursday, November the 10th head to Jokers. About Josh: Joshua has performed on stages in over 100 countries. He was awarded the top prize at the World Magic Seminar and has fooled Penn & Teller on their hit show, Fool Us. He holds a Guinness World Record in card magic. ...
Repair, Recycling & Rust
October 14, 2022 01:06 - 45 minutes - 84.1 MBStacey Tenenbaum and Face2Face host David Peck talk about her new film SCRAP, why rust is beautiful, upcycling, the preservation of history, objective juxtaposition, the right to repair, circular economies, changing minds and looking closer. Trailer For more information head to the website here. Synopsis: Must a disposable society throw out its memories along with its unwanted possessions? Director Stacey Tenenbaum tackles this question in her globe-trotting documentary SCRAP which ta...
Human Rights & The Voice of the People
September 23, 2022 19:02 - 38 minutes - 71.2 MBJason Loftus and Face2Face host David Peck talk about his new film Eternal Spring human rights, the lens of the artist, universals, Aristotle and poetry, activism versus pacifism, and the nuts and bolts of disinformation. Trailer Synopsis: In March 2002, a state TV signal in China is hacked by members of the banned spiritual group Falun Gong. Their goal is to counter the government narrative about their practice. In the aftermath, police raids sweep Changchun City, and comic book illus...
The Beatles, Love & Inner Peace
September 05, 2022 17:21 - 52 minutes - 96.9 MBPaul Saltzman and Face2Face host David Peck talk about his new film Meeting The Beatles in India, John Lennon and following your heart, politics, civil rights and how storytelling can do magical things and what it might mean to look for inner peace. Trailer Visit Paul’s other sites: Moving Beyond Prejudice and Prom Night in Mississippi For More Information Synopsis: Filmmaker Paul Saltzman retraces his journey of 50 years ago when he spent a life-changing time with the Beatles at the M...
Character, Justice & The System
July 12, 2022 17:20 - 35 minutes - 65.8 MBKyle Thrash and Face2Face host David Peck talk about his new film The Sentence of Michael Thompson, politics and clemency, character, tenacity and humility, the criminal justice system, and something called the Last Prisoner Project. Trailer For more information. The Last Prisoner Project Synopsis: Michael Thompson is the longest serving non-violent offender in Michigan history, and this year he is finally up for clemency. In 1994, he was arrested for selling three pounds of cannabis t...
Pacifists, Police & Empathy
June 07, 2022 15:02 - 27 minutes - 50.2 MBStefan Forbes and Face2Face host David Peck talk about his film Hold Your Fire, conflict resolution, toxic masculinity, messy conversations, risk and bridging the gap and how we might be able to transcend street justice. Trailer For more info check out the website. Synopsis: Brooklyn, 1973. When Shu’aib Raheem and his friends attempted to steal guns for self defense, it sparked the longest hostage siege in NYPD history. NYPD psychologist Harvey Schlossberg fought to avert a bloodbath, re...
Poetic Comedy & The Middle Man
May 26, 2022 19:45 - 19 minutes - 35.4 MBBent Hamer, Pål Sverre Hagen and Face2Face host David Peck talk about their new film The Middle Man, precise poetic comedy, empathy and philosophy, existential angst, satire and rich literary material, and why humour is a way through which we can begin to understand each other. Trailer Synopsis: The Middle Man is a darkly humorous social satire which takes place in a small town that is experiencing an epidemic of accidents and deaths. The town is run by “The Commission” - the Sheriff, the...
Love, Faith & Family
May 03, 2022 20:54 - 39 minutes - 72.3 MBSara Taksler and Face2Face host David Peck talk about her new film How Saba Kept Singing, entertainment as social justice, beautiful coping mechanisms, non-violent advocacy, relationships, love and closure and putting mindfulness into action. Synopsis: Ninety-four-year-old David Wisnia never told his wife, children or grandchildren in Levittown, Pennsylvania, the whole truth about how he survived Auschwitz-Birkenau. They knew that David's singing voice had entertained the SS guards, that h...
Politics, Power & Change
April 29, 2022 20:54 - 43 minutes - 79.2 MBMichelle Rempel Garner, Chloe Sosa-Sims and Face2Face host David Peck talk about the new film Hunting in Packs, idealism, political inertia, community, the calcification of beliefs, personal change, authenticity and why politics should be about the conversation. Find out more here. Synopsis: What happens when strong-willed women join the circus of politics? How do they create the change? Make the policy real? Achieve their dreams? The 3 female politicians in this film, Jess Phillips (La...
Freedom, Problems & Risk
April 16, 2022 14:40 - 42 minutes - 76.9 MBDaniel Carsenty, Mohammed Abugeth and Face2Face host David Peck talk about their new film The Devil’s Drivers, universal problems, hard to find solutions, the legitimacy of others, the pursuit of freedom and some of the things we take for granted. Trailer Website Synopsis: Chased by the army, a human trafficker crosses the border on a daily basis. An intimate yet harrowing portrait – shot over the course of eight years – about a man living on the edge in one of the most dangerous regio...
Disasters, Stories & Loss
April 04, 2022 18:05 - 31 minutes - 57.6 MBCarlos Francisco Manatad and Face2Face host David Peck talk about his new film Whether the Weather, disaster films, grief, trauma and loss, style over story, spiritual fables, pushing back against the status quo and feeling secure and safe. Find out about the film and see the trailer here. Synopsis: In the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan, religious fanatics, desperados, criminals and fleeing animals are loose in the city. Miguel, an escaped prisoner, roams the ruins in search of the two wome...
Community, Context & Accountability
March 10, 2022 00:58 - 41 minutes - 75.7 MBMargaret Byrne and Face2Face host David Peck talk about her new film Any Given Day, context and community, safe places, honesty, vulnerability and accountability, the ethics of film making and why it’s important to see ourselves as resources. Find out about the film and see the trailer here. Synopsis: In 2015, during widespread defunding of community mental health care programs across the country, in Chicago, the Cook County Jail has become a default treatment center for people living w...
Addiction, Recovery & Healing
March 06, 2022 17:22 - 39 minutes - 71.9 MBDerreck Roemer and Face2Face host David Peck talk about his new film Come Clean, about addiction and mental health, recovery and misconceptions, statistics and stigma, friendship, healing, codependency and why recovery and community are connected. Trailer Watch it on TVO, TVO.org, YouTube and TVO streaming channels. Synopsis: Come Clean is a close look at what fuels addiction, as well as the herculean effort and hope recovery demands. Six million Canadians will meet the criteria for addi...
Wisdom, Tradition & Perspective
March 02, 2022 18:32 - 57 minutes - 105 MBNikhil Mahajan, Jitendra Joshi, Gauri Nalawade and Face2Face host David Peck talk about their new film Godavari, wisdom and tradition, freedom and acceptance, getting back to basics, why love is found within and building a life of significance Trailer Synopsis: Filmed in India in the Marathi language, Godavari stars a who’s who of Indian talent including the film’s lead actor Jitendra Joshi (Sacred Games, Ventilator) who has headlined numerous Marathi feature films including award-winning...
Heroes, Community & Change
February 05, 2022 15:58 - 45 minutes - 82.5 MBRachel DeCruz, Jeremy Levine and Face2Face host David Peck talk about their new Sundance film The Panola Project, convenience stores, persistent grace, poverty and racism and real change, relationships, and the absence of shame and why community matters. For more info on the film and to WATCH it head here. Synopsis: The Panola Project highlights the heroic efforts of Dorothy Oliver to keep her small town of Panola, Alabama safe from COVID-19. Dorothy runs a makeshift vaccine coordination ...
Hallelujah, Comedy & Belonging
February 01, 2022 15:37 - 44 minutes - 81.8 MBVictor Gabriel and Duran Jones and Face2Face host David Peck talk about their new Sundance film Hallelujah, poverty and justice, drama, death and belonging, resilience, oppression and innocence lost, Cornel West, James Baldwin and why storytelling and human experience are intimately connected. Victors Directors Statement: "A theme that is ever present in my life is the question “How do I overcome my suffering? Is it even possible?” More specifically in this story it is the idea of grieving ...
Son Of A Critch
January 08, 2022 19:18 - 23 minutes - 44.2 MBMark Critch, Tim McAuliffe and Face2Face host David Peck talk about their new CBC TV series Son Of A Critch, photo bombs, family life, growing up, why socializing at a wake might be a good idea and what comedy can do for us. Watch the show on CBC Gem. Synopsis: Based on Mark Critch's award-winning, best-selling memoir, SON OF A CRITCH (13x30) is the hilarious and very real story of 11-year-old Mark coming of age in St. John’s, Newfoundland in the 80s. It’s a heartfelt window into the life...
Tradition & Turtle Island
December 13, 2021 17:46 - 44 minutes - 81 MBRon Chapman and Face2Face host David Peck talk about his new films Shelter and From Earth to Sky, architecture, tradition and Turtle Island, xenophobia, collaboration, and common ground, and why it’s better to give than to receive. Synopsis: From Earth To Sky is a unique and inspiring story of a proud and accomplished collective of Indigenous architects, driving a movement as climate change threatens the planet. They are world leaders in aesthetic, form, sustainability and ultimately prot...
Magic, Mystery & Luck
November 22, 2021 23:27 - 50 minutes - 92.8 MBRichard Wiseman and Face2Face host David Peck talk about his new book David Copperfield’s History of Magic, humour as a tool, Dale Carnegie, sticky ideas, tunnel vision, a need for mystery, bored and fascinated silence, and why it’s quite handy to be likeable. David Copperfield’s History of Magic Buy it where you usually buy your books. Synopsis: An illustrated, illuminating insight into the world of illusion from the world’s greatest and most successful magician, capturing its audacio...
Friends, Family & The War on Drugs
November 07, 2021 19:59 - 43 minutes - 79.8 MBGian Cassini and Face2Face host David Peck talk about his new film Comala, friendship and family, truth and ambiguity, “the war on drugs”, violence and responsibility, and how intimate stories can be universal. Trailer Synopsis: Director Gian Cassini grew up the only child of a single mother in Monterrey, Mexico. His father, with whom he had only intermittent contact, had left when he was a child and started a parallel family, giving Gian a brother and sister that he came to know as he go...
Oscar Peterson & Musical Genius
October 22, 2021 13:01 - 39 minutes - 72.1 MBBarry Avrich and Face2Face host David Peck talk about his new film Oscar Peterson: Black & White, generosity, fear and confidence, music as a universal, the civil rights movement and Oscar’s Hymn To Freedom, and the alchemy of music. Learn more about Barry here and watch the film streaming Crave and HBO. Synopsis: Oscar Peterson: Black & White is a ground-breaking “docu-concert” that deeply explores the life and legacy of jazz icon and composer, Oscar Peterson: his sound, stardom, and cul...
Headlines & Perspective
October 15, 2021 11:06 - 43 minutes - 80.2 MBWi Ding HO and Face2Face host David Peck talk about his poetic, compelling and intimate new film Terrorizers, challenging the status quo, fragmented headlines, choice and responsibility, perspective, sympathy and loneliness and why we’re all just looking to be loved. Synopsis: “A slashing incident connects a group of disillusioned youths, in director Wi Ding HO’s powerful look at the truth beyond the headlines. A splendid, tragic fresco of the lost life of youths in pre-COVID Taipei, Terro...
Headlines, Perspective & Loneliness
October 14, 2021 11:13 - 43 minutes - 80.2 MBWi Ding HO and Face2Face host David Peck talk about his poetic, compelling and intimate new film Terrorizers, challenging the status quo, fragmented headlines, choice and responsibility, perspective, sympathy and loneliness and why we’re all just looking to be loved. Synopsis: “A slashing incident connects a group of disillusioned youths, in director Wi Ding HO’s powerful look at the truth beyond the headlines. A splendid, tragic fresco of the lost life of youths in pre-COVID Taipei, Terro...
Memory, Film & Faces
October 09, 2021 12:39 - 20 minutes - 18.9 MBBianca Stigter and Face2Face host David Peck talk about her new film Three Minutes - A Lengthening, Kodak memories, human stories and faces as traces, film as a record, family and history and why everyone wants to be seen. Synopsis: Three Minutes - A Lengthening presents a home movie shot by David Kurtz in 1938 in a Jewish town in Poland and tries to postpone its ending. As long as we are watching, history is not over yet. The three minutes of footage, mostly in colour, are the only movin...
Parables, Respect & Truth
October 02, 2021 16:11 - 38 minutes - 69.9 MBMourad Zaoui and Face2Face host David Peck talk about his new film The Forgiven, idealism and access, the truth found in parables, the magic of newfoundland, walking the journey little by little and acknowledging and respecting others. Synopsis: Jessica Chastain, Ralph Fiennes, Caleb Landry Jones, Christopher Abbott, Saïd Taghmaoui, and Marie-Josée Croze lead a stellar ensemble cast in this wild foray into opulence, sin, and reckoning set deep in the Moroccan desert. On the verge of divor...
Activist, Author & Athlete
September 24, 2021 12:13 - 51 minutes - 95 MBKathryn Bertine and Face2Face host David Peck talk about her new book Stand, activism, social change, the gender gap, beacons of hope, mental health and why things are not always as they seem. Buy the book here and learn more about Kathryn here. STAND: A memoir on Activism. A manual for progress. What really happens when we stand on the front lines of change. “I don’t have time for a blurb, but congratulations on your book!” Malcolm Gladwell. “When confronted with injustice, Kathryn Ber...
Privacy, Data & Digital Ethics
September 02, 2021 23:31 - 45 minutes - 83.2 MBBrett Gaylor and Face2Face host David Peck talk about his new film Discriminator, serendipitous creativity, privacy laws, facial recognition, digital ethics and human rights, data sets, remix culture, surveillance technology and automated decision making. Trailer WATCH the film here. Find out more about Brett and his work here. Synopsis: Discriminator, Brett Gaylor’s latest cautionary tale about life online, looks at the sea of faces we’ve willingly uploaded to social media and the cons...
Street Gang & Sesame Street
August 20, 2021 20:42 - 38 minutes - 70.4 MBTrevor and Ellen Scherer Crafts and Face2Face host David Peck talk about Street Gang, revolutionary ideas, the definition of genius, lightening in a bottle, TV as a wasteland and Kermit the Frog. Trailer Find out more about Street Gang here. Synopsis: Street Gang: How We Got To Sesame Street takes us inside the minds and hearts of the Sesame Street creators, artists, writers, and educators who, together established one of the most influential programs in television history. In late 1960...
Beans, Bridges & Oka
July 30, 2021 14:20 - 38 minutes - 71.2 MBTracey Deer and Face2Face host David Peck talk about her new film Beans, bridges under construction, storytelling and changing the world, persistence, forgiveness, how anger can guide us for good, listening well and why trauma doesn’t need to define us. Trailer Find out more about the film here and Tracey here. Synopsis: Beans is a coming-of-age story, inspired by co-writer/director Tracey Deer’s own experience as a 12-year-old Mohawk girl who had to grow up fast during the 1990 Oka Cris...
Resistance, Race & Capitalism
July 25, 2021 18:35 - 45 minutes - 82.7 MBSaul Williams, Motion and Face2Face host David Peck talk about their new film Akilla’s Escape, extended family, lived experience, existence as resistance, racialized capitalism, poetry, art and pushing boundaries and why it may not be a great idea to dabble in hope or cynicism. Trailer Find out more about the film here. Synopsis: Akilla’s Escape weaves the present and past in a crime-noir about the urban child-soldier. Set in Toronto and New York where over 450,000 Jamaicans reside, the ...
Identity, Uncertainty & Ego
July 11, 2021 15:22 - 44 minutes - 30.4 MBNicole Dorsey and Face2Face host David Peck talk about her new film Black Conflux, identity and uncertainty, empathy, attitude and ego, staying present, humility in asking good questions and why what you do next really matters. Watch the film now online. Trailer Find out more about Nicole and the film here. Synopsis: “The lives of an anxious teenage girl and a troubled man converge fatefully, in Nicole Dorsey’s vivid debut exploring womanhood and toxic masculinity. “Black Conflux is a ...
Propaganda, History & Racial Justice
July 06, 2021 17:23 - 41 minutes - 75.9 MBCJ Hunt and Face2Face host David Peck talk about his film The Neutral Ground, memory and racial justice, rewriting history, propaganda, troubling stories we tell and why it’s time to be honest, out loud and in public. Trailer Find out more about CJ and the film here and you can watch the film here on PBS and through WNED in Canada. Synopsis: An official selection of the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival, The Neutral Ground begins in 2015 as Hunt documents a raucous New Orleans City Council meet...
Guns, Fact & Fake News
June 14, 2021 15:40 - 43 minutes - 78.9 MBMarc Silver and Face2Face host David Peck talk about his film 3.5 minutes, cities designed to separate, bridge building, racism, gun violence, fact versus fake news, vertical learning curves and justice through storytelling. Trailer Find out more about Marc here and stream the film here. Synopsis: Black Friday 2012: four boys in a red SUV pull into a gas station after spending time at the mall buying sneakers and talking to girls. With music blaring, one boy exits the car and enters the ...
Leonardo, Mystery & Humility
May 26, 2021 18:57 - 19 minutes - 35.1 MBAidan Turner and Face2Face host David Peck talk about his new TV series Leonardo, mystery and wonder, curiosity, nature versus nurture, solving puzzles, ego, painting the details and why humility is underrated. Trailer Synopsis: A compelling look at one of the most restlessly brilliant men of all time, Leonardo gets inside the mind of the genius, showing the drama behind his art, and exploring a tantalizing mystery left unexplained by biographers – the nature of his relationship with the ...
Wuhan, Heroes & Hope
May 23, 2021 19:20 - 35 minutes - 65.5 MBYung Chang and Face2Face host David Peck talk about his new, memorable and hopeful film Wuhan Wuhan, empathy, universals, hatred and division, humanizing statistics and tragedy, everyday heroes and the poetic history of a city. Find out more about the film here. Synopsis: Wuhan Wuhan is an observational documentary unfolding during February and March, 2020 at the height of the pandemic in Wuhan city, where the coronavirus began. With unprecedented access at the peak of the pandemic lockdo...
50 Tons of Plastic, Hell or Clean Water
May 12, 2021 20:51 - 40 minutes - 74.1 MBCody Westman and Face2Face host David Peck talk about his new film Hell or Clean Water, the environment, activism, awareness, confidence and doubt, how change takes time and how one person can make a difference and why everyone should try. Trailer Synopsis: Shawn Bath is an unlikely environmentalist. Just 10 years ago he was throwing garbage out his truck window. But as a commercial diver in Newfoundland, Shawn has seen ‘everything that mankind doesn’t want’. The harbours in the province ...
Fresh Starts, Stories & Gifts
May 08, 2021 16:10 - 38 minutes - 70 MBJason Sherman and Face2Face host David Peck talk about his new film My Tree, fresh starts and gifts, staying inquisitive, conscience and push back, mysteries that unfold, belief systems and stories that are used to suppress. Synopsis: Jason Sherman, a Canadian Jew, searches for the tree that was planted in his name in Israel many years earlier. His travels take him to parks and forests throughout the country, where he learns a number of surprising facts about his tree: that it was likely ...