Joan Orenstein Movies

William, a once obese and troubled teen, goes back to his family's home after being gone, without word, for ten years and finds it (and his family)...

Verlin is 9 years old and does not talk, nor does he even seem to hear. Henry, a child-like adult, befriends Verlin and pulls him from his shell....

Private detective Benny Cooperman is hired to keep an eye on a controversial preacher who is in hiding in a picturesque lake resort, but once he gets...

Manhattan prosecutor Nick is charged with looking into the untimely death of city resident Matt, a musician who had AIDS. As she questions Matt's...

Four old friends reunite to investigate the death of a good friend.

The film is about Moses Coady, who was called many things in his lifetime, but who proved to be the most effective social reformer Canada has known....

A Canadian artist turned diamond merchant in Vienna, Austria risks his life to smuggle Jews out of the Third Reich.

1977, Elvis is dead and nine year old Christina, grieving the loss of her mother, must spend the summer with her Ukrainian grandmother. Her only...