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Back to the Land

Feature-length documentary as part of Pierre Perrault's Abitibian Cycle. The filmmaker questions the past and present of Abitibi and draws up, face to

1976

La meilleure façon, c'est par accident

Cesar's Bark Canoe

"This documentary depicts a canoe being built in the traditional manner. Cesar Newashish, a 67-year-old Attikamek of the Manawan Reserve North of Mont

1971

The Things I Cannot Change

"This feature documentary is considered to be the forerunner of the NFB's Challenge for Change Program. The film offers in inside look at 3 weeks in t

1967

Little Burgundy

"This film is one of the first French Unit productions of the “Société Nouvelle/Challenge for Change” program. When an old area of Montréal is to be d

1968

Cinéma Vérité: Defining the Moment

A documentary about direct-cinema from its very beginnings (Nanook of the North) to the fake-direct-cinema of the Blair Witch Project. All the importa

2000

Michel Brault, l'instinct de vue

Ti-coeur

Images of love and freedom personified by a man who like to travel, a man who has made a profession of doing nothing and who constantly comes up again

1969

Belle famille

A working class family leaves St-Henri quarter in Montréal to build a new home in the countryside.

1978

Frank Gehry: An Architecture of Joy

"Frank Gehry: An Architecture of Joy" illustrates the unique intertwining of art and architecture throughout Gehry's spectacularly eclectic career. In

2000

24 x 24: Wide Open with Jeff Gordon

Explores the life both on and off the track of one of NASCAR racing's greatest and most beloved icons. The fast-paced documentary creates an in-depth

2007

The New Modernists: Folds Blobs + Boxes, Architecture in the Digital Era

The New Modernists: Folds, Blobs and Boxes, Architecture in the Digital Era approaches the topic of artistic technological advances, and the modern ar

2001

A Great White Bird

This film documents the efforts of a group of Canadians and Americans to save the whooping crane from extinction. They display great determination in

1976

The Circle

Produced in 1967, this black and white film is an inmate's view of Daytop, a drug treatment centre on Staten Island, New York, where addicts learn to

1967

The Grand Opening of Walt Disney World

A celebrity-filled look at the opening festivities for Walt Disney World in Florida.

1971

El camino de las hormigas

Four nights in Caracas. A documentary essay about chaos and civilization.

1993

Harry Crews: Survival Is Triumph Enough

This powerful film documents the hardships, tragedy and loss suffered by the prolific Southern writer and novelist Harry Crews. Interviewed by artist

2007

Vivement Truffaut

A tribute to the late, great French director Francois Truffaut, this documentary was undoubtedly named after his last movie, Vivement Dimanche!, relea

1985

Le Club: Claude Jade

2001

Another Romance of Celluloid: Electrical Power

This short begins at Boulder Dam (now Hoover Dam). The electricity generated here by the Colorado River is sent to Hollywood, where movie studios need

1938