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1,500,000 of Us - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB520507

This documentary looks at post-war immigration from Europe, and at the varying amounts of ease and...

10-7 for Life - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB520953

10-7 for Life is a funny, raw and occasionally violent chronicle of the last two weeks of Carol...

20 Years Later ... - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB526736

Moroccan independence from France, and Arab nationalism encouraged by Israel's existence as a...

21-87 - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB524281

A wry commentary on machine-dominated man, the man to whom nothing matters, who waits for chance to...

645 Wellington - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB523026

A stone's throw from downtown Montreal, quirky artists, blue-collar workers and unconventional...

9 Months, 6 Blocks - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB536030

Within the core of the diverse and densely populated neighbourhood of South Parkdale, Toronto...

90 Days - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB522026

This tongue-in-cheek feature is about the misadventures of two modern men in search of bliss: macho...

A Ballad of South Mountain - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB525803

Nova Scotia's Annapolis Valley is known as a prosperous agricultural area, but it also contains...

A Call to Action - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB528976

When you've spoken out against injustice, and the government has turned a deaf ear what do you do...

A Case Study: Cambodia and East Timor - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB525887

This video explores the background for the fighting and atrocities that took place in Cambodia and...

A Continuing Responsibility - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB528551

As demonstrated in the Woodlawn Organization in Chicago, Alinsky's technique creates on-going...

A Crack in the Pavement: Digging In - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB526130

A Crack in the Pavement is a two-part video set that shows children, teachers and parents how...

A Crack in the Pavement: Growing Dreams - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB526946

A Crack in the Pavement is a two-part video set that shows children, teachers and parents how...

A Day in June - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB520582

Parade and fanfare in memory of Saint-Jean-Baptiste, the patron saint of Québec. The candid camera...

A Day in the Night of Jonathan Mole - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB526785

A film for frank discussion of the causes and consequences of racial prejudice, particularly as it...

A Drop in the Ocean - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB523282

When Doctors without Borders, the humanitarian medical aid agency, won the Nobel Peace Prize in...

A Family of Labrador - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB524227

Elizabeth Goudie of Happy Valley, Labrador, explores the many facets of development in her native...

A Friend at the Door - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB525683

However inaccessible their homes, the old-age pensioner, the youngster in juvenile court, the...

A Gift for Kate - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB526576

Kate is a recently discharged mental patient who now lives in a run-down halfway house. The weekly...

A House Divided: Caregiver Stress and Elder Abuse - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB525652

Through four moving portraits, A House Divided sheds light on the tragedy of caregiver stress and...

A Kind of Family - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB523551

The story of a relationship between a man and a boy, both of whom have become marginalized by...

A License to Remember: Je me souviens - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB524400

Quebec license plates don't sport cutesy tourist slogans like "Canada's Ocean Playground" or "Land...

A Love That Kills - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB525953

A Love That Kills is a powerful documentary that tells the tragic story of Monica, a...

A Memo from Fogo - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB525972

A retrospective look at Fogo Island, Newfoundland, four years after the original Newfoundland...

A One - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB528318

A film of mixed cinematic metaphors made with students from Queen’s University and local...

A Place for Everything - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB526470

In this film Eric Nilsson takes up the contrasts in the well-ordered Swedish society--order versus...

A Safe Distance - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB527606

A Safe Distance is part of the series The Next Step, which examines the services needed by and...

A Scent of Mint - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB524709

Growing up in the small Lebanese town of Abey, Pierre Sidaoui had a carefree childhood. But civil...

A Score for Women's Voices - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB520767

Between March and October 2000, millions of people around the world took to the streets to denounce...

A Sense of Place - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB521657

The film deals with the mass movement of people from rural to urban areas, and the solutions being...

A Struggle for Shelter - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB522631

A film dealing with the problems of rapid urbanization in developing countries. The film was made...

A Sun Like Nowhere Else - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB525795

Acadians are French-speaking Maritimers. In this film the people speak for themselves--about their...

A Time to Rise - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB525573

On April 6, 1980, the Canadian Farmworkers Union came into existence. This film documents the...

A Trip Down Memory Lane - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB525919

From Arthur Lipsett (Very Nice, Very Nice, 21-87,) another incisive look at human might, majesty...

A Trumpet for the Combo - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB550624

In a city high school, a jazz combo needs a trumpet player. Randy is the natural choice since he...

A Wedding and Party - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB521693

Two Fogo Island festivities: a Roman Catholic wedding in Joe Batts Arm South; and a party with...

A Woman's Place (1967) - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB527812

Two women discuss the roles and problems of women, education, and shopping on Fogo Island.

A Writer in the Nuclear Age: A Conversation with Margaret...

National Film Board Of Canada NFB528654

In this short film, internationally acclaimed author Margaret Laurence passionately addresses...

A Young Social Worker Speaks Her Mind - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB527514

Joanna Stern tells of her experience as a welfare worker, exposes her personal, inside view of the...

Abortion: Stories from North and South - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB524236

Women have always sought ways to terminate unwanted pregnancies, despite powerful patriarchal...

Activator One - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB558830

A film about the late Dave Pellan of Vancouver and his philosophy of human behaviour. Activator...

Adam's World - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB522488

Intercut with illustrative stock footage, Adam's World present a short lecture by Elizabeth Dodson...

After the Montreal Massacre - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB525409

December 6, 1989. Sylvie Gagnon was attending her last day of classes at Ecole Polytechnique, an...

Age of Dissent: Young Men with Opinions - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB520620

This film presents the outspoken views of young men from Canada and Great Britain about what is...

Age of the Rivers - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB528201

The story of Canada's development as a nation is the story of its waterways. In a land of virgin...

Alberta Family - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB522174

A report on Alberta's rapid expansion in the fields of education, industry and welfare, indicating...

Alexis Tremblay: Habitant - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB526916

Life for Alexis Tremblay and his family is dedicated to the soil, following the tradition of...

Alias Will James - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB521700

From cattle rustler to ex-convict, and from novice writer to the toast of Hollywood, Will James...

All the Right Stuff - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB521559

"I always have a good time. Lots of teenagers hang out at the mall. It's like walking around in a...

Almost Real: Connecting in a Wired World - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB521953

Almost Real focuses on a few individuals for whom the Internet has become a lifeline, a way to...

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