Leslie Norville

Producer

Black Life: Untold Stories (Premieres Fall 2023, 8x60, Studio 112 in association with Northwood Entertainment, and Ugly Duck Productions) is an eight-part documentary series that reframes the rich and complex histories of Black experiences in Canada, dispelling commonly accepted myths and celebrating the many contributions of Black Canadians.

Black Life: Untold Stories

Iconic ballerina Misty Copeland made history when she became the first African-American woman to be named principal dancer of the legendary American Ballet Theater. Get the incredible, behind-the-scenes story of how she overcame a tumultuous upbringing and near career-ending injuries to become one of the most revered dancers of her generation. More than just a ballet success story, Copeland’s journey is a hugely inspirational, universal tale of perseverance.

A Ballerina’s Tale

Black Life: A Canadian History illuminates the struggles and triumphs of Black Canadians, and celebrates the contributions of both famous and lesser-known individuals.

Black Life: A Canadian History 

Finding the Funk is a road trip in search of the past, present and future of Funk music.

Finding the Funk

A documentary following nurses, doctors, and administrators in a New York City hospital as they respond to the victims from the COVID-19 pandemic.

The First Wave

Follows the mental health crisis in Chicago and three participants of the Mental Health Court in Cook County who are working to rebuild their lives after being incarcerated for crimes related to their mental illnesses.

Any Given Day

Walk Good is an unflinching documentary about a mother who lost all three of her children in three separate and unrelated acts of gun violence.

Walk Good

A feature documentary on African American ballerina Misty Copeland that examines her prodigious rise, her potentially career ending injury alongside themes of race and body image in the elite ballet world.

A Ballerina's Tale

An intimate portrait of the black arts movement that exploded in Fort Greene from the mid 1980s through the 90s as told by writer, historian and Brooklyn resident Nelson George.

Brooklyn Boheme

This is the story about Haiti in the years preceding the devastating earthquake. This is also a story that asks at what point can any outsider understand the nuances of a foreign place well enough to give true help? Can security, or peace, exist in the midst of poverty? Is imperfect assistance better than none at all?

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Different celebrity hosts present new independent documentaries..

Independent Lens

Through a mixture of recreation puppetry, archival interviews, and verité, The Three Lives of David Wong documentary film tells the story of an undocumented Chinese immigrant wrongfully convicted of murder, and the group of activists who came to together to rally for his freedom.