Heather Hatch confronts the devastating effects of the Site C dam in British Columbia's Peace River, and the consequences that First Nations communities in the region will suffer at the expense of
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Alanis Obomsawin's Honour to Senator Murray Sinclair salutes the man tasked with chairing the Truth and Reconciliation Committee, and shares his message of hope and peace.
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Terril Calder's Meneath: The Island of Hidden Ethics, now streaming from the NFB, is a darkly funny film about a baby Métis girl caught between a dance between Jesus's debilitating teachings and
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Obomsawin’s new doc Honour to Senator Murray Sinclair debuts at TIFF’s “Celebrating Alanis” retrospective.
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Leonard becomes one of the NFB's first Indigenous producers.
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The Mirror Mountain Film Festival, a new event based in Ottawa, showcases Indie, alternative and underground cinema, including some great short documentaries. The selected short docs explore such themes as family, belonging,
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Someone Like Me and One of Ours intimately confront identity and belonging.
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Further proof that Canadian arts can learn a lot from their Australian counterparts can be seen in Firestarter – The Story of Bangarra. This striking dance doc is a portrait of the
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Documentaries that take me far away from my familiar surroundings thrill me. They widen my world and show me things I didn’t think possible. I also appreciate stories about women that uncover
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Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers’ Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy weaves together a broad portrait of the impact of settler colonialism on Blackfoot people, through firsthand experiences of people with substance use disorder, and the
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