Face2Face with David Peck

Derreck 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 addic...

Nikhil 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...

Rachel 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 s...

Victor 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...

Mark 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 M...

Ron 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...

Richard 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 worl...

Gian 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...

Barry 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 dee...

Wi 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...

Bianca 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 watchin...

Mourad 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...

Kathryn 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...

Brett 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 abou...

Trevor 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, an...

Tracey 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’...

Saul 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...

Nicole 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...

CJ 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...

Marc 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 b...

Aidan 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...

Yung 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 c...

Cody 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...

Jason 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...

June Millington, director Bobbi Jo Hart   and Face2Face host David Peck talk about their fun, engaging, long overdue new film  Fanny: The Right to Rock . They touch on sexism in the industry, liberation, your inner compass, poetry, safe spaces and role models, racism and why it’s so important to play it forward. “Revivify Fanny. And my work will be done.” David Bowie Trailer To learn mor...