

Haida Gwaii goes to the northern archipelago on Canada's West Coast where ecology, economy, culture and traditional knowledge all hold value.


Profile of Haida carvers and jewelers Carmen Goertzen and Frank Paulson.


In this episode of Storytellers in motion, CBC News anchor Carla Robinson is profiled.


Researcher George Jordan brings together a host of scientists, technologists and historians who examine the bedrock geology, glacial history and changing sea levels that have shaped what may be the world's largest ice-free harbour--Halifax Harbour.

An inspector continuously misses an important phone call as he tries to entertain himself during a long day at the office.

This episode of The Artist's Life profiles painter, Harold Klunder.

Psychosis: an illness that is apparently incurable, a diagnosis that literally turns the lives of those involved upside-down. For the first time ever, the afflicted author and director Gamma Bak dares to make an autobiographical film dealing with the various stages of her illness.


Health Care 911 introduces some of the 8,000 medically trained immigrants unable to practice in Canada despite a critical shortage of doctors across the country.

This new release from media artist Ann Marie Fleming is a personal response to the events of September 11, 2001.

This episode of The Artist's Life profiles painter, Heather Horton.

Henry Miller is Not Dead is an innovative exploration into the life of literary artist Henry Miller. Tropic of Cancer, widely considered Miller's masterpiece, is a reference point throughout the film.


In this short drama, a young boy in a Japanese Canadian internment camp comes to understand how sharing something beautiful can help another to cling to hope in the darkest moments.

Holding the Sun is the story of a Canadian family's desparate attempt, over a two-year period, to save their son from schizophrenia.
Documentary follows the bizarre saga of eccentric and passionate citizens who stand against gravity, decay and bureaucracy in order to save a thousand-year-old cedar tree from annihilation.


This episode of The Artist's Life profiles painter, Holly Farrell.

This photo-documentary is not only a stark reminder of the unforgiving reality of homeless Canadians, it also looks at the unexpected community and diversity of street life.

Honey lets the viewer slip into the intimate world of bees. Their intricate social dance and their faceted perception of the landscape is lyrically juxtaposed with Robert Morgan's poem `Honey' and original musical scores by Carla Hallett and Robert Minden.


The Hungry Wolf family, member of the Blood Tribe of the Blackfoot people in southern Alberta, discuss the importance of their family roots and culture.


In this episode from the Storytellers in motion series, filmmaker Dana Claxton is profiled.

Inuvialuit and Vuntut Gwichin filmmaker Dennis Allen visits the tiny village of Colville Lake near his own childhood home of Inuvik in Canada's Northwest Territories. There he meets the Kahso Go'tine, a North Slavey Dene group and one of the last remaining truly traditional people.

To balance modern influences of technology, the Kahso Go'tine people of Slavey Lake embark on a traditional caribou hunt every autumn, dressing the meat in the traditional ways of their elders. Invuialuit and Vuntut Gwichin filmmaker Dennis Allen documents this event.


Kids today are the most overprotected, overindulged, and overscheduled in history. Is all this attention giving the next generation a competitlve edge, or creating new problems that will last a lifetime?
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