National Film Board of Canada
Pub. Date
c2011
Description
This is an intimate and evocative journey into the hearts, minds and eyes of George O'Keeffe, Emily Carr and Frida Kahlo - three of the 20th century's most remarkable artists. Using the women's own words, taken from their letters and diaries, the film reveals three individual creative processes in all their subtle and fascinating variety.
10) The water bearer
Pub. Date
c2007
Description
While the West is battling it out with Islam, as bombs and killings break a fragile peace, this film follows the efforts made by the men and women of Flores Island in Indonesia to re-invent their daily lives after 32 years of dictatorship. Amongst them, we find a Canadian, Gilles Raymond, in search of a code of ethics where action coincides with words. Through the simple quest for clean running water, Catholics and Muslims work together to introduce...
Pub. Date
c2013
Description
This short documentary investigates a perceived threat in the rural Maritimes following a deadly coyote attack in the Cape Breton wilderness. Locals react to the attack by concluding that a new super-species is infiltrating their communities: part coyote and part wolf. But is there any truth to this suspicion, or is the response the result of fear and rumours?
Pub. Date
c2004
Description
This film looks at the question of Armenian identity. It follows the voyage of filmmaker Hagop Goudsouzian who accompanied by five Montreal men and women of Armenian origin, returned to the land of his ancestors in search of survivors of the genocide of 1915. He makes a dignified and poignant film showing the need to make peace with the past in order to turn to the future.
Pub. Date
c2010, c1949
Description
The Getikshan and Tsimshian Indians of northern British Columbia live it two worlds. Against the mountains and forests tower the ancient totem poles; the old graveyards reveal past history; on the reseserves the traditional crafts are still practised. But in the school games, in the wedding complete with white veil and white rice, and in the sawmill we see how other ways are being adopted. As climax, the film shows the action-packed rodeo at Kispiox....
20) Absences
Pub. Date
c2014
Description
Qui dit absence dit déchirure et manque. S'installe alors une sorte de désarroi intérieur qui génère souvent un quête personnelle. À l'origine du film, il ya le drame intime de la réalistrice qui voit sa mère, atteinte de la maladie d'Alzheimer, s'éloigner d'elle à mesure que la mémoire s'efface. Cette appréhension d'une séparation à venir sert de lien avec d'autres êtres aux prises avec un forme d'absence. Une occasion pour Carole...