A Drummer’s Dream
85 mins, 2010
Seven world-renowned drummers gather in Ontario’s countryside for a once-in-a-lifetime drum camp to swap road stories, share philosophies and make soul, jazz, rock and soca music that will lift your spirit with pure joy.
Arctic Defenders
90 mins, 2013
A radical political movement in the 1970’s lead to the largest land claim in western civilization, orchestrated by young visionary Inuit with a dream – the governance of their territory – the creation of Nunavut. The film reveals Canada’s misguided attempts at sovereignty in the north and finds hope and inspiration from determined people who changed the rules of the game.
The Fairy Faith
77 mins, 2000
Transforming the mundane into the magical, this stunning cinematic journey into Celtic myth—with its age-old beliefs in fairies, sacred places and otherworldly powers—argues for an intermediary space between the physical world and the imagination.
Men of the Deeps
53 mins, 2003
As the last coal mine in Cape Breton closes, a world-renowned choir of miners takes us deep underground and into their lives with powerful and uplifting songs that honour their traditions and history.
Québec My Country Mon Pays
89 mins, 2016
The aftermath of Quebec’s Quiet Revolution in the 1960s unleashed dramatic cultural and political changes that led to the separatist movement, the FLQ terrorist crisis and ultimately, the exodus of more than 500,000 English-speaking Quebecers. Montreal-born filmmaker John Walker reveals his own complicated relationship with the province in a film brimming with love and longing.
Passage
108 mins, 2008
Cannibalism. False heroes. Racism. An epic multiple award winner, Passage challenges British imperial history surrounding the Franklin Expedition, unearthing alternative histories from Inuit statesman Tagak Curley, author Ken McGoogan and Charles Dickens’s great-grandson.
Strand: Under the Dark Cloth
81 mins, 1989
A defining master of American photography, Paul Strand’s life and work is lovingly constructed through his photographs, scenes from his early documentaries, and interviews with contemporaries Georgia O’Keeffe, Fred Zinnemann, Leo Hurwitz and others.