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This 20th Century-Fox CinemaScope special traces the journey of Queen Elizabeth (II) and Prince Philip to the United States and Canada in conjunction...

Two Canadian police officers take on a tour of duty in East Timor.

A film study of a Montréal metro station, not as a link in the transportation system, but as a subject for the camera--a place of echoing tunnels, lon...

This feature documentary profiles an Aboriginal community coming to terms with a legacy of sexual abuse, incest and family violence. The film follows...

Mark Rowswell may well be one of the most popular comedians Canada has ever produced. A virtual unknown in his own country, Rowswell has an enormous f...

This film employs a multi-image technique to contrast scenes of natural grandeur--mountains, forests, and wildflowers filmed in Canada's national park...

This documentary is a record of the role played by Spitfires in defeating the Axis during World War II. The film, which shows these planes in action d...

A man makes his way through a dark and stormy night to a spooky old house, where surprises await him.

Set against a background of her paintings and the Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, landscapes they depict, this short documentary is a portrait of the life and...

Canadian Documentary

A wealth of archival images offers a glimpse into Québec City’s social history in this tribute to French Canada’s first classical college, the Seminar...

Director Barry Greenwald takes his camera into a place we never thought we'd see so intimately: a high-risk parole office and the people whose lives i...

This short documentary offers an early example of the challenges faced by working mothers. As women entered the workforce in greater numbers during WW...

This full-length documentary examines the work of Krzysztof Wodiczko, an artist who has taken his art out of museums to project it onto the sides of b...

Quebecois lumberjacks have to face harsh working and living conditions to earn a living and support their families.

This documentary follows painter A.Y. Jackson on his canoe trips and on foot to the northern wilderness of Canada in autumn. This leading member of th...

This short film from 1958 compiles 3 short reportages on different ways kids are schooled in remote areas. To School by Boat follows children of isola...

The people of the L'íl'wat First Nation record their personal narratives about their culture, history, education, and the impact of residential schoo...

In this short animation a single room is the setting for a lyrical dance through time about family roots. The objects in the room swirl, rearrange and...