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Unveiled: The Mother Daughter Relationship is an entertaining, Genie Award winning documentary that follows three sets of mothers and daughters in the throes of planning and executing a wedding. Rich in vérité style cinematography and complemented by...
Directed by Maureen Judge
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Mallamall (2012)
95% of India's retail industry is run by small entrepreneurs. From street corners to bazaars, in small stores and narrow lanes, the sounds of street callers are matched only by the colors of their merchandize. Every sale is fortified by history,...
Directed by Lalita Krishna
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Crimes of Compassion (2001)
Crimes of Compassion takes an insider's look at the Vancouver Island Compassion Society (VICS) as it struggles to operate after being busted by the police. The VICS was established to provide affordable, medical-grade cannabis to people with...
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Nollywood Babylon (2008)
Nollywood Babylon is a feature documentary about the explosive popularity of Nigeria's movie industry.
The film drops viewers into the chaos of Lagos' Idumota market. Here, among the bustling stalls, films are sold and unlikely stars are...
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Mammalian (2010)
Departing the arctic capital of Yellowknife with 40 days of food loaded into their canoe, Frank Wolf and Taku Hokoyama strike out on a 2,000 km journey through the largest wilderness area in North America. The region contains one of the highest...
Directed by Frank Wolf
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Almost Home (2003)
In 1972, five young film students made a documentary about the Sayisi Dene, an aboriginal band in Northern Canada that had been forcibly relocated from their ancestral home 16 years earlier. Today, three of the original group, now seasoned filmmakers,...
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The Last Conversation (2005)
As the last companion of Molinari, Jo Légaré was a privileged witness of his final years. Listening to him speak of his life and his work, she came to realise she would one day make a film about him. On screen, Molinari brings to life his childhood, his...
Directed by Jo Légaré
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Cubanos, a completely independent production, liberates itself from television convention to draw an impressionist portrait of the Cuban community. Sincere interviews and sequence shots reveal an identity fragmented by 48 years of dictatorship. The main...
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Scared Sacred (2004)
ScaredSacred deftly weaves together stunning footage with haunting memories, inspirational stories, and an evocative soundscape. Featuring an engaging, first-person narrative, this film is an exquisite portrait of a search for meaning in times of turmoil...
Directed by Velcrow Ripper
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The Night Cook (2010)
Involved in an uprising against the Soviet invaders of (his homeland) Czechoslovakia in 1968, George Golias was forced to flee his country as a refugee. In doing so, he left behind a wife, a daughter, his parents and seven siblings. Thirty-seven years...
Directed by Jay Irving
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Martyr Street (2006)
Martyr Street, Hebron is the only place in the West Bank where Jewish settlers live in the heart of a Palestinian city; it has long been known as a flashpoint.
History Television commissioned a follow-up on the children of Martyr Street. It was a...
Directed by Shelley Saywell
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Mémoire Moire des souvenirs (1998)
Remembering Memory is a documentary inspired by the autobiographical texts of writer Hélène Cixous. Contemporary and archival images are woven together with lyrical sequences of Cixous' childhood memories alongside interviews with such imoprtant...
Directed by LARA FITZGERLAD
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Bats have always coexisted with man. Despite this, science has only recently begun to realize that bats possess secrets of immeasurable benefit to human beings; qualities that science is now harnessing to help the blind, to save victims of stroke, to...
Directed by Jon KALINA & Jean-Marie MIGAUD
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DEADLY ARTS (2004)
DEADLY ARTS -- The series -- Follow Black Belt Josette D. Normandeau through six spectacular episodes as she travels the planet to seek out and train with the world’s greatest martial arts masters. Josette sets out to uncover the history and culture that...
Directed by Harvey CROSSLAND
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Skate to Survive (2008)
This documentary follows the artistic life and struggle of figure skating coach and choreographer Ellen Burka from pre-war Amsterdam, to Westerbork and Theresienstadt concentration camps, to Dutch national champion in 1946, bohemian Toronto in the 1950’s...
Directed by ASTRA BURKA
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Diamond Road (2008)
Every year, worldwide, 24 tons of diamonds are teased from the heart of the earth. Once mined they begin their year-long journey through the "pipeline," a vast, secretive network encompassing five continents and a diverse cast of characters. By...
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Power (1996)
When Hydro-Québec announced its intention to proceed with the enormous James Bay II hydroelectric project, the 15,000 Cree who live in the region decided to stand up to the giant utility. With unprecedented access to key figures like Cree leader Matthew...
Directed by Magnus Isacsson
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I Have A Little Sugar (2009)
Diabetes has been called the Silent Killer of the 21st century. Are some ethnic groups predisposed to this condition? This moving personal documentary takes us on a journey through the lives of four people who come to terms with their condition.
John...
Directed by Lalita Krishna
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Probably Sure (2009)
Document reaction to Calgary Atheist Bus Campaign. Poster on buses reads: "There probably is no God, so stop worrying and enjoy your life".
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Margaret & Evergon (2011)
MARGARET & EVERGON: SYNOPSIS
In 1999, the celebrated Montreal photographer Evergon took a remarkable series of nude portraits of his own mother, then 80 years old: black and white images that embodied not the infirmities of old age, but a timeless...
Directed by Donald Winkler
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ROCKABILLY 514 (2007)
The Montreal rockabilly subculture like you've never seen before!
Directed by Patricia Chica
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It's a Different World (2008)
It's a Different World follows the lives of three autistic children, Scott (11), Stephen (10), and Katie Turner (10) over the course of two years, documenting their changing perspective on what being autistic means to them.
Although Scott and...
Directed by Ramona Persaud
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H2Oil (2009)
"In the vast pristine forests of Western Canada, the 'war for water' has already begun"
Directed by Shannon Walsh
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A POV documentary exploring the life and work of James Beveridge, an idealist who never let go of his dreams. As a co-founder of the National Film Board of Canada, Beveridge was a disciple of John Grierson - making films with a political purpose to...
Directed by Nina Beveridge
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