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Armed with a copy of Joseph Conrad's classic novel Heart of Darkness, a British-Nigerian university student goes in...
A new generation of Inuit, armed with social media and a sense of humour and justice, are challenging anti-sealing...
Chronicles the love, life and legacy of Art Johnston and Pepe Pena, Chicago LGBTQ+ pioneers and owners of the iconic...
The first class of Dalit caste students take on the ISC high school graduation exams to find a brighter future for...
Three teenage girls from Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, join a local surf club and fight insurmountable odds to achieve their...
Exiled journalist and activist Masih Alinejad, who has millions of followers on Instagram, amplifies the voices of...
Dancing, illegal in Canada? It was if you were taking part in a potlatch ceremony between 1885 and 1951. Now, a new...
Sickened by toxic hair products, stylist Mona Leung travels from Vancouver to California and Nepal on a quest to find a...
Diving into the dating game, single blind millennials are on a mission to find true love. But is dating different when...
One of the world's most beautiful women, Hedy Lamarr, starred in Hollywood movies during the day, but she moonlighted as...
This film follows Basquiat's life pre-fame and explores how New York City, the times, the people and the movements...
Indigenous, Chinese, Japanese, Punjabi, Black, and European stories are woven together to present an astute look at the...
A revolutionary when it came to city planning in the mid-century, Jane Jacobs became locked in an epic struggle over the...
From Los Angeles to Vancouver, this documentary showcases the pioneers of West Coast Modernist Architecture and the...
The largest concentration of sacred rock art in the world lies in the Burrup Peninsula in Western Australia. Waves of...
Filmmaker Stuart Gillies goes on a journey of discovery through British Columbia to learn what we can do as individuals...
Filmmaker Trish Neufeld embarks on a heart-wrenching journey of love, loss and atonement with her mother, Pat, as they...
What defines a national identity? Is it an anthem? A flag? In the '60s and '70s, these questions were answered by an...
The extraordinary story and legacy of free-diver Jacques Mayol, whose life became the inspiration for Luc Besson's cult...
Filmmaker Michelle Melles follows her daughter's journey from the confines of psych wards and diagnostic labels towards...
An entrepreneur's obsessive dream of developing an island on Okanagan Lake into a Middle Eastern-themed amusement park...
British Paralympian Ellie Simmonds investigates a controversial drug that could bring an end to dwarfism, while asking...
Kayden, Jag and Amar share their often heart-wrenching stories of awakening to and expressing their sexuality within...
Wildlife cinematographer Phil Timpany, who has spent much of his life studying and filming grizzlies, is on a mission to...
Inspired by his father's childhood memories of Iran, an artist creates an installation that he hopes will lead to a...
A mysterious nanny, who secretly took over 100,000 photographs that were hidden in storage lockers and discovered...
With the story of three brothers at its heart, this documentary chronicles the rise of Australia's Bangarra Dance...
Terminal cancer patient James Pollard, a seasoned theatre producer, rallies his family and friends to turn death on its...
Photojournalist Rita Leistner explores the physical and emotional challenges experienced by a community of BC tree...
Discover the mechanics and perils of cargo shipping: a key player in the world economy whose hidden costs affect us all.
This docudrama tells the story of an unthinkable act: logger-turned-environmentalist Grant Hadwin's destruction of Kiidk...
Explores the breathtakingly beautiful archipelago off BC's northwest coast - home to a dedicated community uniting to...
This poetic documentary tells the parallel stories of two First Nations men who returned home, and the ancient song that...
Filmmaker Naomi Mark reconnects with her father over three beekeeping seasons as he passes his knowledge of bees to her...
An exploration of the relationship between jazz trumpeter Lee Morgan and his common-law wife Helen, who was implicated...
In 1939, Velma Demerson was sentenced to one year in prison for her relationship with a Chinese man. Decades later, she...
Jaimen Hudson's breathtaking aerial whale and dolphin photos are viewed by millions online. Quadriplegic for 12 years...
Jimmy Carter's lifelong passion for music and friendships with the likes of Bob Dylan, the Allman Brothers and Willie...
When his son's progressive hearing loss prompts comedian John Bishop to learn more about the deaf community, he sets a...
Filmmaker Cheryl Foggo re-examines the mythology surrounding John Ware, the Black cowboy who settled in Alberta before...
One of music's most notorious rebels, Johnny Cash, is celebrated through his greatest songs and the perspectives of...
A Vancouver couple decides to eat only rescued food for six months. What they find is shocking: truckloads of perfectly...
Emerging from years in isolation to an enraptured crowd, a transgender, septuagenarian musical genius finds his place in...
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...
On a journey to become his true authentic self, Vancouver-based fashion model Krow transitions from female to male and...
Renowned for her extensive use of polka dots, contemporary artist Yayoi Kusama's fierce determination and creative...
Filmmaker Marie Clements gives us a joyful look into the mind of Niall McNeil, an artist, playwright and performer with...
Three educated, professional women in China - labelled "leftover women" because they are unmarried - try to balance...
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...
Mae West achieved great acclaim in every entertainment medium that existed during her lifetime – from a full-time...
A small but proud group of LGBTI+ activists in Tbilisi, Georgia, face overwhelming opposition as they attempt to hold...
Mohawk filmmaker Courtney Montour shares the powerful story of activist Mary Two-Axe Earley, who fought for more than...
Haida filmmaker Christopher Auchter revisits a monumental event in 1969, when a visionary young artist, Robert Davidson...
In interviews filmed after his fatal diagnosis, neurologist and author Oliver Sacks shares intimate details of his...
In the midst of a raucous civic election, can this ultra-liberal, hippy, pot-producing oasis deal with an encroaching...
Follow paramedics and dispatchers at British Columbia's Emergency Health Services, from the highly pressurized dispatch...
Wolves live in habitats where humans are encroaching, including parts of Vancouver Island. Follow the stories of people...
As Peggy Guggenheim moved through the cultural upheaval of the 20th century, she collected modern art as well as the...
Artist Carey Newman - Ha̱yałka̱ng̱a̱me’ (Kwakwak'awakw/Coast Salish) creates a piece called the "Witness Blanket" that...
Comedian Zoe Coombs Marr wipes away the straightwashing and peers into the untold and frankly fascinating queer history...
An archive of vintage home movies reveals the everyday experiences of a Chinese American family during the Depression...
Cree filmmaker Neil Diamond takes an entertaining and insightful look at the "Hollywood Indian", exploring the portrayal...
Many artists and musical forms played a role in the creation of rock, but Native American influence is an integral part...
Stories of hope and homecoming intersect as changemakers Ecko Aleck of the Nlaka'pamux Nation (Lytton), Alfonso Salinas...
Sammy Davis, Jr. was a uniquely gifted entertainer whose trajectory blazed across the major flashpoints of American...
As a new approach to mental health emerges that puts the patient first and uses medication cautiously, Myriam Anouk and...
Knowledge Original series follows the heroic members of Canada's busiest volunteer search and rescue team as they help...
Acclaimed spoken word artist Shane Koyczan prepares for his most personal poem yet as he embarks on a journey to...
A gay asylum seeker from Uganda and a group from Vancouver's queer community tasked with supporting his resettlement...
Australian artist Leon Pericles is putting on an exhibition of his life's work, but with his wife and creative counsel...
Examines the cultural shift in North American beauty standards towards embracing Black female aesthetics and features...
Two gritty teams of hobbyist cavers attempt to break records for the longest and deepest caves in Canada.
Paralyzed from the waist down, athlete Leo Sammarelli attempts to become the first person to climb Vancouver's gruelling...
The story of Charles Bedaux is parallelled against the backdrop of the Canadian Rockies where in 1934, he engineered an...
Director Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers (Blood Tribe, Blackfoot Confederacy / Sámi) tells the story of the Musqueam's 200-day...
Cambodian refugee Ted Ngoy arrived in 1970s Los Angeles and built a multimillion-dollar donut empire that scared Dunkin'...
Acclaimed filmmaker Werner Herzog pays homage to Katia and Maurice Krafft, legendary French volcanologists and...
Survivors of a decades-long homosexual witch hunt recount their personal stories of betrayal at the hands of the...
Malian musician/activist Inna Modja takes us on an epic journey along Africa's Great Green Wall - an ambitious vision to...
Ten years after the Arab Spring uprising, journalist and former political prisoner Luna Watfe follows the trial of two...
Stories from the frontlines of climate change merge with recollections from filmmaker Jennifer Abbott's childhood on...
Journalist Sathnam Sanghera examines the Amritsar massacre on April 13, 1919, when troops under British command shot and...
The mayor of Predappio, the hometown of Mussolini, embarks on his most ambitious project yet - to create Italy's first...
A striking portrait of celebrated African-American art star David Hammons, whose elusive, rule-breaking practice offers...
Mohawk filmmaker Sonia Bonspille Boileau explores how the Oka Crisis, triggered by the planned expansion of a golf...
Anishinaabe author Drew Hayden Taylor investigates how and why Indigenous identity, culture and art are being...
A Czech-born mining engineer and his fast-talking protege are on a mission to link the United States and Russia with a...
High in the snowy peaks of BC, adventurers, nuns, artists and photographers feel the draw of the mountains so strongly...
Nominated for the Oscar for Best Feature Documentary at the 96th Academy Awards. Ranjit, a farmer in Jharkhand, India...
Follow patients undergoing urgently needed organ transplants in British Columbia and see first-hand the remarkable work...
Narrated by William Shatner, this unsettling documentary recounts the design, development, production and testing of...
Curators of community archives across British Columbia are working to create a more inclusive history, bringing to light...
In the Philiippines, journalist Maria Ressa and her team fight for democracy and take a stand against President Duterte...
One of the most powerful and controversial film critics of her time, Pauline Kael championed the New Hollywood cinema of...
At a prison in the foothills of the Colorado Rocky Mountains, hardcore criminals are taught the training methods of...
Mi'kmaw poet and author Rebecca Thomas sets out to reclaim the language stolen from her father at residential school...
Sammy Davis, Jr. was a uniquely gifted entertainer whose trajectory blazed across the major flashpoints of American society, from the Depression through the 1980s.
Doctors implant an artificial pump in a man with sudden heart failure. A man with cancer hopes to find a suitable donated liver. A jewelry-maker's body begins to reject her transplanted liver.
A racing enthusiast with a rare disorder finds his heart near failure. A girl who had a heart transplant just after birth undergoes tests. A woman donates one of her kidneys to her partner.
Mae West achieved great acclaim in every entertainment medium that existed during her lifetime – from a full-time actress at seven to a Broadway playwright at 33 and a “camp” icon at 85.
An organ retrieval team flies to Kelowna to retrieve a liver. A possible heart transplant brings a variety of emotions. A woman arrives from Colombia, hoping to donate a kidney to her ailing brother.
A Langley grandmother gets weaker while on the waitlist for a donated set of lungs. A young father races to VGH for a liver transplant. A corneal transplant gives a young woman a glimpse of hope.
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Mi'kmaw poet and author Rebecca Thomas sets out to reclaim the language stolen from her father at residential school...