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A short documentary about sculptor Joe Fafard. Joe knows cows. He knows the way they tuck in their forelegs to lie down and ruminate, the way a calf romps in the barnyard. He also knows his friends and neighbours of the farming community of Pense, Saskatchewan. And he sculpts them all, in clay, in e...

This short film showcases the city of Montreal on a summer’s night. What was once a small Indian village is presented as a pot-pourri of contrasting sights and sounds. It is North America’s second largest port and, after Paris, the world’s largest French-speaking city. With its war...

Part 2 of this 3-part documentary series about Pierre Elliott Trudeau and Rene Levesque covers the years between 1967 and 1977, a colourful decade that saw Trudeau win three federal elections, the 1970 October Crisis and the sweeping rise to power of the Parti Quebecois....

In Part 1 of this 3-part documentary series, director Donald Brittain chronicles the early years of Pierre Elliott Trudeau and Rene Levesque. From their university days in the 1950s to 1967 when Levesque left the Liberal Party and Trudeau became the federal Minister of Justice, Brittain attempts to ...

The final instalment of this 3-part documentary series about Pierre Elliott Trudeau and Rene Levesque spans the decade between 1976 and 1986. The film reveals the turbulent, behind-the-scenes drama during the Quebec referendum and the repatriation of the Canadian Constitution. In doing so, it also t...

This Oscar®-winning documentary presents Nadia, a 9-year-old girl with spina bifida. Her dream is to attend a regular school, even though she knows other kids will tease her. Wise for her young age, Nadia simply decides that she’ll "find a way to deal with it." Despite having to ...

This 1967 spaghetti western stars a master of that genre, Lee Van Cleef, as an aging, half-mad gunfighter. In an effort to regain his fearsome reputation, Van Cleef shoots down a local sheriff. He then finds he must deal with his young protege Giuliano Gemma, who happened to be the sheriff's best fr...

This short documentary is a moving tribute to Richard Cardinal, a Metis adolescent who committed suicide in 1984. Taken from his home at the age of 4 due to family problems, he spent the rest of his 17 short years moving in and out of 28 foster homes, group homes and shelters in Alberta. A sensitive...

In 1972, a seemingly typical shoestring budget pornographic film was made in a Florida hotel, "Deep Throat," starring Linda Lovelace. This film would surpass the wildest expectation of everyone involved to become one of the most successful independent films of all time. It caught the publi...

This short film depicts the act of collective bargaining common to Canadian industry and shows how it affected a union, a company and a community. In Strike in Town the events that led to a deadlock in negotiations between management and employees at a furniture factory are staged against the backdr...