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Amanda Parris is seated facing an off-screen interviewee. She is a Black woman with blond braided hair, and is wearing a dark blue collared shirt.

For the Culture Returns to Invite Audiences to Join the Conversation

by Pat Mullen
December 1, 2025
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For the Culture with Amanda Parris returns for a second season to explore a diversity of Black experiences through topics like dating and travel.

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A beige Land Rover sits in the distance in a barren mud-cracked field.

How The Art of Adventure Captures a Travel Bug that Spans Generations

by Jason Gorber
October 3, 2025
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An interview with The Art of Adventure director Alison Reid and stars Robert Bateman and Bristol Foster about their landmark expedition.

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Four children sit on the roof of a white camper van in a field. There is a rainbow behind them across a dark blue sky.

How Blink Shares a Family’s Quest to See the Wonders of the World

by Pat Mullen
October 2, 2024
Features/Interviews

An interview with Blink director Edmund Stenson about travelling the world with a family as parents prepare their kids for a life without sight.

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Now Streaming: My 2020 revives reflections on isolation, tourism and freedom

by Audrey Chan
April 11, 2023
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My 2020, directed by Sarah McNair-Landry and streaming at NFB.ca, offers a travelogue with breathtaking landscapes captured during the lockdown years.

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In Viaggio Review: Saint Rosi Performs a Miracle

by Marc Glassman
March 30, 2023
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In In Viaggio: The Travels of Pope Francis, Gianfranco Rosi follows the religious leader as he pontificates around the world.

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The Long Rider Review: Go Where Horses Roam

by Pat Mullen
March 26, 2022
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The Long Rider adapts Felipe Leite's memoir about his 10,000km trek on horseback from Calgary, Alberta to his birthplace of São Paulo, Brazil.

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Downfall: The Case Against Boeing Review – Crashes After Liftoff

by Jason Gorber
January 28, 2022
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Downfall: The Case Against Boeing is an economy class airplane meal version of a story worthy of fine dining.

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‘Nomad’ and a Wondering, Wandering Herzog

by Pat Mullen
December 18, 2019
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Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin (UK, 86 min.) Dir. Werner Herzog “The world reveals itself to those who travel on foot,” says Werner Herzog in Nomad. The indefatigably prophetic director quotes himself while

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