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A Case of Eggs: Episode 1 - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB522255

Enter the characters of this fast-moving spoof: Bruno, the moonlighter who despairs over his...

A Case of Eggs: Episode 2 - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB526852

The plot thickens. Patients are mysteriously disappearing from St. Mary's Hospital. Frances trails...

A Case of Eggs: Episode 3 - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB525961

An inspector from the Federal Bureau of Standards accuses Frances of selling substandard eggs...

A Case of Eggs: Episode 4 - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB525037

The eggs are finally recovered. Dr. Morrow and Frances decide to marry because "a wife can't...

A Tall Man Executes a Jig by Irving Layton - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB523829

A fascinating "conversation" with Canadian poet Irving Layton, who shares how the poem by which he...

A Wake for Milton - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB525704

Canadian poet, Milton Acorn, is remembered with feeling and eloquence in this tribute that takes...

A Writer in the Nuclear Age: A Conversation with Margaret...

National Film Board Of Canada NFB528654

In this short film, internationally acclaimed author Margaret Laurence passionately addresses...

Al Purdy: "A Sensitive Man" - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB526783

This film profiling Canadian poet Al Purdy illuminates an artist who is seemingly artless. An...

Alden Nowlan: An Introduction - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB527147

Alden Nowlan survived rural poverty to become the winner of Canada's 1967 Governor General's Award...

Alias Will James - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB521700

From cattle rustler to ex-convict, and from novice writer to the toast of Hollywood, Will James...

Aloud - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB520653

Canadian poet Earle Birney indulges his love of trains in this performance of his sound poem To...

Autobiographical by A.M. Klein - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB520516

A poet's view of Montréal, as revealed in the rich imagery of his verse. From Klein's poetry this...

Breaking a Leg - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB527919

Director Robert Lepage has given us some of the most exciting Canadian theatre of the last...

Canada Vignettes: Melvin Arbuckle, Famous Canadian - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB522954

W.O. Mitchell recounts Newton's Law of Falling Backhouses, a story based on the youthful pranks of...

Canada Vignettes: The Novelist - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB525694

A vignette featuring Canadian novelist Margaret Laurence.

Christie Harris - Mousewoman and Porcupine Hunter - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB524575

Christie Harris introduces herself and talks of the West Coast Indigenous culture that she...

Duncan Campbell Scott: The Poet and the Indians - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB562054

Duncan Campbell Scott (1862-1947) is best known as one of Canada's prominent early literary...

Earle Birney: Portrait of a Poet - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB524014

Writer, scholar, activist, Earle Birney is revered as the grand old man of Canadian poetry. In this...

Eye Witness No. 68 - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB524367

Birth of a Book: A look at the Canadian literary field showing authors who have made the grade...

F.R. Scott: Rhyme and Reason - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB524518

This absorbing documentary looks at the multi-faceted career of F.R. Scott, a truly remarkable...

Fennario: His World On Stage - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB527193

A portrait of the man and his work, Fennario: His World on Stage examines the politically charged...

Floating on the Waves - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB527441

This is the story of an old house that is resuscitated and starts a brand new career...

From Far Away - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB522271

This touching story tells of Saoussan, a young girl struggling to adjust to a new world after being...

Has - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB528677

English grammar is not the most visual of subjects. However, this film, by the clever use of...

How Dinosaurs Learned to Fly - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB520255

The dinosaurs were headed for trouble. They ate nothing but junk food. They never brushed their...

In Search of Innocence - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB522074

A questioning filmmaker from Québec finds out how Vancouver's poets and painters look at life and...

Irving Layton: An Introduction - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB527245

Canadian poet Irving Layton has always masked himself in controversy. Here, in front of the camera...

Jack Hodgins' Island - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB524648

One of Canada's most exciting new literary talents, West Coast author Jack Hodgins talks about his...

Ladies and Gentlemen... Mr. Leonard Cohen - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB523516

Produced in 1965, this is an informal portrait of the Montreal poet, novelist and songwriter...

Margaret Atwood: Once in August - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB526000

Canadian author Margaret Atwood has achieved distinction internationally as both a poet and a...

Margaret Laurence, First Lady of Manawaka - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB526352

One of Canada's most celebrated authors, Margaret Laurence was born in a small Prairie town in...

Poen - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB526666

A prose poem read by Leonard Cohen from his novel Beautiful Losers to the accompaniment of diverse...

Poet: Irving Layton Observed - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB524613

Canadian poet Irving Layton has always masked himself in controversy. Here, in front of the camera...

Poets on Film No. 1 - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB520329

Animated interpretations of the poems Riverdale Lion by John Robert Colombo, A Kite Is a Victim by...

Poets on Film No. 2 - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB525912

Animated interpretations of the poems From the Hazel Bough by Earle Birney, Travellers Palm by P.K...

Poets on Film No. 3 - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB527944

Animated interpretations of the poems Perishing Bird by D.G. Jones, and Mon École by Sylvain...

Reading Alistair MacLeod - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB536293

Alistair MacLeod has been hailed internationally as a master of the short story, and his novel No...

Richard Rohmer and His Referendum - A View from Quebec - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB524816

Commander-in-chief of the Canadian Forces Reserve, Chancellor of the University of Windsor, lawyer...

Sequence and Story - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB527382

In this film a group of children manipulates reality using a series of photographs of their own...

Song of Eskasoni - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB522544

Eskasoni is the home of celebrated Mi’kmaq poet Rita Joe. This Cape Breton village is enjoying a...

Still Waters: The Poetry of P.K. Page - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB524910

Still Waters: The Poetry of P.K. Page encapsulates the varied life of a Canadian woman who has...

The Author of These Words: Harold Horwood - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB528257

Newfoundland writer Harold Horwood has been called many things, but his own opinion of himself is...

The Heatwave Lasted Four Days - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB519938

A few meters of film, the tempting lure of several thousand dollars, and a television-news...

The Invasion (1775-1975) - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB527531

In 1975, as a Bicentennial special, one thousand American history buffs put on period uniforms and...

The Pinnacle and the Poet - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB528814

The Pinnacle and the Poet tells the story of a passionate seven-year struggle to save a mountain...

The Scholar in Society: Northrop Frye in Conversation - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB524637

This film interview affords a glimpse of a bold and learned mind illuminating important social...

Timothy Findley: Anatomy of a Writer - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB520658

In this wryly intimate film, Timothy Findley, an actor who became one of Canada's finest novelists...

View from the Typewriter - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB528436

Through selections from the works of ten of Canada's finest writers, the nation's cultures, peoples...

Volcano: An Inquiry into the Life and Death of Malcolm Lowry -...

National Film Board Of Canada NFB521798

Author of one of the major novels of the century, Under the Volcano, Malcolm Lowry fought a winning...

Where Is Here? - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB525120

A behind-the-scenes look at the making of the 100th anniversary issue of Saturday Night magazine...

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