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2015
Being Canadian
Being Canadian5.62 2015 HD
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
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2012
We Were Children
We Were Children7.50 2012 HD
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
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2019
The Twentieth Century
The Twentieth Century6.20 2019 HD
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
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2021
Killing the Indian in the Child
Killing the Indian in the Child6.00 2021 HD
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
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2012
Hatsumi
Hatsumi1 2012 HD
In Japanese, “shi kata ga nai” means “it can't be helped”. As a phrase, it represents the philosophical basis of the Japanese...
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Chris Hope
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1993
Bethune: The Making of a Hero
Bethune: The Making of a Hero5.30 1993 HD
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
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1991
Women in the Shadows
Women in the Shadows1 1991 HD
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
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1964
David Thompson: The Great Mapmaker
David Thompson: The Great Mapmaker1 1964 HD
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
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2015
The Klondike Gold Rush
The Klondike Gold Rush5.00 2015 HD
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
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1962
Alexander Galt: The Stubborn Idealist
Alexander Galt: The Stubborn Idealist1 1962 HD
For Alexander Galt it was the middle of the road, until he saw some hope for his dream of a united Canada. What was he like, this stubborn idealist?...
Genre: History
Cast: John Vernon
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1959
Lord Elgin: Voice of the People
Lord Elgin: Voice of the People1 1959 HD
This short film tells the story of Lord Elgin, a man’s whose faith in a nation’s right to self-determination was stronger than the threat...
Genre: History
Cast: Andrew Allan
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2002
The Crucible
The Crucible10.00 2002 HD
Canada: A People's History - Episode 14: 1940 to 1946 CE. Canada comes of age in the anguish of World War II, with soldiers on the beaches at Dieppe...
Genre: War
Cast: Maggie Haculak
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2022
The Little Church That Could
The Little Church That Could10.00 2022 HD
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
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1987
First Journey, Fort William
First Journey, Fort William1 1987 HD
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
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1988
Rendezvous Canada, 1606
Rendezvous Canada, 16061 1988 HD
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
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1962
The Eyes of Children
The Eyes of Children1 1962 HD
Christmastime at the Roman Catholic-run Kamloops Indian Residential School in British Columbia.
Genre: TV Movie
Cast:
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1973
Action : The October Crisis of 1970
Action : The October Crisis of 19707.50 1973 HD
A long and thoughtful look at those desperate days of October 1970, when Montréal awaited the outcome of FLQ terrorist acts. This film puts the...
Genre: Documentary
Cast:
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1979
For Twenty Cents A Day
For Twenty Cents A Day1 1979 HD
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
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2022
Thrown into Canada
Thrown into Canada1 2022 HD
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
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2024
Threads That Tie Us: An Oshwal Odyssey
Threads That Tie Us: An Oshwal Odyssey1 2024 HD
The Halari Oshwals are a small community dispersed around the world yet held together by a history of sacrifices. But times have changed. This...
Genre: Documentary
Cast:
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2021
La guerre des hold-up
La guerre des hold-up1 2021 HD
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
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2002
Blackfly
Blackfly5.00 2002 HD
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