Viewing entries tagged
CBC - Canadian Classics

Twice Colonized

Twice Colonized

Nominee - Ted Rogers “Best Feature Length Documentary” - 2024 Canadian Screen Awards

Theatrical Starts May 12, 2023

2023 - DENMARK/ CANADA/ GREENLAND - ENGLISH/ DANISH/ KALAALLISUT, INUKTITUT - 92 MINUTES
A FILM BY LIN ALLUNA

Aaju Peter is a force of nature. She is a renowned Greenlandic Inuit lawyer, an activist, who defends the human rights of indigenous peoples of the Arctic, and the feirce protector of her ancestral lands. She works to bring her colonizers in both Canada and Denmark to justice, and deploys her effusive spirit and illuminating wit to provoke self-examination and personal responsibility among Westerners for imposing their colonial ways. As Aaju launches an effort to establish an indigenous forum at the European Union, she also embarks upon a complex and deeply personal journey to mend her own wounds, including the unexpected passing of her youngest son.

Geographies of Solitude

Geographies of Solitude

Theatrical starts December 16, 2022

CANADA - 2022 - ENGLISH - 103 MINUTES - COLOUR
A FILM BY JACQUELYN MILLS

Hot Docs 2022 - Winner – Best Canadian Feature Documentary Award
Hot Docs 2022 - Winner – The Earl A. Glick Emerging Canadian Filmmaker Award

An immersion into the rich ecosystem of Sable Island, guided by naturalist and environmentalist Zoe Lucas who has lived over 40 years on this remote sliver of land in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean. Shot on 16mm and created using a scope of innovative eco-friendly filmmaking techniques, this feature-length experimental documentary is a playful and reverent collaboration with the natural world.

The Sadies Stop and Start

The Sadies Stop and Start

The Sadies perform songs from their new record COLDER STREAMS in an impromptu concert which could possibly be their last.

Burt's Buzz

Burt's Buzz

2014 - COLOUR - CANADA - 88 MINUTES
A FILM BY JODY SHAPIRO

"Burt's Buzz" takes an intimate look at the world of Burt Shavitz, the face and co-founder of Burt's Bees, exploring his fascinating and unique life. Exposing the collision between business and personal values, the film is a compelling and fascinating portrait of this highly idiosyncratic pioneer, and a revealing study of what it means to be a living icon.

Who Farted?

Who Farted?

2019 - CANADA - 79 MINUTES - COLOUR
A FILM BY ALBERT NERENBERG AND NIK SHEEHAN

From antiquity’s first fart joke to the ubiquitous whoopee cushion, the act of flatus both amuses and dismays... and now may contribute to civilization’s demise. Who Farted? is a frightening, illuminating, and funny journey through the absurd reality of 21st Century human survival.

No Sad Songs

No Sad Songs

1985 - CANADA - COLOUR - 60 MINUTES
A FILM BY NIK SHEEHAN

The first Canadian film on the subject of AIDS. In 1985-86 it was featured in festivals and theatres around the world. "No Sad Songs" attracted much critical attention for its sardonic dramatic performances which are interwoven throughout the documentary footage. The film centres on Jim Black, 37, and his views on the premature death in store for him. Catherine Hunt, who has a brother in the U.S. with the illness, speaks with remarkable emotion of the values such a crisis brings out in families and friends.

Examined Life

Examined Life

CANADA – 2008 – 90 MIN – COLOUR - DOCUMENTARY - IN ENGLISH
A FILM BY ASTRA TAYLOR

FEATURING CORNEL WEST, PETER SINGER, SLAVOJ ZIZEK, JUDITH BUTLER, AVITAL RONELL, MICHAEL HARDT, ANTHONY APPIAH AND MARTHA NUSSBAUM.

EXAMINED LIFE takes philosophy out of the darkened corners of academia and into the hustle and bustle of the everyday, a visual reminder that great ideas are born through profound engagement with the world around us.