Ruth Lawrence Movies

Darrell Simms is a wise and eloquent gay man in his mid-50s, but for more than 30 years his life has been dominated by an addiction to cocaine.

Edda, a parrot-woman hybrid, and former circus performer, struggles to deal with her daughter's new found embarrassment of her freakish family.

On September 7, 2012, Ashley MacDonald was sexually assaulted. In this powerful first time film, she talks to strangers about what that same day...

An incisive nuanced look at a family crumbling after their father returns from a war. Before the war showcases Tamara's love and understanding of the...

Christmas lover Lori Jo and her roommate head to Yuletide Springs for a longtime tradition to honor her late grandmother — and meet two men,...

In this chilling, atmospheric thriller, Katelyn (Lindy Booth) seeks answers about the brutal murder that claimed her mother's life 20 years ago in...

Maura Mackenzie believes the world is hers to conquer. With her career as a concert pianist gaining momentum, it seems her beauty and talent will be...

While out blueberry picking in rural Newfoundland, a young woman finds herself mysteriously lost in the company of a stranger.

When Draper Doyle’s father drops dead two days after his birthday, Draper realises that he his memories of visiting his father two days...

The wedding of their youngest sister, Janet, brings Gwen and Kay home to St. John’s, Newfoundland. While Janet struggles to hide her...

Bernice, a 15 year old misfit runs away from her rural Newfoundland community in search of Pignut, a tormented and violent gutter punk, after he...

This award winning miniseries traces the difficult passage of young Mary Keane (Aoife McMahon) from servitude in Ireland to the squalor of...

Mary recounts to her daughter Eva the childhood story of when Mary and her father fell through the ice on a frozen pond.

The Untold Story of the Suffragists of Newfoundland (1999) is a docu-drama celebrating the thirty year struggle by the women of Newfoundland to win...

Vivian and Harold's camping trip reveals their tensions, leading to a life-or-death situation as they confront their past.

When Tommy is fired twice in the same week and finds out his brilliant best friend and lifeline, Costa, is leaving the country for a better job, he...

In discovering the secret past of an old St. John's neighborhood, a family learns that love can lead down an uncharted road that is best followed...

A tragic story of the death of a little girl, and the sister who thought she killed her.

A hack filmmaker wastes the money lent to him by a mysterious organization, and so has to take matters into his own hands by locking a cast of actors...

Diminished by grief, 18-year-old Tess (Kelly Van Der Burg) is moving through her life like a ghost. The one thing that comforts her is listening to...