2000-139, 719:25 minutes, 2023 The largest collection of her films on DVD to date, works selected for Alanis Obomsawin: A Legacy span five decades of socially engaged cinema, from her very first film at the NFB, 1971’s Christmas at Moose Factory, to four new works making their debut in this...
2000-138, 15 minutes, 2006 This educational drama about how HIV/AIDS affects women and girls around the world brings together women from the four directions of the earth to tell their stories in the form of a talk radio discussion. The women talk about the ignorance, silence, shame, exploitation and violence...
100-119, 19 minutes McIntyre Media, 2023 This 2023 update of Fentanyl: The Deadliest Opioid (recommended by School Library Journal and by Video Librarian) provides the latest information on the fentanyl epidemic and spiking fentanyl overdose deaths in teens. Request
2000-132, 101 minutes, 2018 Rustic Oracle is a powerful, urgent look at the impact of Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women and Girls through the prism of one small tight-knit family. It’s sad that mothers must address this with their young daughters and help them protect themselves Set in the late...
2000-137, 45 minutes, 2021 My “Indian” Name is a documentary that takes a look at how having their traditional names stripped away from them has impacted Indigenous peoples. Residential schools aimed to “obliterate Indigenous cultures, languages, and beliefs”, and students were identified by a number instead of by their traditional...
2000-136, 45 minutes, 2018 The final episode of 1491: The Untold Story of the Americas Before Columbus looks at stewardship of Indigenous history in the 21st century. The episode will explore Indigenous perspectives on cultural material repatriation, language preservation, traditional knowledge and archaeology. Request
2000-135, 6 minutes, 2018 Raised in the remote fly-in community of Wapekeka, Miranda faces the same daunting challenge as many First Nations youth: there’s no high school on reserve. To continue the education most Canadians take for granted, the 14-year-old must leave the only home she has ever known and...
2000-134, 36 minutes, 1969 Released in 1969, this short documentary was one of the most influential and widely distributed productions made by the Indian Film Crew (IFC), the first all-Indigenous unit at the NFB. It documents a 1969 protest by the Kanien’kéhaka (Mohawk) of Akwesasne, a territory that straddles the...
2000-133, 71 minutes, 2021 Directed by Secwépemc filmmaker Sean Stiller, ‘Returning Home’ follows Orange Shirt Day founder Phyllis Jack-Webstad on a cathartic cross-Canada educational tour as her own family struggles to heal from multigenerational trauma. Amid a global pandemic and the lowest salmon run in Canadian history, ‘Returning Home’ explores...
3400-21, 17 minutes, 2023 In this poignant 18-minute documentary, viewers are taken on a journey into the dark history of the Isle a la Cross Residential School in northern Saskatchewan. This institution was part of the Canadian government’s policy of forced assimilation of Indigenous children. Survivors of the school bravely...
