In 1992, at the height of the AIDS pandemic, activist Terence Alan Smith made a historic bid for president of the United States as his drag queen persona Joan Jett...

For child actor Devon Michael, the coveted role of Anakin Skywalker in George Lucas’ hotly anticipated THE PHANTOM MENACE was the part of a lifetime. Chosen as one of George’s...

Nearly 20 years ago, an investigation by The Boston Globe into sexual abuse by Roman Catholic priests ignited a firestorm of scandal that has traveled around the world. For many...

Jocelyn Bell was a graduate student at Cambridge in 1967 when she pushed through the skepticism from her superiors to make one of the greatest astrophysical discoveries of the twentieth...

She is one of the greatest living women’s basketball players. 3 national trophies. Scored the first basket in women’s Olympic basketball at the ‘76 Olympics. Drafted to the NBA. But...

A virtuoso jazz pianist and film composer tracks his family’s lineage through his 91-year-old grandfather from Jim Crow Florida to the Walt Disney Concert Hall.

As told by his granddaughter, the Olympian Kara Goucher, whose career he inspired. When his son-in-law was killed in a tragic car crash, World War II veteran Calvin Haworth became...

As told by his colleague and friend Abe. A devout christian, Jerry Givens was Virginia’s chief executioner, before he became an advocate of abolishing the death penalty.

As told by her cousin Robert. Angela Chaddlesone McCarthy was a teenage mother raised on a Native American reservation who overcame great odds to become a Kiowa tribe legislator in...

As told by his daughter Mikki, the first in the family to graduate from college. A hard-working bricklayer from the projects, Humberto Trujillo helped build the main Phoenix post office...

As told by her twin sister, fellow nurse and lifelong dance partner Rosalie. Rosary Castro-Olega was a retired nurse who returned to the front lines to fight the virus, ultimately...

A recollection of the great experiment we call Breakwater Studios.

His footprints aren’t on the moon. But his fingerprints are on statues across the United States.

John Lennon told them they couldn’t play guitar. They proved him wrong.

Kim Hill was the vocalist for the emerging hip hop group The Black Eyed Peas. Until she quit.

Octogenarian Charles “Chuck” Schwab reflects on May Day – the moment in 1975 when his tiny company upended Wall Street.

In the late 1960s, Haddon Salt built a fast-food empire. Then Kentucky Fried Chicken came knocking.

In Bessemer, Alabama, Jasmine ruminates on her difficult school years and how they shaped who she is today.

Facing the end of her marriage, Brandee goes west.

A French color scientist reinvents himself in the face of change.

Milt Abel II, a world renowned pastry chef, reflects on his relationship with his late father Milton Abel Sr., a legendary Kansas City jazz musician.

In the United States, about two thirds of released prisoners are rearrested within three years. Joe was determined never to go back. This is Joe’s story of pugilism, prison, and...

It was a great year, indeed.

Using a combination of rescanned and remastered archival documentary footage and new cinematic recreations, “George” tells the story of one soldier’s experience and memory as a Canadian soldier in the...

Life on the Bering Sea is one of the most treacherous and rewarding ways to make a living. For Captain Sean Dwyer, the youngest captain in the region, it’s all...

Mike Rosenberg’s story of how he founded the revolutionary software development and artificial intelligence firm, Catalyte.

A symphonic celebration of accounting and tax firm Plante Moran’s 95 years in service.

Fifty years later, t​he real Melvin Dismukes, portrayed by John Boyega in Kathryn Bigelow’s DETROIT, chronicles his first-hand experience of the infamous Algiers Motel Incident, for which he was ​wrongly charged with first-degree...

A love letter to Lisbon, Portugal.

Norbert Sattler is a master stained glass craftsman.

Bill Durden fell off his boat while fishing 25 miles off of Florida’s Gulf Coast. What happens next is hard to believe.

A pioneer at NASA for over a quarter century, Susan decided to embark on her greatest adventure yet: becoming a first time parent at 70.

A docubiopic of young Harlem entrepreneur John Henry, who asked “Why not now?” and went from doorman to dry cleaner to dealmaker.

William Shakespeare wrote the words, “All the world’s a stage.” Andrew Garrod took it literally. Breakwater’s first feature documentary.

As the son and grandson of fish fryers in coastal Massachusetts, Dan Portelance dreamed of a life elsewhere as a famous chef. Just when his goal was within reach, his...

Stone is a portrait of master stone carver Heather Lawson.

The Ox is a portrait of master woodworker Eric Hollenbeck.

Turns is a portrait of master woodturner Steven Kennard.

Rust is a portrait of master iron artist Gordon Kennedy.

McManus & Morgan is the oldest (and once most prosperous) paper shop in Los Angeles. Aardvark Letterpress is a family-run printing business dating back to the 1940s. Located on the...

Behind-the-scenes featurette on the short documentary series “Life’s Work” featuring the Breakwater Studios Ltd. team.

“Did you ever hear the story of how the chickens saved my life?” Inspired by the extraordinary true story of a brilliant young poultry scientist in WWII Canada, Dinner with...

2015 was big. 2016 will be bigger.

Fibre & Wood is a portrait of two master craftspeople — felting artist Sanna Rahola and woodcarver Douglas Drdul.

Lady Bug dissects the life and work of master metalsmith Elizabeth Goluch.

Breakwater Studios Ltd. presents LIFE’S WORK, a series of short documentaries that follows the stories of six master makers, exploring their craft, their process, and ultimately, their lives.

A team of seven expats living in Tokyo are changing (and challenging) the formula of indie game creation with their highly anticipated mystery exploration game, Vane.

Step into the world of the Northways, a Canadian couple who live together, travel the globe together, and make cutting-edge virtual reality game together, Fantastic Contraption.

After-hours on a quiet suburban street somewhere in South Carolina, young Thomas Brush has spent the last three years creating Pinstripe, an adventure platform game about heaven and hell –...

“The stars of this program have been nominated for 73 Academy Awards and won 9.  You know their work. But do you know them?” “Montage: Great Film Composers and the...

Mother Earth is a portrait of master clay sculptor Louise Pentz.

Renowned Los Angeles artist Ed Ruscha prints his newest work,”ZOOT SOOT” at Aardvark Letterpress.