Buster Keaton Rides Again
In the fall of 1964, just over a year before his death, Buster Keaton traveled to Canada to make The Railrodder, a short subject that now enjoys a...
See moreSecrets of the Bermuda Triangle
Part documentary/part dramatization, this film details several of the highest-profile unsolved cases of disappearances, mysterious changes in...
See moreVolcano: An Inquiry into the Life and Death of Malcolm Lowry
This feature-length Oscar®-nominated documentary focuses on Malcolm Lowry, author of one of the major novels of the 20th century, Under the Volcano...
See moreThe Dionne Quintuplets
In 1934, Elzire Dionne delivered five identical girls. The Dionne Quintuplets follows Cecile, Emilie, Marie, Yvonne and Annette through twenty-one...
See moreMemorandum
A Jewish Holocaust survivor travels through Germany recalling scenes from his memory. This documentary follows a Holocaust survivor in 1965 on an...
See moreHelicopter Canada
A view from a helicopter of the ten Canadian provinces in 1966. The result is a big, beautiful and engrossing bird's-eye portrait of the country...
See moreFields of Sacrifice
This 1964 documentary returns to the battlefields where over 100,000 Canadian soldiers lost their lives in the First and Second World Wars. The...
See moreJuggernaut
In 1968, a convoy set off to transport a Calandria, the 70-ton core of a Canadian nuclear reactor, to Rajasthan in India. Even the largest...
See moreHis Worship, Mr. Montréal
This feature documentary is a fascinating and spirited portrait of the life and times of the legendary Quebec politician and four-time mayor of...
See moreThe Champions, Part 2: Trappings of Power
Part 2 of this 3-part documentary series about Pierre Elliott Trudeau and René Lévesque covers the years between 1967 and 1977, a colourful decade...
See moreThe Apprentice
In Montréal, Jean-Pierre is fired on the set of a TV commercial where he's an apprentice technician. He's penniless, behind on his rent, with a...
See moreA Trip Down Memory Lane
A Trip Down Memory Lane is a 1965 experimental collage film by Arthur Lipsett, created by editing together images and sound clips from over fifty...
See moreThe Running Man
A middle-aged family man and high school teacher struggles in silence as he accepts the fact that he is gay.
See moreThe Accident
Everything seems normal at a hockey arena until the roof, straining under the weight of the ice and snow that has built up, finally gives way...
See moreMobility
This short documentary examines the complex range of issues affecting urban transport in developing countries. After examining cost and available...
See moreWhistling Smith
This film is a revealing portrait of a tough cop with a big heart. Sergeant Bernie "Whistling" Smith walks the beat on Vancouver's Eastside, the...
See moreNever a Backward Step
This feature documentary is a profile of Canadian press tycoon Roy Thomson, whose single-minded attention to business brought him riches, power...
See moreLadies and Gentlemen, Mr. Leonard Cohen
A 1964 documentary portrait of Cohen in his pre-musician days as a poet and stand-up comedian.
See moreKing of the Hill
This feature documentary follows one of the greatest Canadian baseball players of all time, Ferguson Jenkins, through the 1972-1973 season. From...
See moreScoggie
This short documentary profiles 27-year-old Scoggie Watson, a Cape Breton stalwart who clings to the things he cherishes most: the waters of Lake...
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