2000-131, 22 minutes, 2022 Spirit Bear is off on another adventure! Follow him as he learns about traditional knowledge and Residential Schools from Uncle Huckleberry and his friend, Lak’insxw, before heading to Algonquin territory, where children teach him about Shannen’s Dream. Spirit Bear and his new friends won’t stop until...
2000-130, 7 minutes, 2022 Teiota’sharià:kon – whose English name is Tommy – is a 7-yr old Kanien’kehá:ka boy from Kahnawà:ke, Quebec. Tommy, loves to play chess, is learning how to play piano, and wants to be an artist like his dad! His new ribbon shirt and breech cloth are special...
2000-129, 7 minutes, 2022 Keena is an 11-year-old Mohawk girl who lives in Kahnawà:ke, Quebec. Her brother Teho is a year younger than her, but when he had long hair everyone thought they were twins! In her room Keena shows us her soccer jersey and her ribbon dress. It’s her...
1700-31, 21 minutes, 2022 W5 investigates Canadian doctors performing the irreversible procedure of forced sterilizations on Indigenous women. Request
1400-47, 40 minutes NFB, 2002 When a pregnant woman drinks alcohol, she can do irreparable harm to her baby. This program explores the realities of living with FAS. And partial FAS, called FAE. The effects associated with FAS continue even when children become adults. Request
1900-48, 77 minutes McIntyre Media, 2020 Project Cold Days explores the lives of people surviving Ottawa’s streets in the cold. Shot over a period of four years during the freezing Ottawa winters, the film follows three main characters as they battle mental health, addictions and the elements. Each of them...
3600-66, 20 minutes McIntyre Media, 2016 Bystander intervention is a new and proven effective strategy to reduce incidents of bullying and other forms of violence and intimidation. The video first defines bystander intervention then models how it works by showing dramatizations of bullying which stop at critical points and ask...
100-118, 22 minutes McIntyre Media, 2021 Binge drinking is the most common, costly, and deadly pattern of excessive alcohol use. This program interviews two teenagers who are recovering binge drinkers. Each recounts the details of their drinking and the related dangers including blackouts, hospitalizations, memory loss, and impacts on relationships...
3300-21, 20 minutes McIntyre Media, 2013 In Children and Grief, ten brave children share their stories of losing a loved one. We hear about their grief and loss, how they are coping and healing. Their advice for other children who have lost a loved one is honest, sincere and heartfelt....
1700-30, 73 minutes, 2005 Life Inside Out is a vérité-style documentary that takes us inside the walls of Grand Valley Institution – one of five federal prisons for women in Canada. Here, most residents live in small houses they share with ten or more roommates, in an environment that is...
