This film is an in-depth look at the witch-hunts that swept through Europe just a few hundred years ago. False accusations and trials led to massive torture and burnings at the stake, and ultimately to the destruction of an organic way of life.
Through the recollections of those who knew The Beatles best, such as Pete Best and Norman Smith, this program examines the creative and personal chemistry that went into the greatest music ever made.
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.
Torill Kove's grandmother often told her stories. One in particular revolved around ironing shirts for the King of Norway. And what if that intriguing detail was just the tip of the iceberg?
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.
Using footage from security cameras, video calls and home-video archives, this experimental short film leads us on a journey through memory, family and faith, exploring the nature of connection and distance.
A stunning retrospective featuring a comprehensive and detailed study of this legendary band.
This film challenges cultural taboos surrounding female sexuality and explores the fight to take back ownership of bodies and to overcome the trauma of female genital mutilation.
Documentary tracing the career and music of Dublin rock band Thin Lizzy during the years when the band was fronted by the legendary Phil Lynott.
follows treatment processes at Brockville Mental Health Centre normally hidden from the public, profiling four patients as they struggle to gain control over their lives, so they can return to a society that often fears and demonizes them.
Produced in 1965, this is an informal portrait of the Montreal poet, novelist and songwriter, Leonard Cohen. He is seen reading his poetry to a rapt audience and also alone, or relaxing with family and friends.
An upbeat, positive film about a group of women dealing with mid-life and menopause. The women come from a wide range of backgrounds, careers and lifestyles, it effectively dispels popular myths and fears about life during and after menopause.
This mind-bending and innovative series examines the butterfly effect of removing key individuals, ideas, inventions and influences from a given nation’s history in order to highlight what that country has contributed.
Whether in the public service or on the shop floor, discrimination against women is taking on increasingly subtle forms, which makes it even more difficult to eliminate.
Follows the development of Canadair's super-executive jet. The film captures the spirit of the Canadian air transport industry and its attempt to compete with the American leaders in the industry.
When movie cameras were put in the hands of a few young people, they made this film about themselves and their world. The film is revealing in what it shows of a dissenting generation and its rationale.
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.
They arrive underage and alone, often traumatized and seeking asylum in a country completely alien to their own. This documentary is a cinematic portrait of a year in the life of two such teenagers, Joyce and Sallieu.
There is a cultural revolution going on in Canada and Faith Nolan and Grace Channer are on the leading edge. These two African-Canadian lesbian artists give back to art its most urgent meanings--commitment and passion.
This film provides a historical overview of how church, state and the medical establishment have determined policies concerning abortion.
The popular image of the Middle Ages comes from fairy tales and romances. This animated short challenges some enduring myths about medieval women and shows what their lives were really like.
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?
Theodore Ushev, the auteur behind a number of renowned animated shorts, reveals his inner universe, formed by a half-century of personal experience acquired in a constantly changing world.
