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What does it actually mean to be Canadian? This humorous documentary, featuring interviews with a who's-who of famous Canadians, hopes to find the...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Eugene Levy

Toronto, Canada, 1899. William Lyon Mackenzie King (1874-1950) fervently believes that he is destined to become Prime Minister, but to do so he will...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Dan Beirne

For over 130 years till 1996, more than 100,000 of Canada's First Nations children were legally required to attend government-funded schools run by...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Lyna Hart

True story of Norman Bethune, a medical doctor who fought for justice in China during Mao's rise to power.

Genre: Romance

Cast: Donald Sutherland

A feature-length documentary from Canadian Geographic Films, and presents a powerful and emotional story celebrating the 100-year history of the...

Genre: Documentary

Cast:

The Indian Act, passed in Canada in 1876, made members of Aboriginal peoples second-class citizens, separated from the white population: nomadic for...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Gwenlaouen Le Gouil

A young Ojibwa girl from 1770 marries a Scottish fur trader and leaves home for the shores of Georgian Bay. Although the union is beneficial for her...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Hazel King

Today it is the city of Montreal, but 3 centuries ago the tiny band of missionary founders called it Ville-Marie, the holy city of Mary. This film...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Gilles Marsolais

Surviving Eugenics is a documentary about the history and ongoing significance of eugenics. Anchored by survivor narratives from the province of...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Leilani Muir

This documentary explores the history of Canada’s first major migration of non-European and non-white refugees who arrived in 1972 when Ugandan...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Idi Amin

This short film realistically portrays the conflict Henry Hudson experienced when he went in search of an open water route to the Orient, and no one...

Genre: History

Cast: Powys Thomas

Filmed on location in Saskatchewan from the Qu'Appelle Valley to Hudson Bay, the documentary traces the filmmaker's quest for her Native foremothers...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Christine Welsh

A film documenting work shortages during the Depression of the 1930s and the attempts to deal with the unemployed, in particular young men. The film...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Dorothy Livesay

Set in 1815, this is the dramatic story of a child of the fur trade, son of a Native mother and a Scottish-Canadian fur trader. John Mackenzie's...

Genre: History

Cast: Bobby Kitchkeesic

This short film recreates the story of David Thompson – a man who, over the course of his lifetime, mapped a-million-and-a-half square miles of...

Genre: History

Cast: James B. Douglas

Phil Comeau shines a spotlight on the Ordre de Jacques-Cartier, a powerful secret society that operated from 1926 to 1965, infiltrating every sector...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: André Roy

Renowned as the richest gold strike in North American mining history, the Klondike Gold Rush (1896-1899) set off a stampede of over 100,000 people on...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: L. Harvey Gold

The dramatic story of two youths--one French and one Indigenous--who share a pivotal time in Canada's history: the first contact between European and...

Genre: History

Cast: Jason Nicholas

Amidst a mostly Catholic community, a small tiny Anglican church offers more to the community of Placentia than people may think, and holds many...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Christopher Newhook

The story of the 1773 highland migrants who left Scotland to settle in Nova Scotia.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Neil Oliver

Who would have thought that Canadian history could be so much fun? Blackfly is set in the 18th century fur-trading post of Fort Simpson-Eaton and is...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Ron James

The story of the people building the AVRO Arrow, an advanced jet fighter-interceptor designed to defend Canada's vast territory during the Cold War....

Genre: Drama

Cast: Dan Aykroyd

Jonathan Roberge dives into the world of Montréal crime during the 1957-1977 period, when the city saw a prolonged war between the police and...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Jonathan Roberge