Nobody Waved Goodbye

Nobody Waved Goodbye

A teenage boy rebels against parental authority and must face a harsh reality when he tries to live on his own.

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September Five at Saint-Henri

September Five at Saint-Henri

This short film is a series of vignettes of life in Saint-Henri, a Montreal working-class district, on the first day of school. From dawn to...

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The Ernie Game

The Ernie Game

This fictional feature follows a twenty-something man who is struggling to define his position in the world in early adulthood. He has left their...

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Cowboy and Indian

Cowboy and Indian

This film goes no farther west than Toronto. The Indian is Robert Markle, from a family of Mohawk steel workers. The cowboy is his longtime art...

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High Steel

High Steel

A dizzying view of Manhattan in the 1960s, the tallest town in the world, and the men who work cloud-high to keep it growing. They are the Mohawk...

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Unfinished Business

Unfinished Business

Seventeen year old Izzy Marks lives in Toronto with her divorced mother and finds her life boring and directionless. Meant to be a sequel to Don...

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Partners

Partners

When a business competitor assassinates her father when the father refuses to sell his firm, young woman takes over her father's paper company and...

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Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr. Leonard Cohen

Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr. Leonard Cohen

A 1964 documentary portrait of Cohen in his pre-musician days as a poet and stand-up comedian.

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Runner

Runner

Young long-distance runner Bruce Kidd practices and competes.

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Notes for a Film About Donna & Gail

Notes for a Film About Donna & Gail

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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A Further Glimpse of Joey

A Further Glimpse of Joey

Directed by Don Owen, this follow-up to Graham Parker’s 1964 film Joey revisits the life of the eponymous young boy, who at the age of seven had...

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Toronto Jazz

Toronto Jazz

Toronto is regarded as the third largest jazz centre in North America. This film features a cross-section of jazz bands of that city: the Lenny...

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You Don't Back Down

You Don't Back Down

In Nigeria, a young Canadian doctor serves in a local mission hospital and learns much from the experience. Stationed abroad under the Canadian...

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Creative Person: Leonard Cohen

Creative Person: Leonard Cohen

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...

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Holstein

Holstein

A portrait of a small Ontario town, this film introduces its audience to the people of Holstein by filming them in the old-fashioned general store,...

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