To hear Bill Mason tell about the making of this feature film (he is also the narrator) is to share with him his affection for his camera-quarry: the big northern timber wolves and pure-white Arctic wolves.
in the mid-1800s, Paul Kane painted the northwest, Indigneous Peopless, Chiefs, ceremonies, war parties, buffalo hunts, rapids and waterfalls. In this film his paintings are projected with lighting that brings to life every glowing detail.
Spring 1972. The Chicago Cubs are poised to win the National League's Pennant race, lead by their star pitcher, a Black Canadian named Ferguson Jenkins, who was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1991. This is his story.
Against a backdrop of charming paintings and the Yarmouth, Nova Scotia landscape they reflect, Maud Lewis: A World Without Shadows celebrates the life and work of one of Canada's foremost primitive painters.
Steven Holland, age ten, is the son of the lighthouse-keeper in charge of Lennard Island, a tiny place west of Vancouver Island. He takes us on a tour and dispels any ideas we might have that living in isolation is boring.
When nine-year-old Nadia is allowed to attend a regular school, she knows the kids will tease her but she'll "find a way to deal with it." Nadia has spina bifida, a congenital condition that has caused a lack of sensation from the knees down.
A fable of great humour and appeal, The Sand Castle is the story of the Sandman and the creatures he sculpts out of sand. Under his direction, they build a castle and celebrate the completion of their new home, only to be interrupted by an uninvited guest
A series of interviews, interspersed with newsreel footage, places the American feminist movement in a historical perspective. Six of the women who gave impetus to the movement discuss those issues that most concern them and which are still being debated.
In the mountainous country near Lillooet, eleven-year-old Kevin Alec of the Fountain Indian Reserve learns to make fishnets with his grandfather, and skin and tan hides with his aunt. Will he eventually abandon his traditional way of life?
Gurdeep is a thirteen-year-old Canadian Sikh whose family runs a dairy farm near Chilliwack, British Columbia. They have retained their language and religion. Sometimes he feels a little different from the other children because he wears a turban.
A vignette featuring Roger Doucet singing O Canada at a hockey game in the Montréal Forum.
Patricia Garner approached middle age in despair. Sandwiched between changing social values and the loss of her own family role, she was afraid of the future. This film tells of her inspiring struggles and successes.
People combat high energy costs with inventive solar, wind, and wood solutions. This film showcases experiments like the Ark, a bio-shelter sustaining a family with housing, heat, food, and electricity using natural systems.
A young girl who loves to dance and is ready to marry chooses a log driver over his more well-to-do, land-loving competition. Driving logs down the river has made him the best dancing partner to be found.
The Caravan Stage Company is the only horse-drawn open-air theatre in the world. Every summer it tours British Columbia and Alberta, bringing live entertainment to communities where television is often the main diversion.
This is the story of a baby who appears mysteriously on the doorstep of a busy executive, and who is subsequently bounced from household to household down the block. Nobody in the community is interested in caring for the baby without a name.
The scene is a desolate landscape that reveals no signs of life. Out of the stillness emerge two opposing factions, both wanting possession of a shiny object. This allegorical film suggests a decaying world created by greed
This film takes an inside look at the world of juvenile delinquency. We are shown the tough existence on the streets of Montréal, but it could be any city in North America. Some boys as young as ten years of age talk about their lives of crime.
Evelyn Lambart's animation style shines in this short film adapting an Aesop fable. It contrasts two mice's lifestyles, advocating for simplicity and peace over luxury amid danger.
