A lovingly hand-drawn animation of a young girl's life and her magical connection to her grandmother.
Three female electronic dance music artists battle demons from painful pasts as they emerge to become beacons on the global festival scene. Along their journeys, they encounter plenty of resistance as they dare to enter the male-dominated realm of electronic music and EDM.
This compilation of six animated motion comics is based on the rise of female DJ's, each climbing the ranks of the international electronic music scene while wrestling with their own personal struggles. Based on the feature documentary AMPLIFY HER, it shifts the women's stories into a graphic novel esthetic, imagined by 16 female artists.
An old man with a divining rod roams the Andalusian desert in search of inspiration, visions, and movie sets.
Documentary on artist Andy Everson. He began drawing Northwest Coast art at an early age and has followed in the footsteps of his Kwakiutl ancestors in creating bold and unique representations that remain rooted in the age-old traditions.
This episode of the Chiefs and Champions series profiles distance runner Angela Chalmers.
Introducing Cree vocabulary to young children, featuring words related to animals.
Filmmaker Richard Martin creates an atmospheric meditation in apart. He marries fluid visuals and views of the world through tracks of raindrops on glass with a powerful yet subtle sound design to created a cinematic poem on rain.
Documentary on composer and artistic rebel Sophie-Carmen (Sonia) Eckhardt-Gramatte.
Documentary on artist April Mercredi. She began painting in her 60s and uses natural elements like feathers, rocks and sticks in her artwork, while drawing on Aboriginal imagery and experiences as a former life skills coach.
Documentary on artist Archie Beaulieu. His art reflects his background of hunting, fishing and trapping and his connection to the land and its spirit.
Dr. Rudolph Martin Anderson spent seven winters and ten summers north of the Arctic circle in his
career as an Arctic scientist. This documentary salutes his contributions to conservation, Arctic science and cultural knowledge from three different expeditions.
Multi-disciplinary artist Christian White carves elaborate Haida stories, imbued with a sense tradition, into an indigenous slate known as argillite.
The Art of Compassion presents parallel portraits of two men who have transformed painful experiences into sources of creative inspiration. Their moving stories resonate with themes of healing, appreciation for nature, and spiritual growth.
Talented animation from Diego Maclean meets the poetic talent of American poet Billy Collins to ponder the possibilities of those last few moments of life. The film is a visual interpretation of the poem by Billy Collins.
The Art of Peacemaking documents the creation of The Gun Sculpture, a large sculptural work and powerful anti-violence statement constructed from 7,000 assault rifles, land mines, handguns and grenades from Canada and around the world.
Much of the imagery seen on TV is first captured on film; here the filmmaker has reversed the process.
The Assu family, members of the We Wai Kai band in Cape Mudge, BC, discuss the importance of their family roots and culture.
A documentary investigation into "the aswang," a mythical creature in Philippine folklore-its origins, historical use as a tool for control and the place the aswang occupies in Philippine society today. DVD includes an extra feature, Aswang: A Journey into Myth.
In 1985, a small but resolute group of Haida elders joined the front lines to fight clearcutting on Lyell Island.
In Atmosphere the camera pans back and forth over a body of water at a varying tempo and most people assume that a camera operator is in charge. The final image of the film carries a great deal of significance. It opens up a gap between the film's appearance and its reality; what it appears to be - what it imitates - is not an object or scene from everyday life, but a film.
Ce documentaire profile l'écrivain Marie-Claire Blais.
Documentary about the first all Chinese-Canadian women's dragon boat racing team.
In any small town, you quickly know who your neighbours are, but in a trailer park in Chase, British Columbia, two neighbours discovered a spiritual connection that spanned continents and time, miraculously reuniting them fifty years after their first encounter.
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