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  • 1972
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    A Memo from Fogo

    A Memo from Fogo

    1 1972 HD

    A retrospective look at Fogo Island, Newfoundland, four years after the original Newfoundland Project series was made. This is an assessment of the...

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  • 1963
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    30 Minutes, Mister Plummer

    30 Minutes, Mister Plummer

    1 1963 HD

    This film profiles Canadian actor Christopher Plummer of the Shakespearean Theatre, Stratford, Ontario. As the minutes tick by, cameras register the...

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  • 1992
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    La vie fantôme

    La vie fantôme

    2.00 1992 HD

    Pierre is in love with two women and has a stable relationship with both of them. His wife, all by herself, makes him feel whole. However, he has the...

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  • 2001
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    Westray

    Westray

    1 2001 HD

    In this feature documentary, filmmaker Paul Cowan offers an innovative, moving account of the Westray coal mine disaster that killed 26 men in Nova...

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  • 1974
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    The Spring and Fall of Nina Polanski

    The Spring and Fall of Nina Polanski

    1 1974 HD

    An animation film depicting the life of a certain Nina Polanski, who could be any woman. She marries amidst much fanfare and photo-snapping, and...

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  • 2019
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    Where the Land Ends

    Where the Land Ends

    8.50 2019 HD

    A documentary that explores what it means to be a young person in Quebec after the dissolution of the Quebec sovereignty movement.

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  • 2014
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    Out of Mind, Out of Sight

    Out of Mind, Out of Sight

    6.00 2014 HD

    Four-time Emmy winner John Kastner was granted unprecedented access to the Brockville facility for 18 months, allowing 46 patients and 75 staff to...

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  • 1990
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    Uranium

    Uranium

    1 1990 HD

    Explores the consequences of uranium mining in Canada. Toxic and radioactive waste pose profound, long-term environmental hazards. Miners suffer a...

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  • 2010
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    Jelena's Song

    Jelena's Song

    5.00 2010 HD

    In this short lyrical film, haunting childhood memories, photographs and family stories form the heart of a woman's search for transformation. A...

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  • 1974
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    In Praise of Hands

    In Praise of Hands

    1 1974 HD

    This short documentary pays tribute to the craftsmen everywhere whose work adds color and richness to life. Filmed in the Canadian Arctic, Finland,...

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  • 1965
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    The Merry World of Leopold Z

    The Merry World of Leopold Z

    6.60 1965 HD

    On Christmas Eve, snowplow driver Leo races to clear the streets of Montreal and complete his holiday shopping in time for midnight Mass. The feature...

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  • 2008
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    Indigenous Plant Diva

    Indigenous Plant Diva

    1 2008 HD

    Kamala Todd's short film is a lyrical portrait of Cease Wyss, of the Squamish Nation. Wyss is a woman who understands the remarkable healing powers...

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  • 1973
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    Grierson

    Grierson

    6.50 1973 HD

    A portrait of John Grierson, the first Canadian Government Film Commissioner and founder of the National Film Board in 1939. Interweaving archival...

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  • 2000
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    Rocks at Whiskey Trench

    Rocks at Whiskey Trench

    6.30 2000 HD

    The fourth film in Alanis Obomsawin's landmark series on the Oka crisis uses a single, shameful incident as a lens through which to examine the...

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  • 2003
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    Totem: The Return of the G'psgolox Pole

    Totem: The Return of the G'psgolox Pole

    1 2003 HD

    This feature-length documentary traces the journey of the Haisla people to reclaim the G'psgolox totem pole that went missing from their British...

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  • 2020
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    Thursday

    Thursday

    1 2020 HD

    Thursday shot from filmmaker Galen Johnson's high-rise apartment during COVID-19 “lockdown” in Winnipeg, captures people going about...

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  • 2006
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    This Beggar's Description

    This Beggar's Description

    1 2006 HD

    It's a sensitive, moving doc chronicling the life of Tétrault's brother Philip , a Montreal poet, musician and diagnosed paranoid...

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  • 1966
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    The Devil's Toy

    The Devil's Toy

    6.30 1966 HD

    This short 1966 documentary dedicated "to all victims of intolerance” depicts the dawn of skateboarding in Montreal. A new activity frowned...

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  • 1991
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    The Irises

    The Irises

    6.00 1991 HD

    An animated recreation of Van Gogh's "Les iris" is juxtaposed with audio from the auction of the piece for millions of dollars more than the artist...

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  • 2023
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    Anything for Fame

    Anything for Fame

    1 2023 HD

    In the ruthless attention economy of the Internet, young influencers gamble everything for fame and fortune. A startling and timely study of...

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