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  • 1976
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    Volcano: An Inquiry into the Life and Death of Malcolm Lowry

    Volcano: An Inquiry into the Life and Death of Malcolm Lowry

    5.70 1976 HD

    This feature-length Oscar®-nominated documentary focuses on Malcolm Lowry, author of one of the major novels of the 20th century, Under the...

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  • 1986
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    Richard Cardinal: Cry from a Diary of a Métis Child

    Richard Cardinal: Cry from a Diary of a Métis Child

    1 1986 HD

    This short documentary is a moving tribute to Richard Cardinal, a Métis adolescent who committed suicide in 1984. Taken from his home at the...

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  • 1966
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    Notes for a Film About Donna & Gail

    Notes for a Film About Donna & Gail

    5.50 1966 HD

    The story of two young women who go to the city to work in a dress factory, and who share a room to ease their expenses and their loneliness. The...

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  • 1979
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    History on the Run: The Media and the '79 Election

    History on the Run: The Media and the '79 Election

    1 1979 HD

    This documentary examines the media's coverage of the Canadian federal election of May 1979. Filmed over a 3-week period, it takes a fascinating look...

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  • 1992
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    Heritage Minutes: Peacemaker

    Heritage Minutes: Peacemaker

    1 1992 HD

    The formation of the Iroquois Confederacy presented by a First Nations grandfather explaining the significance of the Great Peace to his...

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  • 2002
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    A Scent of Mint

    A Scent of Mint

    1 2002 HD

    This documentary recounts filmmaker Pierre Sidaoui’s immigration journey from the small Lebanese town of Abey to Montreal, the city he now...

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  • 1986
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    Edge of Ice

    Edge of Ice

    1 1986 HD

    This feature documentary highlights the nature of Arctic sea ice, and its crucial importance to life in the Far North. Underwater photography...

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  • 1971
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    Atonement

    Atonement

    1 1971 HD

    Canadian wildlife specialists work to preserve and nurture the creatures that remain in our wilderness areas - species such as the whooping crane,...

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  • 1967
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    Creative Person: Leonard Cohen

    Creative Person: Leonard Cohen

    1 1967 HD

    Canadian poet Leonard Cohen, who now resides on the island of Hydra in Greece, is shown in his native city of Montreal. The program explores Cohen's...

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  • 2018
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    Deyzangeroo

    Deyzangeroo

    6.00 2018 HD

    Many cultures have viewed the lunar eclipse as a powerful reminder of the Day of Judgment. People chant prayers, sing songs and recite poetry, all in...

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  • 1984
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    The Masculine Mystique

    The Masculine Mystique

    1 1984 HD

    This feature-length drama explores the changing role of men in today's society by delving into the stories of 4 men and their relationships with...

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  • 2022
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    My 2020

    My 2020

    1 2022 HD

    Over the course of a year, accompanied by her partner, Erik Boomer, and their spirited team of huskies, Sarah McNair-Landry recorded a fascinating...

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  • 2014
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    Bus Story

    Bus Story

    5.20 2014 HD

    This funny short animation was written and created by Tali (At Home with Mrs. Hen) and is inspired by the filmmaker's misadventures as a school bus...

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  • 1953
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    Shadow on the Prairie (A Canadian Ballet)

    Shadow on the Prairie (A Canadian Ballet)

    10.00 1953 HD

    A ballet about the settlement of the Canadian West and the fate of a young wife who comes to the prairies with her husband.

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  • 2010
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    Caroline Leaf Out on a Limb, Handcrafted Cinema

    Caroline Leaf Out on a Limb, Handcrafted Cinema

    10.00 2010 HD

    Caroline Leaf’s films are renowned for their emotional content and graphic style, which evolves from the innovative hand-crafted animation...

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  • 2008
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    The Sacred Sundance: The Transfer of a Ceremony

    The Sacred Sundance: The Transfer of a Ceremony

    1 2008 HD

    This feature-length documentary chronicles the Sundance ceremony brought to Eastern Canada by William Nevin of the Elsipogtog First Nation of the...

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  • 2014
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    Absences

    Absences

    1 2014 HD

    Carole Laganière dives deeply into personal territory in this beautifully crafted exploration of absence and loss and its painful effect on...

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  • 1987
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    Margaret Perry: Filmmaker

    Margaret Perry: Filmmaker

    1 1987 HD

    Margaret Perry, now in her eighties, is the unsung heroine of the Nova Scotia film industry. For over a quarter of a century, she shot, directed,...

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  • 1979
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    A Scream from Silence

    A Scream from Silence

    5.70 1979 HD

    A director and an editor, both women, cannot work on a movie presenting the rape of a nurse without reacting on the scenes they're working on, the...

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  • 1962
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    Runner

    Runner

    7.75 1962 HD

    Young long-distance runner Bruce Kidd practices and competes.

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