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9 Months, 6 Blocks - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB536030

Within the core of the diverse and densely populated neighbourhood of South Parkdale, Toronto...

A House Divided: Caregiver Stress and Elder Abuse - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB525652

Through four moving portraits, A House Divided sheds light on the tragedy of caregiver stress and...

A Quiet Wave - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB528361

For some people it is the later years that release the passion and confidence for self-expression...

Age Is No Barrier - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB527045

Encouraging our aging adult population to work towards optimal health through physical fitness...

Angus - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB527025

A film portrait of Angus Mowat, with commentary by his son, author Farley Mowat. At seventy-six...

Antonio - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB520501

The story of an Italian immigrant, a widower living alone with his memories, his Bible, and Dante...

At the End of My Days - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB527489

Some older people fall between "categories"--those who are not well enough to go into residence...

Augusta - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB525863

This short documentary offers an intimate portrait of Augusta Evans, an 88-year-old Secwépmec...

Beyond Memory: A Documentary About Dementia - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB541424

The new documentary Beyond Memory is an intimate revelation of what it's like to live with...

Boo Hoo - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB525055

Sometimes sad, sometimes witty, often bizarre, the prolific anecdotes of a retired cemetery...

Bravery in the Field - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB523132

Tommy is a veteran of World War II. He rooms alone, waiting for his pension cheque to arrive...

Caravaners - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB525947

The three hundred Airstream trailers that are prowling the highways of British Columbia represent a...

Caregivers - Episode Five: Paul and Jean - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB520348

Sometimes Paul Oliver has to laugh to keep from crying. He's placed his mother, Jean, in a...

Caregivers - Episode Four: Pat and Molly - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB523952

When she was a student nurse, Pat Tucker received training in bedside care. Today, she puts those...

Caregivers - Episode One: Madeleine and Rose - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB523458

Meet Madeleine Fergus. Like all of the heroes in the Caregivers series, she is an ordinary person...

Caregivers - Episode Three: Kurt and Elizabeth - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB526341

The strain of caring for his mother shows in the face of Kurt Weitz. He's alone, with no family...

Caregivers - Episode Two: Doris and Tom - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB523649

In 1942, Doris and Tom Homewood vowed to honour each other in sickness and in health. Today, 54...

Discussions in Bioethics: The Old Person's Friend - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB528414

One of a series of short, open-ended dramas designed to stimulate discussion of values and ethics...

Don't Take My Sunshine Away - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB525607

Retired people today are living longer, healthier lives than ever before, challenging stereotypes...

Earth to Mouth - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB523921

Near Newcastle, Ontario, lies Wing Fong Farm: 80 acres planted with succulent Asian vegetables...

Eve Lambart - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB523351

Film animator Eve Lambart spent over thirty years working at the National Film Board, and now she...

Eye Witness No. 35 - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB523895

The Lonely Age - Sixty: The Second Mile Club in Toronto offers an answer to the loneliness and...

George and Rosemary - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB520504

George and Rosemary is an animated romantic comedy about two golden agers who prove that passion is...

Glove Story - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB532221

In the winter of 2005, Magda Zimmering, 82, lost her left glove while visiting the grave of her...

Heaven or Not - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB543292

Filmed in the quaint prairie town of Herbert, Saskatchewan, Heaven or Not by filmmakers Zuzana...

Hoppy: A Portrait of Elisabeth Hopkins - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB526500

Although a latecomer to the professional art scene, Elisabeth Hopkins has achieved success. In this...

House Calls - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB534184

"The photographs will open doors, will open people's eyes and will hopefully open people's hearts...

Jack Rabbit - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB520139

The story of hundred-year-old Herman Smith Johannsen--nicknamed Jack Rabbit by Indians--the man...

Just One of the Boys - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB525822

This film is a profile of Eric Davidson, blinded at age two in the 1917 Halifax harbour explosion...

Labour of Love - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB528520

Walk through almost any neighbourhood, and behind one of those front doors you'll find a family...

Legault's Place - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB527351

The story of an elderly man and his aging cabin in a new suburb of Montréal. At one time the cabin...

Let Me Die (Abridged Version) - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB520918

Dying is something we normally avoid thinking about. But when living comes to mean wasting away...

Let Me Die - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB523695

Dying is something we normally avoid thinking about. But when living comes to mean wasting away...

Louise - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB527230

Louise is inspired by animator Anita Lebeau's grandmother of Belgian descent. A fiercely...

MenoTango - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB528157

Jeanne, the main character in this film, has gone through menopause and is now calmly looking...

Mr. Nobody - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB523526

Jack Huggins is sixty-five years old. He doesn't take very good care of himself, but he lavishes...

Nahanni - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB524714

The legend of a lost gold mine and a river in the Northwest Territories that lures men to their...

Nell and Fred - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB523058

Two charming old people consider the pros and cons of entering an old people's "home." Do old-age...

Never a Dull Moment - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB524892

Peter Jamieson, Edmonton's self-appointed "town crier," is an unlikely court jester to a western...

Pas de deux and the Dance of Time - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB527573

Ludmilla Chiriaeff, founder of Les Grands Ballets Canadiens, choreographed Norman McLaren's...

Portrait of the Artist--As an Old Lady - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB524259

Paraskeva Clark, artist, socialist, feminist, is her own woman at her own cost. This film is a...

Running Time - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB520980

This feature film is an exotic romp through the '60s in song and dance. A fantasy that pokes fun...

Second Début - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB525434

"Sophie, you can go home now and enjoy your old age," her boss announces as the confetti settles at...

Something to Celebrate - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB524282

Something to Celebrate sets out to prove that life doesn't necessarily slow down after the age of...

Steady as She Goes - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB520087

George Fulfit, retired, illustrates with humour and optimism the delicate craft of putting ships...

The Company of Strangers - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB519853

A bus breaks down in the wilderness. Eight elderly women, average age 71, are stranded at a...

The Dream and the Triumph - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB521336

A drama based on a short story by Ernest Buckler. A young man named Paul moves in with his...

The Last Days of Living - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB525621

A film about the Palliative Care Unit of the Royal Victoria Hospital in Montréal. An...

The Man Who Can't Stop - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB527676

This is the story of a retired Australian businessman with a single-minded mission: to save the...

The Man Who Digs for Fish - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB524592

Frank Jenkinson, eighty-two, has been digging for fish for twenty-five years. His unorthodox...

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