
Inuvialuit and Vuntut Gwichin filmmaker Dennis Allen accompanied the Kahso Go'tine, a North Slavey Dene group of people, as they reconnected with their traditions through an historic trek over a traditional walking trail unused for 30 years.

A Canadian mother and daughter travel the 4,000-year-old Jewish diaspora and find the key to an unknown past.


This episode of the Chiefs and Champions series profiles Water Polo sensation, Waneek Horn-Miller.

A mathematically ordered restructuring of two seconds (48 frames) of stock newsreel footage, primarily concerned with the frame as information unit and the change in formation between frames.


Water Stories provides an overview of the series, the significance of water for Indigenous people and why society takes it for granted. It introduces host Severn Cullis Suzuki, the next generation environmental storyteller.


North America's Indigenous people have always had a sacred relationship with water. This series shows their perspective on a most precious resource–a resource to be protected, not a commodity to be exploited.


North America's Indigenous people have always had a sacred relationship with water. This series shows their perspective on a most precious resource–a resource to be protected, not a commodity to be exploited.


North America's Indigenous people have always had a sacred relationship with water. This series shows their perspective on a most precious resource–a resource to be protected, not a commodity to be exploited.


North America's Indigenous people have always had a sacred relationship with water. This series shows their perspective on a most precious resource–a resource to be protected, not a commodity to be exploited.


North America's Indigenous people have always had a sacred relationship with water. This series shows their perspective on a most precious resource–a resource to be protected, not a commodity to be exploited.

A woman recalls the intense, complex relationship that she shared with her maternal grandmother.

This inspiring documentary explores the rich and extraordinary life of storyteller, sage and activist Wayson Choy through his own words.
People from the Kwakwa'kawakw's 'NAMGIS First Nation take a canoe trip through their traditional territory on Vancouver Island. They reflect on their connection to the land-- the core of their lifeblood and culture, and on their intent to negotiate a modern-day Treaty with the government of British Columbia and the government of Canada.

While the media too often focuses on Inuit youth struggling with solvent abuse and suicide, We Don't Live in Igloos goes beyond the stereotypes to ask teens in the Canadian North about their real experience.


Introducing Cree vocabulary to young children, featuring words related to the weather.


WebCam Girls profiles some of the early female pioneers in cyberspace who, with a modem and some moxie, take on old ideas about fame and shame and open up a space for new kinds of art, erotica, pornography, celebrity and branding on the internet.

In this fast-paced documentary, celebrated Canadian filmmakers consider the question--Just what is Canadian film?


This offbeat documentary profiles Judith Merril--writer, editor and icon of the science fiction literary genre.


This introduction to Haida art from the Haida perspective follows five themes-formline, ceremony, function, preservation, songs and language. The artists and themes featured here are more fully explored throughout the series.

Against a backdrop of oppression and civil war in Guatemala, three women's groups of the Kaqchikel Presbytery are using micro-credit loans for businesses that include agricultural products and textiles.

In this episodes from the Writers' Confessions series, well known Canadian authors discuss their sources for material, the risk of writing about people you know and whether they favour gut feelings or more conscious decision-making in the writing process.
Where to Next? gives a thoughtful perspective on foreign aid, pointing out that outcomes are often greater for business development in donor nations than poverty reduction in recipient countries.

A daughter's fluency in English challenges her Mother's authority in a Korean immigrant family.


The intersection of faith and culture while keeping respect for a partner's culture and tradition in a mixed marriage are at the root of this journey to explore and understand Jewish identity.
Poetic images, uncompromising text, and voices of men and women expose the implications of domestic violence towards women. Created as a video installation piece for a travelling exhibition of paintings by west coast artist Anne Popperwell, Why Don't You Just Leave? presents an innovative way of contextualizing and expressing an important subject.
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