This episode of Ghost Towns of Canada explores Ocean Falls, British Columbia. Ocean Falls was one of the province's best known pulp and paper towns until the mill was closed by the provincial governmet in the early 1980s due to the waning economy.
Of Lines and Men: The Animation of Jonathan Amitay profiles the genius of animator Jonathan Amitay, a Toronto-based artist who uses his innovative stop motion animated films to explore issues such as ecology, nuclear war and human rights.
In this personal and endearing film, a prolific and brilliant animator reveals his battles with bipolar disorder to lay the path for a new understanding of this condition. His son, a clinical psychologist, adds his own comments, from the perspective of a family member.
Ohanashi: The Story of Our Elders features 10 Japanese-Canadian elders who tell their stories, describing their lives both before the bombing of Pearl Harbour, which led to internment, and after World War II.
This documentary follows "The Retreads" the first women's basketball team over the age of 65, as they train for the World Masters Games.
Goanese girls Reshma and Olivia grow up at opposite ends of the earth-India and Canada-but their daily rituals hold more than one surprising similarity.
After a monster fight with her parents over her texting habit, 14 year old Kaylee runs away to her understanding grandma's house. All is going well until Kaylee's cell phone battery runs out.
With an approach that is both poetic and personal, this documentary portrays the variety of emotions experienced by women diagnosed with breast cancer as they attempt to cope with their new reality and what awaits them in the future.
North Vancouver documentary filmmaker Frank Wolf and his friend Todd McGowan trace the proposed track of the Northern Gateway Pipeline proposed by Enbridge to deliver Alberta's Tar Sands bitumen to Asian markets. Their journey by bicycle, hiking, rafting and kayaking shows some somber challenges and risks with this billion-dollar project.
On the Red Road: A Walk on the Outside is a documentary about the transition of Aboriginal inmates from a federal prison to the outside.
Profile of Haida carver Freda Diesing.
Survivors from the opposite sides of the Second World War revisit the site of a pitched battle fought in September 1944 at Peleliu, east of the Philippines and north of New Guinea.
Preconceptions about racial purity are under the microscope in this fact-paced, heart-warming documentary by Jeff Chiba Stearns, who has a heritage that is half-Japanese, half-European.
After university graduation, what to do? Sean Aiken decided to create the One Week Job project that took him around North America to work at 52 jobs in 52 weeks. This dynamic road movie explores career, success and the real meaning of happiness.
After university graduation, what to do? Sean Aiken decided to create the One Week Job project that took him around North America to work at 52 jobs in 52 weeks. This dynamic road movie explores career, success and the real meaning of happiness.
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.
The Origin and Evolution of Halloween connects the present with the past by unveiling the history and legends surrounding Halloween.
Centuries and centuries before Christ was born, Romans, Mesopotamians, Carthaginians, Balkans, Germans and Scandinavians held huge celebrations on or near December 25th to welcome the return of the sun. The Origins of Christmas delves into this history, revealing surprising similarities between the world's favourite Christian holiday and some of its not-so-religious roots.
In this episode from the Storytellers in motion series, filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin is profiled.
Our First Voices is a series of shorts that celebrate BC First Nations language and pays tribute to the drive to preserve and revitalize the languages for future generations.
A Latin American family is celebrating the birthday of their youngest child, until they get rudely interrupted by two immigration officers.
On a freezing night, Soft as Snow and Cold as Ice meet Thomas, a young man in a drunken stupor, who has been dumped on the outskirts of town. When Thomas suggests the two men walk back to the city with him, they persuade him to stay the night.
In this episode from the Storytellers in motion series, filmmaker Christine Welsh is profiled.
This farm story, from the inside out, paints an intimate portrait of a Canadian family facing a crisis in agriculture.
An experimental video that provides a mysterious view of a city, featuring a soundscape evoking place and memory.
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