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Hotwalker - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB525641

Hotwalker is the story of a horse owner, an old horseman, and his young apprentice. The horseman...

How Death Came to Earth - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB528481

A legend from India, interpreted by a filmmaker from that country. It is a story of gods and men...

How We Kept Mother's Day - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB522857

When the celebration of Mother's Day was introduced around 1910, Stephen Leacock observed the...

I'm Your Man - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB528680

Set to Leonard Cohen's song I'm Your Man, this animated film offers a playful meditation on romance...

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...

Jack Kerouac's Road - A Franco-American Odyssey - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB548336

Part documentary, part drama, this film presents the life and work of Jack Kerouac, an American...

Jack of Hearts - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB524194

A drama based on a humorous short story by Isabel Huggan in which a thirteen-year-old girl is...

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...

Legend - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB523138

A beauty-and-the-beast tale, enhanced and embellished by the filmmaker's art. The screen becomes a...

Legends sxwexwxiy'am: The Story of Siwash Rock - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB522162

"It is said the proud Siwash Rock resembles a certain young warrior of long, long ago... a brave...

Léonard Forest, Film Maker and Poet - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB543573

In Léonard Forest, cinéaste et poète, a French-speaking pioneer of Canadian cinema talks about...

Lights for Gita - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB526472

Eight-year-old Gita can't wait to celebrate Divali, the Hindu festival of lights, in her new home...

Little Red Riding Hood - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB526054

All the old delight, innocence and anticipation are still here in this telling of a children's...

Living on the Edge, the Poetic Works of Gérald Leblanc - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB544555

L'extrême frontière, a documentary by Rodrigue Jean (Full Blast, Yellowknife), celebrates Acadian...

Lucretia - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB524744

In an animated film sprinkled with magic and stardust, an impish little girl from Hades turns...

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...

Mario - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB525010

Set in the picturesque Magdalen Islands of Québec, Mario is a story of complicity between a...

Mary of Mile 18 - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB522687

An animated story about a farm girl whose father will not allow her to keep a stray puppy until an...

Medoonak the Stormmaker - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB526996

A Mi’kmaq legend, colourfully interpreted in mime, dance and narration by elaborately garbed and...

Memories of Earth - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB521108

Set against the unforgettable beauty of Haida Gwaii (formerly known as the Queen Charlotte...

Morning on the Lièvre - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB526163

Poet Archibald Lampman describes in verse the dazzling beauty of Québec's Lièvre River as it...

Mortimer Griffin and Shalinsky - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB523960

Shalinsky, an eccentric Jewish intellectual, believes that Mortimer, a college lecturer, is...

Mr. Bear's Song - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB524566

This charming video reveals the story behind the creation of a unique children's book. Follow Fiona...

Mr. Symbol Man - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB526446

"Blissymbols" are giving children without speech a joyous new means of communication. This film...

My Financial Career - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB525513

An animated cartoon film from Stephen Leacock's witty account of a young man's first brush with...

My Macondo - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB519890

Inspired by the people and landscape of Colombia's Banana Zone, Nobel Prize-winning author Gabriel...

Negotiating a New Canadian Constitution - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB520864

A visually fascinating and mildly ironic look at the Canadian people, this three-minute film is an...

No Fish Where to Go - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB565365

“Our planet—inhabited by people with different languages and customs.”   A friendship...

O Louisiana! - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB537629

In early December 2001, a Montreal filmmaker heads to Louisiana to screen her adaptation of a novel...

One's a Heifer - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB522173

One's a Heifer revolves around 13-year-old Peter and his attempts to recapture two calves that...

Paddle to the Sea - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB523545

For all children and those adults for whom the romance of journeying is still strong. This great...

Painted Tales - Almond Blossoms - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB550075

Vincent van Gogh is arguably the most recognized artist in the world. While his lonely, turbulent...

Painted Tales - In Winter Still - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB550078

Monet spent some of his most prolific years painting at his home in Giverny, surrounded by his...

Pies - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB522732

Based on a short story by Canadian author Wilma Riley, this animation film is about ethnic...

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...

Princes in Exile - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB521933

Based on the novel by Mark Schreiber, this dramatic feature follows the poignant, often humorous...

Raven's Feather Dance - A Creation Legend - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB524153

When humankind is wiped out by a cosmic disaster, Raven sets out to right this wrong by finding out...

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...

Red Shoes - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB528497

A story of the indomitable hope of children amidst the chaos and cruelty of adult life. A drama...

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...

Roch Carrier - Storyteller Supreme - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB524864

This profile of Québec author Roch Carrier follows him from a lively English classroom to his...

Roses Sing on New Snow - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB522801

Maylin cooks mouth-watering meals at her father's restaurant in Chinatown, but her father and...

Salmon People - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB521626

The legendary relationship between the West Coast Indigenous Peoples and the salmon, once their...

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