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Renowned Brazilian singer and composer Miúcha was at the heart of the bossa nova music scene that emerged in the '50s...
Diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy type 2 as a child, Ari Kinarthy has outlived doctors' predictions. As his health...
A thriving community of poets is finding creative inspiration and camaraderie in Vernon, BC. Along with their evocative...
Sarah, a Jewish lesbian mom, navigates the complexities of identity after finding out she's predisposed to breast cancer...
Dakelh filmmaker Joy Haskell explores the intricate spiritual and cultural relationship between wild salmon and...
Cowichan filmmaker Harold C. Joe explores how the cedar tree is central to the cultural life of West Coast First Nations...
Two doctors share their stories of displacement during the Second World War - Henry Shibata, a Japanese Canadian born in...
Chinatowns are under threat of disappearing - and along with them, the rich history of communities who fought for a...
This is the definitive exploration of Leonard Cohen as seen through the prism of his internationally renowned song...
Quebec filmmaker Éli Laliberté embarks on a touching journey with his son Lucas, who has Down syndrome, to explore...
Legendary folk singer and activist Joan Baez reflects on her life on and off the stage - from her lifelong emotional...
This intimate portrait chronicles the personal and professional triumphs and tragedies of visionary Vancouver-based...
Based on renowned writer and civil rights activist James Baldwin’s final unfinished manuscript, Raoul Peck’s Oscar...
A photograph of his great-grandfather sends filmmaker Sherman De Jesus to New York to discover the legacy of James Van...
Razed in the late 1960s, Hogan's Alley was once the heart of a thriving Black community in Vancouver, known for its...
Injured servicemen and women reclaim their lives on and off the court as they battle for a chance to play on Australia's...
Established in 1992, Canada’s Live-In Caregiver Program spurred a wave of immigration from the Philippines. North...
For 40 years, Magnum photographer Larry Towell has chronicled humankind's deepest struggles. Drawing on his vast archive...
Follow patients undergoing urgently needed organ transplants in British Columbia and see first-hand the remarkable work...
Three teenage girls from Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, join a local surf club and fight insurmountable odds to achieve their...
Acclaimed filmmaker Werner Herzog pays homage to Katia and Maurice Krafft, legendary French volcanologists and...
Ten years after the Arab Spring uprising, journalist and former political prisoner Luna Watfe follows the trial of two...
As a new approach to mental health emerges that puts the patient first and uses medication cautiously, Myriam Anouk and...
Journalist Sathnam Sanghera examines the Amritsar massacre on April 13, 1919, when troops under British command shot and...
Stories of hope and homecoming intersect as changemakers Ecko Aleck of the Nlaka'pamux Nation (Lytton), Alfonso Salinas...
Italy has never really dealt with its fascist past. Which is why the mayor of Predappio, the hometown of Mussolini...
Filmmaker Marie Clements gives us a joyful look into the mind of Niall McNeil, an artist, playwright and performer with...
Inspired by John Valliant's award-winning book The Golden Spruce, this docudrama tells the story of an unthinkable act...
A small but proud group of LGBTI+ activists in Tbilisi, Georgia, face overwhelming opposition as they attempt to hold...
On a journey to become his true authentic self, Vancouver-based fashion model Krow transitions from female to male and...
Comedian Zoe Coombs Marr wipes away the straightwashing and peers into the untold and frankly fascinating queer history...
Chronicles the love, life and legacy of Art Johnston and Pepe Pena, Chicago LGBTQ+ pioneers and owners of the iconic...
This intimate portrait explores the bonds of family as a young Siksika woman prepares for one of the most dangerous...
Curators of archives across BC that represent traditionally marginalized or excluded communities - Indigenous, Queer...
When the Yugoslav Wars engulfed central Europe, an international tribunal was established to prosecute war criminals...
Latif Al Ani photographed Iraq before the wars. He travels back in search of the people and places in his pictures...
Emerging from years in isolation to an enraptured crowd, a transgender, septuagenarian musical genius finds his place in...
An exploration of the relationship between jazz trumpeter Lee Morgan and his common-law wife Helen, who was implicated...
A striking portrait of celebrated African-American art star David Hammons, whose elusive, rule-breaking practice offers...
Examines the cultural shift in North American beauty standards towards embracing Black female aesthetics and features...
This Oscar-nominated documentary follows Ranjit, a farmer in Jharkhand, India, who takes on the fight of his life when...
In the early days of the AIDS epidemic, Gaetan Dugas, an openly gay French-Canadian flight attendant, was vilified after...
Filmmaker Elle-Maija Tailfeathers explores the impacts of substance use on her community, the Kainai First Nation, and...
Two gritty teams of hobbyist cavers attempt to break records for the longest and deepest caves in Canada.
Photojournalist Rita Leistner explores the physical and emotional challenges experienced by a community of BC tree...
Filmmaker Stuart Gillies goes on a journey of discovery through British Columbia to learn what we can do as individuals...
Filmmaker Michelle Melles follows her daughter's journey from the confines of psych wards and diagnostic labels towards...
Diving into the dating game, single blind millennials are on a mission to find true love. But is dating different when...
Jaimen Hudson's breathtaking aerial whale and dolphin photos are viewed by millions online. Quadriplegic for 12 years...
A glimpse of the real Marilyn Monroe is revealed through the interviews she gave, books she wrote and the fragments she...
British Paralympian Ellie Simmonds investigates a controversial drug that could bring an end to dwarfism, while asking...
When his son's progressive hearing loss prompts comedian John Bishop to learn more about the deaf community, he sets a...
Wolves live in habitats where humans are encroaching, including parts of Vancouver Island. Follow the stories of people...
Inspired by his father's childhood memories of Iran, an artist creates an installation that he hopes will lead to a...
In 1939, Velma Demerson was sentenced to one year in prison for her relationship with a Chinese man. Decades later, she...
Stories from the frontlines of climate change merge with recollections from filmmaker Jennifer Abbott's childhood on...
Malian musician Inna Modja takes us on an epic journey along Africa's Great Green Wall - an ambitious vision to grow an...
In interviews filmed after his fatal diagnosis, neurologist and author Oliver Sacks shares intimate details of his...
Filmmaker Trish Neufeld embarks on a heart-wrenching journey of love, loss and atonement with her mother, Pat, as they...
Armed with a copy of Conrad's Heart of Darkness, a British Nigerian university student goes in search of the legacy of...
Filmmaker Cheryl Foggo re-examines the mythology surrounding John Ware, the Black cowboy who settled in Alberta before...
A Czech-born mining engineer and his fast-talking protege are on a mission to link the United States and Russia with a...
Exiled journalist and activist Masih Alinejad, who has millions of followers on Instagram, amplifies the voices of...
This poetic documentary tells the parallel stories of two First Nations men who returned home and the ancient song that...
Mohawk activist Mary Two-Axe Earley fought for more than two decades against gender discrimination in Canada's Indian...
With the story of three brothers at its heart, this documentary chronicles the rise of Australia's Bangarra Dance...
Sickened by toxic hair products, stylist Mona Leung travels from Vancouver to California and Nepal on a quest to find a...
Kayden, Jag and Amar share their often heart-wrenching stories of awakening to and expressing their sexuality within...
This film follows the parallel journeys of a gay asylum seeker from Uganda and a group of strangers from Vancouver’s...
Wildlife cinematographer Phil Timpany, who has spent much of his life studying and filming grizzlies, is on a mission to...
What defines a national identity? Is it an anthem? A flag? In the '60s and '70s, these questions were answered by an...
Cambodian refugee Ted Ngoy arrived in 1970s Los Angeles and built a multimillion-dollar donut empire that scared Dunkin'...
Amy Tan’s first novel, The Joy Luck Club, established her as a leading literary voice. Using home movies, photographs...
An archive of vintage home movies reveals the everyday experiences of a Chinese American family during the Depression...
Jimmy Carter's lifelong passion for music and friendships with the likes of Bob Dylan, the Allman Brothers and Willie...
Mohawk filmmaker Sonia Bonspille Boileau explores the profound impact of the 1990 Oka Crisis - a 78-day stand-off...
In the Balkan forest, a violin maker goes in search of maple trees worth their weight in gold. The magical wood could...
Artist Carey Newman - Ha̱yałka̱ng̱a̱me’ (Kwakwak'awakw/Coast Salish) creates a piece called the "Witness Blanket" that...
Filipino workers who have immigrated to remote Labrador struggle with the unexpected costs of living far from family and...
A half a billion dollar project, an impossible deadline, two warring political titans and a Canadian architect who has...
Indigenous, Chinese, Japanese, Punjabi, Black, and European stories are woven together to present an astute look at the...
Four siblings who were separated by Canada's "Sixties Scoop" reunite as adults and share what they know about their...
Vancouver filmmaker Baljit Sangra turns her lens on an Indo-Canadian family in small-town BC coming to terms with a...
The largest concentration of sacred rock art in the world lies in the Burrup Peninsula in Western Australia. Waves of...
This electrifying documentary brings to light a profound, essential and, until now, missing chapter in music history...
Follow members of North Shore Rescue as they help people in distress in the mountains, canyons and forests of North and...
Honing in on political and social crises on the eve of the first Trump presidency, this film reflects on the very idea...
An intimate window into the journey of a young gay musician after an attack that left him paralyzed from the waist down.
Hollywood star Hedy Lamarr had a secret life, spending her evenings inventing technology to defeat the Nazis - tech that...
Haida filmmaker Christopher Auchter revisits a monumental event in 1969, when a visionary young artist, Robert Davidson...
In the midst of a raucous civic election, can this ultra-liberal, hippy, pot-producing oasis deal with an encroaching...
Renowned for her extensive use of polka dots, contemporary artist Yayoi Kusama's fierce determination and creative...
Filmmaker Naomi Mark reconnects with her father over three beekeeping seasons as he passes his knowledge of bees to her...
A new generation of Inuit, armed with social media and a sense of humour and justice, are challenging anti-sealing...
Colonization and religion have shamed and erased many traditional Inuit beliefs around sexuality and family structure...
Follow paramedics and dispatchers at British Columbia's Emergency Health Services, from the highly pressurized dispatch...
High in the snowy peaks of BC, adventurers, nuns, artists and photographers feel the draw of the mountains so strongly...
Filmed over a full year at the HOpe Centre in North Vancouver, follow patients and health care providers as they work...
Métis/Dene filmmaker Marie Clements navigates the cultural complexities stemming from American photographer Edward...
Director Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers (Blood Tribe, Blackfoot Confederacy / Sámi) tells the story of the Musqueam's 200-day...
Acclaimed spoken word artist Shane Koyczan prepares for his most personal poem yet as he embarks on a journey to...
Some 70 years after the Japanese Army forced them into sexual slavery during WWII, three former "comfort women" share...
Explores the role of photography in shaping the identity, aspirations and social emergence of Black Americans.
Terminal cancer patient James Pollard, a seasoned theatre producer, rallies his family and friends to turn death on its...
In 1971, the Shah of Iran celebrated 2,500 years of the Persian monarchy by throwing the greatest party in history. It...
Leslie Caron is one of the last witnesses to the Golden Age of American cinema. Discover the secrets of her work and...
This investigative doc reveals the environmental and economic costs of our extreme dependence on goods manufactured...
The first class of Dalit caste students take on the ISC high school graduation exams to find a brighter future for...
Explores the breathtakingly beautiful archipelago off BC's northwest coast - home to a dedicated community uniting to...
Vancouver filmmaker Julia Kwan captures the subtle nuances of a culturally diverse neighbourhood - Vancouver's Chinatown...
At a prison in the foothills of the Colorado Rocky Mountains, hardcore criminals are taught the training methods of...
Narrated by William Shatner, this unsettling documentary recounts the design, development, production and testing of...
A mysterious nanny, who secretly took over 100,000 photographs that were hidden in storage lockers and discovered...
A Vancouver couple decides to eat only rescued food for six months. What they find is shocking: truckloads of perfectly...
The story of the rise, fall and redemption of Canadian track and field star Harry Jerome.
Cree filmmaker Neil Diamond takes an entertaining and insightful look at the "Hollywood Indian," exploring the portrayal...
From Los Angeles to Vancouver, this film showcases the pioneers of West Coast Modernist architecture and the homes that...
Actress Mary Pickford soared to fame in the early days of silent film. But when talking pictures made their appearance...
A biography of the brazen and controversial industrialist Charles Bedaux, who undertook an outlandish trek over the...
Paralyzed from the waist down, athlete Leo Sammarelli attempts to become the first person to climb Vancouver's gruelling...
This film follows Basquiat's life pre-fame and explores how New York City, the times, the people and the movements...
As Peggy Guggenheim moved through the cultural upheaval of the 20th century, she collected modern art as well as the...
When unexpected events pull director Larry Weinstein into his documentary about Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, his film about war, hope and music’s relevance to our society becomes a deeply personal exploration.
Leroy Little Bear and Amethyst First Rider, leaders of a movement to reintroduce buffalo across Western North America, collaborate with master puppeteer Pete Balkwill on a luminous performance under the stars to celebrate the buffalo's return.
This powerful documentary explores the extraordinary collaboration between Kwakwaka’wakw Chief Mungo Martin and Jewish ethnomusicologist Ida Halpern. Both having endured devastating cultural suppression, together they saved over a hundred Kwak'wala songs from being lost forever.
Mariia Ponomarova set out to make a film about a spirited Ukrainian cheerleading team of women over 50, united by their passion for performing and a determination to defy stereotypes about aging. But when Russia invades, the film took a different turn. Veteran team member Sveta and her family decide to leave Kharkiv and find refuge in the Netherlands. Close to 6 million Ukrainians have similarly made the difficult decision to leave since the start of the war including over 200,000 who have come to Canada. Seen mainly through Sveta's perspective, this captivating film highlights the resilience of the women, and the strength of their bond even when they are separated by war. Canadian broadcast premiere.
When Russia began its illegal invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Toronto director Anastasia Trofimova was working for the CBC news bureau in Moscow. When the bureau shut down, she stayed behind and started documenting war resisters in Moscow. A chance encounter with a soldier on leave from the front opened the door for her to unofficially embed with a Russian battalion deployed to the frontlines of occupied Ukraine over a seven-month period in 2023. The film offers a rare glimpse into the daily experiences and shifting perspectives of rank-and-file soldiers, who are ill-prepared and increasingly disillusioned by the war. With each gruelling day, the reasons for being there only become more obscure. This Canadian-French co-production premiered at the Venice Film Festival in August 2024 and screenings scheduled the following month at the Toronto International Film Festival were disrupted by protests. World broadcast premiere.
Someone once told me, wars don’t start with explosions, they start with silence.” So begins Ukrainian journalist Mstyslav Chernov in his 2024 Oscar-winning documentary chronicling Russia’s siege of Mariupol in the early days of the war. Mstyslav and his two Associated Press colleagues – the only international journalists left in the city – capture the collapse of normalcy and descent into chaos as Russian forces bombard the strategically situated port city. Along with scenes of devastation and tragedy, the film shows quiet moments of human fortitude, resilience, solidarity and decency. 20 Days in Mariupol is a powerful first-hand account of the impact of war on ordinary citizens as well as the vital work of journalists who put themselves at risk to bring these stories to the world. English-Canadian broadcast premiere.
In 1971, the Shah of Iran celebrated 2,500 years of the Persian monarchy by throwing the greatest party in history. It left the country reeling and crystallized the opposition, led by Ayatollah Khomeini.
Latif Al Ani photographed Iraq before the wars. He travels back in search of the people and places in his pictures, sharing them with Iraqis who no longer recognize the world he reveals.
Iraq's Invisible Beauty
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Latif Al Ani photographed Iraq before the wars. He travels back in search of the people and places in his pictures...