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Anne Morrow Lindbergh: You'll Have the Sky

PBS Video 041883

Anne Morrow Lindbergh: You'll Have The Sky brings one of the 20th century's best-loved writers out...

Annette Funicello: Her Life with Multiple Sclerosis

CTV CTV560

Annette Funicello was the most popular 'Mouseketeer' on 'The Mickey Mouse Club' television show...

Annie Pootoogook

Katherine Knight and David Craig SM0000

Focused on Annie and her work, the film parallels Annie’s own creative process of making and...

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, le dernier romantique

CinéFête F259-020

Pionnier de l’aviation et héros de l’aéropostale, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry acquiert une...

Ariane Mnouchkine

Phares & Balises A196-013

Not many theatre directors can boast of having been at the helm of their troupe for over 50 years...

Ariane Mnouchkine au pays du théâtre

Phares & Balises F196-016

Quel(le) chef de troupe pourrait s’enorgueillir de continuer de mener sa bande depuis 48 ans ? De...

Art and Status in Society

Mimi Shulman 010093

Mimi Shulman is a visual artist in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, who is hearing impaired. She has...

Arthur Currie - Master of War: The Great War Tour

Breakthrough Entertainment BTE164

General Sir Arthur Currie led the Canadian Corps to a series of spectacular victories hastening the...

At Frida Kahlo's

ARTE France, Phares & Balises A196-004

The Blue House, located in Mexico City, is the home where Frida Kahlo was born (1907) and would die...

At Frida Kahlo's

ARTE France, Phares & Balises A196-004

The Blue House, located in Mexico City, is the home where Frida Kahlo was born (1907) and would die...

Attention: Women at Work! - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB521973

In this documentary about women in non-traditional jobs, a hovercraft pilot, an architect and two...

Au fil du mouvement

Mouvement Perpétuel F193-002

Le documentaire Au fil du mouvement, nous propose des portraits de sept chorégraphes œuvrant aux...

Augusta - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB525863

This short documentary offers an intimate portrait of Augusta Evans, an 88-year-old Secwépmec...

Bachar, moi ou le chaos

Illégitime Défense F269-007

Alors que la Syrie est en proie à une guerre sanglante qui dure depuis plus de cinq ans, ce...

Ballad of a Righteous Merchant

Video Project, Inc. TVP093

Werner Herzog is one of the most celebrated global filmmakers of the past century, responsible for...

Ballerina - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB522681

A film about Canadian ballet dancer Margaret Mercier. Prima ballerina of Les Grands Ballets...

Band-Aid - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB521035

In the remote Ojibway community of Whitedog, in northwestern Ontario, 911 is just a meaningless set...

Barb Cranmer: All Our Relations, Season 2

Aarrow Productions AP0036

Barb Cranmer: Kwakwakwa’wakw filmmaker and entrepreneur Barb Cranmer found inspiration from her...

Bashar, The Master of Chaos

Illégitime Défense A269-007

This documentary takes a close look at Syria’s strongman: Bashar al-Assad. What are the origins...

Battle Tested: W5

CTV CTV680

W5's Kevin Newman sits down with new Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan about how his past in policing...

Bearing Witness: Jocelyn Morton - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB519860

Jocelyn Morton's life wasn't supposed to go this way. At age 44, she had been battling cancer for a...

Beat Generation: Kerouac - Ginsberg – Burroughs

CinéFête F196-019

Le film raconte la formidable et durable amitié entre Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg et William S...

Béatrice Picard, l'espace de la vie, c'est tout

CinéFête F150-S14-11

... C'est au cours des années 1940, alors qu'elle étudie en France, que Béatrice Picard voit ses...

Beatrix Potter: Artist, Storyteller and Countrywoman

Weston Woods WW445

This documentary film is about the life of the remarkable author and illustrator of THE TALE OF...

Benjamin Franklin - Inventor - Writer - Founding Father: History...

Wonderscape Entertainment WE0148

Learn all about Benjamin Franklin's life as a printer, writer, scientist, inventor and Founding...

Beyond the Sun - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB522317

Margaret Peterson is a retired painter, now living in Victoria, British Columbia, where this...

Billy Graham, le pasteur de l'Amérique

Illégitime Défense F269-012

Billy Graham : un nom, une figure charismatique. Pour ceux qui le connaissent, une personnalité...

Billy Graham: The One and Only

Illégitime Défense A269-012

Billy Graham: a name, a figure, a charism.  As a "super-star" pastor, a gatherer of thousands of...

Bizarre: A Circus Story

Indiecan Entertainment Inc. ICE051

Bizarre: A Circus Story is a magical tale about passion, triumph, and heartache. Part portraiture...

Boom, Boom Chuvalo: W5

CTV CTV951

He went toe-to-toe with Muhammad Ali for 15 rounds. Ali couldn’t knock him down. Joe Frazier...

Boucar Diouf: Marcher vers l'autre

PVP Films, PVP Monde F303-S01-01

Originaire du Sénégal, Boucar Diouf est arrivé au Québec – plus précisément à Rimouski...

Boucar Diouf: Marcher vers l'autre

PVP Films, PVP Monde F303-S01-01

Originaire du Sénégal, Boucar Diouf est arrivé au Québec – plus précisément à Rimouski...

Brésil, le canoë de la transmission

CinéFête F301-S02-09

Photographe : Renato Soares Après 30 ans à construire une relation avec les Yawalapitis, Renato...

Brésil, les danseuses du Yamurikuma

CinéFête F301-S02-10

Photographe : Renato Soares Comme depuis 20 ans, Renato visite les Kalapalos lors d’une...

Bronwen & Yaffa (Moving Towards Tolerance) - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB525804

Against a vibrant soundtrack of punk and rap music, two extraordinary young women from Halifax...

Brunel: Victorian Hero or Fraud?

Blue Ant Media BAM1316

Isambard Kingdom Brunel was a British civil engineer who is considered  to be one of the most...

Buffalo Bill's Wild West: American Experience

PBS Video 041082

William "Buffalo Bill" Cody's legendary exploits helped create the myth of the American West -- one...

Buffy Sainte-Marie: A Multimedia Life

CineFocus CIN014

This inspiring biography chronicles the remarkable story of Aboriginal artist Buffy Sainte-Marie as...

By Woman's Hand - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB528399

In 1920, a group of young Montreal women artists formed the nucleus of what would later become...

Byron Chief Moon: Grey Horse Rider

Mouvement Perpétuel A193-002

Byron Chief-Moon is a multi-talented actor, stuntman, dancer, choreographer playwright, and founder...

Byron Chief Moon: le cavalier au cheval gris

Mouvement Perpétuel F193-001

Danseur, chorégraphe et comédien, Byron Chief-Moon est fondateur de la Coyote Arts Percussive...

C.W. Jefferys (24 Minute Version)

CineFocus CIN021

C.W. Jefferys (1869-1951) was the first artist to take Canadian history and make it leap off the...

C.W. Jefferys (48 Minute Version)

CineFocus CIN015

C.W. Jefferys (1869-1951) was the first artist to take Canadian history and make it leap off the...

Canada Vignettes: Don Messer - His Land and His Music - Marg...

National Film Board Of Canada NFB525654

One of six Canada Vignettes from the NFB production Don Messer - His Land and His Music, featuring...

Canada Vignettes: Lady Frances Simpson - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB523586

An animated vignette on the journey of Lady Frances Simpson, with her piano, from England to Lower...

Canada Vignettes: Marine Biologist - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB528353

A short film based on the work of Dr. Diana Magor, Canadian marine biologist associated with the...

Canada Vignettes: Skier - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB526034

This vignette about skiier Kathy Kreiner leads up to and includes her Olympic Gold medal race at...

Canada Vignettes: The Novelist - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB525694

A vignette featuring Canadian novelist Margaret Laurence.

Canada's 23rd Prime Minister: An Introduction to Justin Trudeau

McIntyre Media Inc. MCI088

Justin Trudeau was elected Canada's 23rd Prime Minister on October 19th 2015. He is the eldest...

Carney's Crusade: W5

CTV CTV865

The former governor of both the Bank of Canada and Bank of England, is on a crusade. Mark Carney...

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