In this episode of Storytellers in motion, actress and director Gail Maurice is profiled.
What would happen if a U.F.O. landed on Earth? Al Sens answers this question in the animated short, A Galactic Chance.
By combining photography, 2D paint animation, image processing and live video with the visual elements of 3D graphics, Leslie Bishko has created a stunning work of computer animation.
Followers of different religions, six courageous individuals faced similar issues when they "came out". Gay Spirit reveals how they struggled to embrace their sexuality alongside their spirituality. They share their stories with candour and honesty.
In this youth-driven documentary, gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered students at a high school in the town of Hope, British Columbia explore issues they face at their high school. The film project created a dialogue among students and the community as a step toward eliminating bullying.
A documentary tracing the prolific career and impact on contemporary art by three young, gay artists who formed the General Idea collective in Toronto in 1969.
Documentary about George Littlechild, a Plains Cree Métis artist whose extensive body of work that includes collages of mixed media and is noted for bold colours and playful images that co-exist with serious undertones in his art.
In this short drama, a young lesbian woman and an unforgiving grandmother are brought face to face when the grandmother suddenly shows up, hoping to make amends.
This episode of Ghost Towns of Canada explores The Ghost Town Trail, Saskatchewan. This southern stretch of highway is dotted with tiny farming communities, once thriving, now all but abandoned.
This 13-part series introduces the bold characters who pinned their futures on the new world, often winning a niche in the world's temperamental markets, but losing hope of any enduring legacy to the sweeping changes of time. Ghost Towns of Canada reunites one-time residents with the towns they once called home, uncovering the human stories that lay hidden beneath the peeling paint.
As the lens captures the ephemeral essence of two souls lost in a transparent world, Ghostworld examines the choreographic nature of dance, sound and film itself.
The short musical drama Gibson Woods explores the presence of history and the connection between the African Nova Scotian and Mi’Kmaq communities.
Fears that the indigenous people of Haida Gwaii on Canada's Northwest coast will lose a unique worldview embodied in a fading indigenous tongue, lead community members such as Diane Brown, coordinator of the Skidegate Haida Immersion Program to work to teach the native language to young people.
This episode of the Chiefs and Champions series profiles NHL hockey player Gino Odjick.
This documentary, narrated by Maliseet elder Maggie Paul, is a collaboration between Christine McLean and the St. Mary's First Nation in Fredericton, New Brunswick. It provides a rare glimpse into the lives of three Maliseet teenagers on St. Mary's First Nation, one of the few urban reserves in Canada.
Eight women in Toronto who rehearse and perform Caryl Churchill's 1982 play, Top Girls. The play has become a canon of women's theatre and features icons of Canadian theatre and screen who reflect on their own personal struggles as working women in the arts world and broader society in general.
Voice-over narration recounts a tired young worker's trip home, while the camera records the simple, passing details his mind stores.
Different voices from diverse cultural backgrounds share life stories about paths travelled while navigating experiences of mental illness and comment on the need for a more holistic system of treatment.
Glowing in the Dark captures the energy and vitality of neon--one of the oldest and most effective forms of advertising.
Vancouver artist Gordon Smith is one of the most prominent and prolific artists working in Canada today. This documentary reveals an artist in the twilight of his life and at the pinnacle of his career.
This documentary profiles the Canada-China Sustainable Agriculture Development Project that teams Canada's grassland farming researchers with counterparts in Inner Mongolia.
A community of Syrian women hold a dinner for the homeless in Saint John, New Brunswick as a gesture of gratitude for what Canada and the community have offered them as refugees.
A frustrated artist, unable to put her ideas on paper, turns to an over-the-top daydream in which her filmmaking garners her fame, fortune, kudos, exotic vacations, social standing, ardent suitors and parental approval.
Bringing the sustainability question home–with shelter in mind, what sort of future will you build?
An award-winning documentary which depicts the dramatic confrontation in the Pacific between Russian whalers and environmentalists determined to save the whale from extinction. The film also provides valuable information about whales in their habitat.
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