Shelley Saywell Trailers

Lowdown Tracks Trailer (2015)

25 April 2015

Their songs are melodies for the masses, filling subway platforms and street corners, yet the singers remain unknown.

Rape: A Crime of War Trailer (1997)

01 October 1997

Crimes of Honour Trailer (1999)

31 December 1999

Throughout the Islamic world, each year hundreds of women are shot, stabbed, strangled or burned to death by male relatives because they are thought to have “dishonoured” their families.

Hamas Behind the Mask Trailer (2005)

01 October 2005

This one-hour journalistic exploration by acclaimed documentary filmmaker Shelley Saywell takes the viewer beyond the headlines and into the daunting, determined minds and hearts of Hamas, a movement formed in 1987 with one declared aim – to destroy the hard-won New State of Israel through Jihad: through applied resistance to Israel’s occupation of what Palestinians perceived – and perceive – as their ancestral land.

The Gymnasts of Fisherman Colony Trailer (2026)

08 June 2026

The birth of a gymnastics team in Pakistan provides an inspiring spark of light for a small group of girls on the margins.

In the Name of the Family Trailer (2010)

01 January 2010

A hard-hitting look at the rise of "honor killings" among immigrant families in North America, this unsettling documentary profiles the senseless deaths of several teenage girls, who tragically perished at the hands of their own family members.

Captive Trailer (2021)

16 February 2021

CAPTIVE is a cinematic exploration into the heart of darkness, exploring the trauma of captivity as seen through the eyes of girls abducted by Boko Haram and a journalist coming to terms with her own past.

A Child's Century of War Trailer (2002)

01 October 2002

A CHILD'S CENTURY OF WAR takes the viewer on a journey through the past century, the bloodiest in history, from the perspective of children.