This episode of Ohanashi: The Story of Our Elders profiles Tak Miyazaki.
Tangled Garden, Act I, Scene II begins the filmmaker's journey by exploring the history of the purebred Jersey cow, and suggesting that when we look at the "other" it is often ourselves we see reflected back.
Through a queer reading of the male nude in Western art, a gay white filmmaker explores masculinity and desire, confirming Tom Kalin's assertion that "our flesh comes to us in history" in Tangled Garden, Act II, Scene II.
This documentary follows the story of brothers Terence and Jordin Tootoo, respectively the first Inuit hockey players to play professionally and to make to the NHL.
Small rips and tears progress with stunning rhythm to an ultimate split of the world. The imagery has a delicate sketchy quality that resonates against a subtle sound track to create an overwhelming mood between laughter and tears.
A student of the film program at Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design, Ling Chiu makes a powerful statement in Tee Hee Hee. Her stirring memorial to the women killed in Montreal on December 6, 1989 is certain to leave viewers with a lasting impression.
Tending Toward Silence weaves a story of three different moments: time in the hospital, a summer spent collecting rocks and another reality, both mysterious and sustaining.
The Devonshire Hotel in Vancouver was demolished by blasting. Gallagher filmed the event at 200 frames a second and manipulated the sounds recorded at the event to play back at the same speed as the images.
In this second documentary from Series 1 of La Voix des Mechif, the essential need for land ownership to establish any form of jurisdiction is explored, along with how The Manitoba Act of 1870 allocating land to the Métis people failed them through the Scrip program exploited by both Church and State.
Documentary on artist Terry McCue. Terry talks about his struggle with alcohol, his lack of formal training and his success as a painter producing unique works that are bold and beautiful.
Tetzan Biny: The Disappearance of Fish Lake visits one of the last great water systems of the Chilcotin plateau, now threatened by gold and copper mining operations that will destroy the fish population of a vast region.
Introducing Cree vocabulary to young children, featuring words related to theatre.
"Theta is a dream every person encounters at least once in a lifetime. A dream envisioning a unique image of God."
xiTsonga with English subtitles
Three generations of South African women are sowing the seeds of change through the creation of a community garden to build a better future.
In this episode of Storytellers in motion filmmaker and artist Thirza Cuthand is profiled.
In this short drama, a young Aboriginal women cannot recall how she was assaulted and has to revisit the apartment of her boyfriend before she can come to terms with the violence that occurred.
Doris Shadbolt's practice as an educator, curator and writer in the visual arts spans the mid-20th century development of a vital art scene on the West Coast and in Canada. those days...a portrait of Doris Shadbolt focuses on the pivotal activities at the Vancouver Art Gallery during the 1960s and early 70s through interviews with Doris, now in her 80s.
This is a compilation of three dance films done by choreographer and filmmaker Daniel Conrad.
This documentary is based on research by Kate Weaver, R.N., PhD., University of New Brunswick. Three women share experiences of their battle with eating disorders, through onset, hospitalization and recovery.
An investigation into Canada's Asian communities' fascination with beauty pageants that explores the events, the pressure and how representation of beauty in popular media drives girls and their families to participate.
This two-part documentary series looks at the revival of traditional Tibetan medicine and its history in China and Russia.
Tiger is described in Perspective Canada: "Rimmer intercuts the movements of a caged tiger with images of untamed nature. Superbly layered,the film wordlessly leaves us pondering our attempts to harness the forces of nature."
Documentary on artist Tim Paul. From 1984 to 1992, Tim was Senior Carver at the Royal British Columbia Museum. He left that position to oversee a native education program on Vancouver Island. Tim’s work portrays legends of his Nuu Chah Nulth culture.
Holocaust survivor 77-year-old Alice Zuckerman travels from Canada to Eastern Europe in a journey to reunite with family members after years of separation.
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