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A Case of Eggs: Episode 1

A Case of Eggs: Episode 1

National Film Board Of Canada NFB522255

Enter the characters of this fast-moving spoof: Bruno, the moonlighter who despairs over his...

A Case of Eggs: Episode 2

A Case of Eggs: Episode 2

National Film Board Of Canada NFB526852

The plot thickens. Patients are mysteriously disappearing from St. Mary's Hospital. Frances trails...

A Case of Eggs: Episode 3

A Case of Eggs: Episode 3

National Film Board Of Canada NFB525961

An inspector from the Federal Bureau of Standards accuses Frances of selling substandard eggs...

A Case of Eggs: Episode 4

A Case of Eggs: Episode 4

National Film Board Of Canada NFB525037

The eggs are finally recovered. Dr. Morrow and Frances decide to marry because "a wife can't...

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Passion River Films PR4178

A Midsummer Night’s Dream is one of Shakespeare’s most beloved creations. The frolicking tale...

A Place to Stand

A Place to Stand

Video Project, Inc. TVP001

A Place to Stand tells the story of acclaimed author Jimmy Santiago Baca’s transformation from a...

A Room With A View

A Room With A View

WGBH WG0310

Florence, Italy, 1912. Lucy Honeychurch is eager for adventure, but finds herself in a safe haven...

A Tall Man Executes a Jig by Irving Layton

A Tall Man Executes a Jig by Irving Layton

National Film Board Of Canada NFB523829

A fascinating "conversation" with Canadian poet Irving Layton, who shares how the poem by which he...

A Wake for Milton

A Wake for Milton

National Film Board Of Canada NFB525704

Canadian poet, Milton Acorn, is remembered with feeling and eloquence in this tribute that takes...

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

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...

Ad Magicians (Episode 9): The Wacky Word Show Series

Ad Magicians (Episode 9): The Wacky Word Show Series

Apartment 11 APT197

Zoey and Lukas explore how words in advertising can sometimes trick us the same way a magician...

Al Purdy:

Al Purdy: "A Sensitive Man"

National Film Board Of Canada NFB526783

This film profiling Canadian poet Al Purdy illuminates an artist who is seemingly artless. An...

Alden Nowlan: An Introduction

Alden Nowlan: An Introduction

National Film Board Of Canada NFB527147

Alden Nowlan survived rural poverty to become the winner of Canada's 1967 Governor General's Award...

Alexandre Dumas, The Flamboyant (52 Minute Version)

Alexandre Dumas, The Flamboyant (52 Minute Version)

Illégitime Défense A269-011A

Alexandre Dumas is one of the most prolific authors of the 19th century. With a great sense of...

Alexandre Dumas, The Flamboyant (90 Minute Version)

Alexandre Dumas, The Flamboyant (90 Minute Version)

Illégitime Défense A269-011B

Alexandre Dumas is one of the most prolific authors of the 19th century. With a great sense of...

Alias Will James

Alias Will James

National Film Board Of Canada NFB521700

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

Alice in Wonderland (Episode 4): The Wacky Word Show Series

Alice in Wonderland (Episode 4): The Wacky Word Show Series

Apartment 11 APT192

Zoey has just read Alice in Wonderland. She and Lukas decide to create an Alice-in-Wonderland-like...

Aloud/Bagatelle

Aloud/Bagatelle

National Film Board Of Canada NFB520653

Canadian poet Earle Birney indulges his love of trains in this performance of his sound poem To...

American Masters: Philip Roth: Unmasked

American Masters: Philip Roth: Unmasked

PBS Video 041631

Explore the life of Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award winning novelist Philip Roth, often...

An English-Speaking World

An English-Speaking World

Films Media Group 393448

English is a language spoken by two billion people, perhaps even more. This classic PBS program...

Ancient Egyptians (Episode 7): The Wacky Word Show Series

Ancient Egyptians (Episode 7): The Wacky Word Show Series

Apartment 11 APT195

Mummy mayhem ensues as Zoey and Lukas explore the many ways we can communicate with pictures...

Andrea Thompson - Ep. 2: Heart of a Poet (Season 1)

Andrea Thompson - Ep. 2: Heart of a Poet (Season 1)

Makin Movies Inc. MJMM23

After finding her writer’s voice in Vancouver, Andrea Thompson takes her poetry to the streets of...

Anna Karenina

Anna Karenina

WGBH WG0319

A woman risks everything to follow her heart in this stunning adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's powerful...

Anne Morrow Lindbergh: You'll Have the Sky

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...

Anne Simpson - Ep. 7: Heart of a Poet (Season 2)

Anne Simpson - Ep. 7: Heart of a Poet (Season 2)

Makin Movies Inc. MJMM42

Griffin Poetry Prize winner Anne Simpson shares her lyrical vision of the world as she delves into...

Autobiographical by A.M. Klein

Autobiographical by A.M. Klein

National Film Board Of Canada NFB520516

A poet's view of Montréal, as revealed in the rich imagery of his verse. From Klein's poetry this...

Babel: Fry's Planet Word

Babel: Fry's Planet Word

Films Media Group BBC032

A Klingon version of Hamlet, attempts to teach chimps to speak, and mice that have been given the...

Basic Literary Terms (Vol. 1): Narrative, Plot, Tone, Mood, Setting, Character: Literature Kids Series

Basic Literary Terms (Vol. 1): Narrative, Plot, Tone, Mood...

Wonderscape Entertainment WE0067

Explore essential literary terms while analyzing classic works of literature.  What is a...

Basic Literary Terms (Vol. 2): Point of View: Literature Kids Series

Basic Literary Terms (Vol. 2): Point of View: Literature Kids...

Wonderscape Entertainment WE0068

Explore essential literary terms while analyzing classic works of literature.  What is 1st, 2nd...

Basic Literary Terms (Vol. 3): Metaphor, Simile, Allusion, Personification, Hyperbole: Literature Kids Series

Basic Literary Terms (Vol. 3): Metaphor, Simile, Allusion...

Wonderscape Entertainment WE0132

Explore essential literary terms, such as metaphor, simile, allusion, personification and...

Basic Literary Terms (Vol. 4): Symbolism, Allegory, Onomatopoeia, Paradox, Pun: Literature Kids Series

Basic Literary Terms (Vol. 4): Symbolism, Allegory...

Wonderscape Entertainment WE0066

Explore essential literary terms, such as symbolism, allegory, onomatopoeia, paradox and pun, while...

Basic Literary Terms (Vol. 5): Theme, Atmosphere, Foreshadowing, Diction, Anaphora: Literature Kids Series

Basic Literary Terms (Vol. 5): Theme, Atmosphere, Foreshadowing...

Wonderscape Entertainment WE0131

Explore essential literary terms, such as theme, atmosphere, foreshadowing, diction and anaphora...

Basic Literary Terms (Vol. 6): Understanding Poetry - Rhythm & Meter, Rhyme: Literature Kids Series

Basic Literary Terms (Vol. 6): Understanding Poetry - Rhythm...

Wonderscape Entertainment WE0064

Explore the history of poetry, its essential components, and its role in early...

Basic Literary Terms (Vol. 7): Understanding Poetry - Alliteration, Assonance, Consonance, Free Verse: Literature Kids Series

Basic Literary Terms (Vol. 7): Understanding Poetry -...

Wonderscape Entertainment WE0065

In this program, we continue exploring both the history and the essential components of poetry...

Breaking a Leg

Breaking a Leg

National Film Board Of Canada NFB527919

Director Robert Lepage has given us some of the most exciting Canadian theatre of the last...

Canada Vignettes: Melvin Arbuckle, Famous Canadian

Canada Vignettes: Melvin Arbuckle, Famous Canadian

National Film Board Of Canada NFB522954

W.O. Mitchell recounts Newton's Law of Falling Backhouses, a story based on the youthful pranks of...

Canada Vignettes: The Novelist

Canada Vignettes: The Novelist

National Film Board Of Canada NFB525694

A vignette featuring Canadian novelist Margaret Laurence.

Carnival (Episode 10): The Wacky Word Show Series

Carnival (Episode 10): The Wacky Word Show Series

Apartment 11 APT198

It’s carnival time and Zoey and Lukas discover the many ways you can say things without saying a...

Charles Dickens: Great Authors Series

Charles Dickens: Great Authors Series

Wonderscape Entertainment WE0034

In this program, meet Charles Dickens.  What were the significant events of Charles Dickens...

Chefs (Episode 2): The Wacky Word Show Series

Chefs (Episode 2): The Wacky Word Show Series

Apartment 11 APT190

There’s ooey gooey, scrumptious, yummy fun in this episode that’s all about the power of...

Christian Bök - Ep. 1: Heart of a Poet (Season 1)

Christian Bök - Ep. 1: Heart of a Poet (Season 1)

Makin Movies Inc. MJMM22

Griffin Prize winner and University of Calgary English Professor Christian Bök is the series...

Christie Harris - Mousewoman and Porcupine Hunter

Christie Harris - Mousewoman and Porcupine Hunter

National Film Board Of Canada NFB524575

Christie Harris introduces herself and talks of the West Coast Indigenous culture that she...

Common Errors (2) / "Acceptable Errors"

Common Errors (2) / "Acceptable Errors"

Films Media Group 393692

When should the red pen be wielded to the hilt, and when should writers and readers simply agree to...

Critical Guide to Shakespeare

Critical Guide to Shakespeare

Films Media Group 393665

This six-part series, filmed on location in Stratford-upon-Avon, comes from the Emmy Award-winning...

Cutting Edge Basic English Series

Cutting Edge Basic English Series

Seven Dimensions Pty Ltd 7D0095

This ground-breaking Cutting Edge Basic English Series designed by psychologist Eve Ash and ESL...

Daphne Marlatt - Ep. 4: Heart of a Poet (Season 2)

Daphne Marlatt - Ep. 4: Heart of a Poet (Season 2)

Makin Movies Inc. MJMM39

Order of Canada recipient, university instructor and language-based poet Daphne Marlatt takes us on...

Dr. Seuss: Great Authors Series

Dr. Seuss: Great Authors Series

Wonderscape Entertainment WE0035

In this program, meet author Ted Geisel better known by his pen name "Dr. Seuss."  What were the...

Duncan Campbell Scott: The Poet and the Indians

Duncan Campbell Scott: The Poet and the Indians

National Film Board Of Canada NFB562054

Duncan Campbell Scott (1862-1947) is best known as one of Canada's prominent early literary...

E.B. White: Great Authors Series

E.B. White: Great Authors Series

Wonderscape Entertainment WE0036

In this program, meet E.B. White.  What were the significant events of E.B. White's life?  What...

Earle Birney: Portrait of a Poet

Earle Birney: Portrait of a Poet

National Film Board Of Canada NFB524014

Writer, scholar, activist, Earle Birney is revered as the grand old man of Canadian poetry. In this...

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