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Roger Tabra, Le prix de la liberté

CinéFête F261-S03-06

Après de longues années passées entre la France et l’Algérie, il s’installe au Québec en...

Rogers Pass - Avalanche Country, AB: Historylands Season 4

Good Earth Productions GEHL52

In 1881 the search began for a CPR route through the Selkirk Mountains. Major A.B. Rogers would...

Roots of Tyranny

Theorem et Les films d'un jour A296-019

Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin, Mao, Pol Pot, Saddam Hussein, Kim Jong Un: all of them were once...

Roseanne Supernault: All Our Relations, Season 2

Aarrow Productions AP0034

Roseanne Supernault: Métis actor Roseanne Supernault was born in Grand Prairie, Alberta, spent her...

Rosemary Rodriguez (The Good Wife, The Walking Dead, Jessica...

Empreinte Digitale A296-S01-03

Rosemary Rodriguez could not be more representative of the type of characters found in most drama...

Royal Holiday Secrets: The Royal Documentaries

Blue Ant Media BAM1301

The royal family live a life of luxury at home, so when it comes to holidays, the sky’s the...

Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes

Weston Woods WW2036BI_

This bilingual film tells the true story of Sadako Saski, the young Japanese girl with leukemia...

Samuel Morse

Wonderscape Entertainment WE0272

This program explores the important achievements of Samuel Morse.  What event inspired Morse to...

Scotty: W5

CTV CTV802

W5's Rick Westhead sits down with Scotty Bowman and Ken Dryden to reflect on the life and career of...

Secrets of the Royal Art Collection: The Royal Documentaries

Blue Ant Media BAM1302

We lift the lid on the Royal Collection, the largest private art collection in the world. We...

Seiji Ozawa - The Living Spirit of Music

Camera Lucida Productions A212-011

At the age of 80, Seiji Ozawa is one of the last living legends of a bygone golden age of...

Seiji Ozawa, le souffle de la musique

Camera Lucida Productions F212-015

A 80 ans, Seiji Ozawa est l’une des dernières légendes vivantes d’un âge d’or révolu de...

Serena: W5

CTV CTV714

Canadian singer/songwriter Serena Ryder discusses her rise from child singer to Rockstar, and her...

Serge Postigo: Au gré du vent

PVP Films F303-S01-08

Serge Postigo déploie un talent exceptionnel de comédien et de metteur en scène depuis ses...

She Persisted: 13 American Women Who Changed the World

Weston Woods WW3031

Book by Chelsea Clinton, ill. by Alexandra Boiger (Philomel)    Chelsea Clinton celebrates...

Shirley Théroux : elle fait ce qu’il lui plaît

CinéFête F289-S02-01

Dans les années 60, Shirley Théroux devient l’une des chanteuses les plus populaires du...

Shore to Shore

Peter Campbell PCI008

Master Coast Salish Carver Ts’uts’umutlhw (Luke Marston) sculpts with yellow cedar, but also...

Shtetl

Jack Kuper KUP003

Elderly Canadian folk artist, Mayer Kirshenblatt recounts the story behind his paintings which...

Sister Aimee: American Experience

PBS Video 040894

Sister Aimee tells the life story Aimee McPherson, the controversial evangelist who was...

Snowflake Bentley

Weston Woods WW642

by Jacqueline Briggs Martin, illustrated by Mary Azarian Ever since Willie Bentley was a young...

SON OF AL QAEDA: FRONTLINE

PBS Video 040477

Growing up in the 1990s, Abdurahman Khadr's playmates were the children of his father's longtime...

Sound Farm - Cultivating Home Grown Movie Magic: W5

CTV CTV936

Richard Crouse visits Footsteps Studios in Uxbridge, Ontario, where award-winning Andy Malcolm and...

Spaceman

Indiecan Entertainment Inc. ICE069

From the executive producer of ‘Bull Durham’ and ‘White Men Can't Jump’ comes SPACEMAN, the...

Spaceman: W5

CTV CTV785

W5's Peter Akman sits down with Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques to talk about his life-long...

Star Power: W5

CTV CTV503

In a special edition of W5 on Saturday, Feb. 26, Sandie Rinaldo sits down with Jay Baruchel, Kim...

Star Stuff: Carl Sagan and the Mysteries of the Cosmos

Weston Woods WW2737

Based on the book by Stephanie Roth Sisson (Roaring Brook Press) -  For every child who has...

Stories About Henry

Weston Woods WW841

Collection includes HENRY HIKES TO FITCHBURG and HENRY BUILDS A CABIN Narrated by...

Stories From Africa

Weston Woods WW845

Collection includes NOT SO FAST, SONGOLOLO and ELIZABETI'S DOLL DVD features...

Storyteller - Astrid Lindgren

Kunskapsmedia Group KMG011

We will learn about the author Astrid Lindgren, who created the stories of Pippi Longstocking, The...

Sue Foley: I Plead the 61 Blues Music Series

Eve Kinizo EK0005

Highlighting Canadian musician Sue Foley. International sensation, Sue Foley is a successful well...

Sur les pas de René Richard

Nanouk Films F71-002

Ce film nous fait découvrir la vie et l'oeuvre du peintre René Richard (1895-1982), un homme...

Suspended and the Art of Forgiveness

Refuge 31 Films R31007

The story follows Winnipeg artist Cliff Derksen as he sculpts, paints and teaches art. For Cliff...

Suzanne Lapointe : l’amour éternel

CinéFête F244-S03-10

Un rire contagieux… Voilà ce qu’évoque Suzanne Lapointe, notamment pour ceux qui ont suivi...

Suzie LeBlanc - A Musical Quest

Cinépro CTF Productions A211-003

Soprano Suzie LeBlanc left her native Acadie at the age of 18 to pursue her education and career...

Suzie LeBlanc - une quête musicale

Cinépro CTF Productions F211-003

La soprano Suzie LeBlanc quitte son Acadie natale à l’âge de 18 ans pour poursuivre ses études...

Sœur Angèle : une mission accomplie

CinéFête F261-S03-05

Sœur Angèle est née dans la région de Vénétie en Italie, en 1938. Après avoir vécu les...

Take Joy!- The Magical World of Tasha Tudor

Weston Woods WW446

You have read the stories and marvelled at the wonderful illustrations. Now is your chance to...

Tanzanie, les derniers chasseurs cueilleurs

CinéFête F301-S02-04

Photographe : Christophe Ratier Au cœur de l’Afrique orientale, les Hadzabe parcourent la...

Tanzanie, les fils du volcan

CinéFête F301-S02-03

Photographe : Christophe Ratier Au nord de la Tanzanie, le clan des Kisongos est un groupe de...

TEDDY TUCKER

PBS Video 040787

TEDDY TUCKER: ADVENTURE IS MY LIFE profiles one of the true pioneers of marine exploration. A...

The Aftermath: A Family's Curse of Misfortune and Heartbreak...

MUSE Entertainment MUSE39

As the nation prepares for JFK's burial, Bobby is debilitated by suspicions that his actions may...

The Art of Television Series

Empreinte Digitale A296-S01

The series The Art of Television explores modern television directing and those who stand behind...

The Awakeners Series

Mighty Motion Pictures Corporation MMPC00

“My people will sleep for one hundred years, but when they awake, it will be the artists who give...

The Barnes Collection

PBS Video 041581

Follow Dr. Albert Barnes on his remarkable rise from a working-class Philadelphia neighborhood to...

The Birth of Printing: The Gutenberg Revolution

ARTE France A259-014

Gutenberg is responsible for the most significant invention of the medieval period: movable type...

The Countdown to Tragedy: The Kennedys, Season 1, Ep. 7

MUSE Entertainment MUSE38

Jackie and JFK travel to Texas before beginning Jack's re-election campaign. As JFK prepares to...

The Dance and the Dream: The Awakeners Series, Ep. 2

Mighty Motion Pictures Corporation MMPC02

Musician Laura Vinson meets up with Lyle and David Donald, a father and son who head up the...

The Fantasy Makers: Tolkien, Lewis and MacDonald

Refuge 31 Films R31001

This feature documentary examines the profound impact that fantasy pioneers C.S. Lewis, J.R.R...

The Fear of Felix Nussbaum

Jack Kuper KUP004

German-Jewish artist-in-exile Felix Nussbaum’s single wish was to ensure his art would be saved...

The First Silent Night

PBS Video 041811

Join renowned actor Simon Callow as he uncovers the moving origins of the song Silent Night that...

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