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The Fifth Region
Canada's Arctic is divided into four territories. Inuit children were affected greatly by the 60s Scoop and a large number of Inuit people now live in the South, which they call "the fifth region." Two young urban Inuit people share their personal journeys to reconcile mixed identities and reconnect with tradiional Inuit culture far from home.
Kwadacha by the river
In the 1960s the people of the Kwadacha First Nation were flooded out of their traditional northern British Columbia territory by one of the largest hydroelectric dams in the world, the W.A.C. Bennett dam. Now, they share their story of loss and resilience.
My Name Was January
When a trans sister, January Marie Lapuz, is brutally murdered in her own home, a community reacts. Her friends and other trans women of colour come to voice their issues, concerns, and challenges.
c̓əsnaʔəm, the city before the city
cə̓snaʔəm, the city before the city commemorates five years since the resolution of a dramatic and compelling moment in the history of this place now known as metro Vancouver. In late 2011, the Musqueam First Nation learned that a 108-unit condo development was being planned at one of their ancestral village sites without prior consultation with the nation.
Finding Peter Bryce
Andy Bryce uncovers the story of his great-grandfather, Dr. Peter Bryce, who revealed health abuses in Canada's Residential Schools with the 1922 publication of The Story of a National Crime: Being an Appeal for Justice to the Indians of Canada.
Mixed Match
This exploration of what role race plays in medicine addresses timely concerns with the multiracial community becoming one of the fastest growing demographics in North America. Being mixed race is no longer just about identity--it can be a matter of life and death.
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Bearded Ladies: The Photography of Rosamond Norbury [30min version]
Sharon McGowan salutes the work of Vancouver artist Rosamond Norbury in this edgy and humorous documentary exploring notions of gender and identity.
Bearded Ladies: The Photography of Rosamond Norbury [53min version]
Sharon McGowan salutes the work of Vancouver artist Rosamond Norbury in this edgy and humorous documentary exploring notions of gender and identity.
River of Silence
After the mysterious murder of her daughter, Helen Wolf (Mariel Belanger) returns to the river where her daughter's body was found. She is seeking answers. Instead, the killer finds her.
Love at Second Sight
Facially different David Roche and his lovely wife Marlena Blavin share their stories with a spellbound middle-school audience.
Neighbourhood Utopia
Affectionately known as La Pointe, Pointe-Saint-Charles is working- class neighbourhood in southwest Montreal. Once among the biggest industrial districts in Canada, today it is under attack by real estate developers.
Project Eagle Feather: When They Took the Children
In reaction to the recent rise of aboriginal children taken into government care, Project Eagle Feather: When They Took The Children reveals the previously untold stories of First Nations' experiences growing up in Saskatchewan and British Columbia.
Québec My Country Mon Pays
Director John Walker reflects on his complex relationship with Québec, charting the course of rapid change wrought by the Quiet Revolution: from the separatist movement, FLQ crisis and political referenda to the exodus of half a million people from Québec.
Shin-chi's Canoe
Based on the children's book Shin-chi's Canoe by Nicola Campbell, this short fiction film is set in the 1960s. Shin-chi leaves for his first year at Indian Residential School with his sister Shi-shi-etko. The secret gift of a tiny cedar canoe carved by his father sustains him through his first year of separation from family and culture.
Snake Hips Lulu
When Lulu Keating moved to Dawson City, Yukon, she wondered if she might be the reincarnation of a dance hall girl of the Klondike Gold Rush, Snake Hips Lulu. Keating's reflections on her life, devoted to the sexual revolution, reveal startling similarities.
To Return: The John Walkus Story
This powerful one-hour documentary on belonging, acceptance and loss of culture follows John Walkus Green as he carves his way home to the community and culture he was taken from as a child. Supported through the strong voices of other young adoptees, and the advocates who fight for them, John's struggle to return reveals the bitter truths native adoptees face negotiating life in both worlds.
Remembering Maple
Friends and family recall the life and loss of Maple Batalia, a 19-year-old Health Sciences student at Simon Fraser University. She was loved by all and had a brilliant future ahead of her before she was murdered outside the campus by her former boyfriend.
Cest Moi
Set in modern-day Montréal, C'est Moi explores the collision of the past as it meets the present. Performance by Montréal native Jenny Brizard evokes the return of a ghostly figure, Marie-Josèph Angélique, a runaway slave in 18th century New France (Québec). She was accused of setting a fire in Vieux Montréal and subsequently tortured and hanged. As it prepared to celebrate its 375th anniversary, the City of Montréal removed a plaque that stated a declaration against racial discrimination, thus posing the question, "How much of our past is erased in the restoration of history?"
Labelled
The power and damage wrought by labelling children is front and centre in this short animation with puppets.
New Frames
New Frames was created with active participation of young immigrant and refugee men to shed perspectives on mental health and well being as they seek a better life in a new country. In a time where the world is witnessing the largest displacements of people since the Second World War, this uniquely collaborative work gives voice to those not often listened to, encouraging conversations on topics stigmatized for far too long.
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