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Sanctuary - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB532195

A program for emerging filmmakers to make high impact, low budget docs. Sanctuary tells the story...

Satan's Choice - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB527355

A rare 'inside' view of a motorcycle club in Toronto, one of the network of such fraternal groups...

Saul Alinsky Went to War - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB524154

Saul Alinsky, controversial professional organizer, goes to war against the conditions that keep...

Scenes from Paper Wheat - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB526538

This videotape was produced from outs of the film Paper Wheat about the play of the same name. The...

School on the Move - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB546017

Instead of going away to school, some Evenk children of remote Siberia have the school brought to...

School's Out! - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB520972

Washroom graffiti, protest buttons and music by popular alternative band The Breeders punctuate...

Selwyn - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB532464

Selwyn is the story of a man's refusal to let racism, standardized tests and elitism prevent him...

Series 4 - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB520532

An allegorical film suggesting the contact of matter and man; the encounter, sometimes obsessive...

Seven Shades of Pale - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB523633

From a quiet, neglected corner of Nova Scotia, a meeting with the Black community that shows both...

Shining Mountains - On the Edge - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB532973

Are we loving our mountains to death? Guy Clarkson examines the current state of human encroachment...

Shining Mountains - Once and Future Wild - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB532984

Filmmaker Guy Clarkson completes his mountain odyssey with a search for solutions. He discovers an...

Shock Waves - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB544165

In the Democratic Republic of Congo, murder, rape, armed conflict and the looting of civilians by...

Short Infinity - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB522890

Entry Island is an isolated paradise in flux. Located in the middle of the St. Lawrence Gulf, it is...

Silence & Storm - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB527085

Every summer, Camp Weredale, located in the Laurentian mountains north of Montreal, is home to...

Silent Tears - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB523778

Based on a Cree family's true story, Silent Tears is a gripping drama that chronicles a very tough...

Sisters in the Struggle - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB523051

Sisters in the Struggle features Black women who are active in community organizing, electoral...

Sitting in Limbo - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB520502

Full of gentle warmth and humour, and with an upbeat reggae score, this feature from the NFB's...

Small Is Beautiful: Impressions of Fritz Schumacher - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB524505

Up to age forty-five, Fritz Schumacher, economist, technologist and lecturer, was dedicated to...

So Long to Run - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB528672

A woman on welfare is forced to take desperate measures to protect her children from her estranged...

Societies Under the Influence - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB519875

Despite the overflowing prisons and billions of dollars spent by governments, drug trafficking is a...

Soldiers for the Streets - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB524405

Ras King spent the better part of his childhood bouncing between group homes after his mother was...

Some American Feminists - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB526293

A series of interviews, interspersed with newsreel footage, places the American feminist movement...

Some People Have to Suffer - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB524942

This film documents a community's struggle to survive in the face of government indifference and...

Some Problems of Fogo - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB525028

Through the use of film as a means of communication, the people of Fogo Island, Newfoundland, voice...

Someone To Talk To - Peer Helping in High School - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB520901

To teenagers, teachers and guidance counsellors can sometimes seem distant or uncaring. The thought...

Sons of Haji Omar - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB520809

Portrait of a vanishing way of life. We join a group of Pashtoon nomads as they lead their flocks...

Speak It! From the Heart of Black Nova Scotia - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB524015

In the environment of their predominantly white high school, a group of Black students face daily...

Speakers for the Dead - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB522813

In the 1930s in rural Ontario, farmer Bill Reid buried the tombstones of a Black cemetery under a...

Speaking of Nairobi - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB524525

This spirited film documents a unique United Nation's women's conference held in Nairobi, Kenya, in...

Spinnolio - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB525290

Traditional folklore takes a wry turn in this animated tale about a carved wooden puppet who lacks...

Squarejohns - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB528542

Follows the adjustment of two paroled prisoners as observed by their parole officer. One of the...

Stationery - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB533664

"A woman must find paperclips for a report due in the morning." With this apparently simple...

Steam, Schemes and National Dreams - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB525746

When three young prospectors, seeking their fortunes in gold in the Rocky Mountains of Alberta...

Steel Blues - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB524444

Dans Il n'y a pas d'oubli, composé de trois volets réalisés chacun par un jeune cinéaste...

Sticks and Stones - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB524845

Young children ages 5 to 12 describe how they feel when they hear put-downs of themselves or their...

Stiletto - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB521261

Stiletto. The very word seduces. Pedestal of desire, ultimate symbol of feminine allure, this...

Still Longshots - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB541873

Still Longshots follows four at-risk young people through a video-making workshop. Beat, 24, has...

Story of a Beautiful Country - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB530079

Story of a Beautiful Country is the journey of Khalo Matabane, a young Black filmmaker in search of...

Stowaway - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB524268

On a cold and dreary Christmas Eve, in a gloomy fogbound seaport, docks a tired old freighter. Deep...

Straight to the Heart - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB525139

Straight to the Heart is the poetic refusal of modern society.

Strangers for the Day - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB523054

A look at the reactions of newly arrived immigrants en route by train from Halifax to Montréal.

Street Lessons - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB521621

Street Lessons is a powerful, 10 minutes documentary that examines the meaning of an education lost...

Striker - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB525294

This fictional film tells the tale of Striker Bucknell who throws a party which, if it succeeds...

Suffer Little Children - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB523817

At the end of World War II there were sixty million sick and starving children in Europe. Clothes...

Summer Centre - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB524334

Teenage boredom is a perennial problem in many suburban communities. One solution is a summer...

Sylvie's Story - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB524918

Sylvie's Story is part of the series The Next Step, which examines the services needed by and...

Tagged - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB549964

Tagged introduces us to the raging debate over the ubiquitous Radio Frequency Identification...

Taking Charge - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB528118

Taking Charge shows teens taking the initiative to overcome the fears and vulnerabilities of...

Tales of Sand and Snow - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB534463

Having recently immigrated to Montreal, Burkinabe director Hyacinthe Combary explores his roots in...

Talk 16 - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB522289

Over a one-year period, five teenage girls were filmed at home, in school, at work and with their...

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