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CATALOGUE
Autumn | 2011
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ABOUT US
Moving Images Distribution is marking its 32nd year
of providing access to quality Canadian independent
film and video productions. Many of the works in this
catalogue have won awards. Many of them inspire
creativity, provoke thought and encourage discussion,
relevant for use both in education and an arts milieu.
Please visit our new online catalogue at
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in distribution, with indexing by title, director and
subject. We can also privide files for digital preview
upon request.
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the Arts (Media Arts Section and Office of Audience
and Market Development) and from The British
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ABOUT THIS CATALOGUE
The films in this catalogue are what we’ve selected to present for viewing at the autumn showcases
in Alberta or Ontario. We’ve grouped titles in the catalogue in sections and sub-section encompassing
areas where the works would find the most use in an educational context. These are listed in the Table
of Contents; but since many of the films have multiple areas of use and cross curriculum, please observe
the “See also” notations at the end of sections or sub-sections. Where the “See also” notations include
titles that appear in the New Releases Supplement, the page number is designated by the notation
NRS. A Title Index at the back will help you find specific films quickly.
Everything in the catalogue is available in DVD format. Prices shown here include public performance
rights for circulating use in school districts, colleges and universities.
Please inquire about other pricing levels for the following: rental for presentation in front of an
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Cover Images
Top: ...And This Is My Garden, p. 20
Middle (L-R): Travelling Medicine Show, p. 23; SAMAQAN: Water Stories, p. 28; Cry Rock, p. 29
Bottom: growing up among strangers, p. 34
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CONTENTS
Animation........................................................................................4
Arts.................................................................................................7
Cinema Studies........................................................................7
Dance.......................................................................................11
Music & Performance..............................................................11
Theatre....................................................................................13
Visual Arts................................................................................13
Education.........................................................................................20
English Language Arts & Media Literacy.......................................22
English Literature & Philosophy.....................................................24
Environmental Studies & Geography.............................................26
Agriculture & Sustainability...................................................26
Forestry....................................................................................26
Urban Planning.......................................................................27
Water.......................................................................................28
First Nations & Indigenous People.................................................29
Guidance & Values..........................................................................33
Bullying....................................................................................33
Careers.....................................................................................33
Cultural Diversity.....................................................................33
Ethics........................................................................................35
Family Relationships...............................................................36
Health Sciences & Social Work.......................................................37
Addiction.................................................................................37
Disability..................................................................................37
Eating Disorders......................................................................38
Healing & Mental Health........................................................38
Homelessness...........................................................................40
Hospice Care............................................................................40
Medicine..................................................................................41
Sexual Assault..........................................................................42
Youth Violence........................................................................42
History..............................................................................................43
Holocaust.................................................................................43
North American history..........................................................43
Internment..............................................................................45
War history..............................................................................46
Social Sciences.................................................................................47
Gender & Sexuality.................................................................47
Globalization...........................................................................48
Human Rights & International Relations...............................48
International Development....................................................49
Women’s Studies.............................................................................50
Title Index........................................................................................52
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FALL 2011
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ANIMATION
Amma
Brücke
A lovingly hand-drawn animation of a young
girl’s life and her magical connection to her
grandmother.
The life of a First World War veteran and the
climate of a forgotten time are poetically
showcased in Brücke. His quest to find where he
once felt whole through his passion leads him
to forge far depths on his own terms. This film
was inspired by the Verism artistic movement of
Germany in the 1920s.
6:00 • 2008 • $150
Aparna Kapur
The Art of Drowning
2:00 • 2009 •
• $140
Diego MacLean
Talented animation from Diego MacLean meets
the poetic talent of American poet Billy Collins to
ponder the possibilities of those last few moments
of life. The film is a visual interpretation of
the poem by Billy Collins. Diego MacLean is a
graduate of Emily Carr University of Art + Design.
Billy Collins is a distinguished professor at Lehman
College and the City University of New York and
was named U.S. Poet Laureate from 2001 to 2003.
Basic Space
3:00 • 2011 • $120
Carrie Mombourquette
Basic Space explores the reality of sharing a small
apartment with a less-than-ideal roommate.
Traditional techniques merge with digital
technology in this papercraft animation. Stopmotion techniques with paper models and puppets
were painstakingly photographed, printed and cut
out to create a tactile work employing a mixture of
live-action and animation.
4:00 • 2011 • $120
Kristen Turcotte
A Case of Rape
3:30 • 2009 • $120
Jonathan Amitay
Coloured sand is used in stop-motion animation
to interpret the variety of emotions stemming
from a story of sexual assault that was told to the
animator by a friend.
¡Císcalo císcalo diablo panzón!
5:30 • 2006 • $150
Amanda Wallace/Antonio Cerdán
Studio Kinétika
With music and no dialogue, this chalk pastel
animation brings to life a traditional Mexican
Holy Week celebration. An old artisan readies the
main attraction, and soon his fireworks explode
in the night sky. No one could be happier than
the artisan himself until his final creation, a great
papier-mâché devil, refuses to be lit. This fanciful
animation emphasizes the imagination and
ingenuity behind an age-old festivity.
Dancing with Northern Lights
2:30 • 2009 • $120
Jonathan Amitay
Traditional dances of Canada’s First Nations
people and the wondrous spectacle of northern
lights are the inspiration for this coloured sand
stop-motion animation by one of Canada’s most
gifted animators.
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ANIMATION
Dinner Parade
Nature on its Course
Dinner Parade is an animated narrative that takes
the viewer through fluid metaphors portraying
consumption, both as the theme and protagonist.
Although consumption is an abstract concept,
the characters embody this concept by devouring
or consuming different scenarios, spanning
from Darwinism and survival of the fittest to
interrelationships and corporate hierarchies.
Nature on its Course is a short mixed-media
animation about a careless hunter who takes more
than he needs. It’s a reminder to viewers to respect
their environment and not to underestimate the
forces of nature.
2:30 • 2009 • $120
Gillian Cole
For You, My People
4:30 • 2007 • $150
Jose Pablo Gonzalez
Senator Salvador Barrera believes he is a man of the
people, a politician favoured by everyone. But one
day, his apparent compassionate public persona has
to confront his false promises through a series of
flashbacks into the populace’s miserable lives.
John’s Untilted Clock
4:00 • 2007 • $130
Mi-Hyang (Shine) Park
Using pencil on paper and 2-D computer animation,
Shine Park creates a surrealistic depiction of how
one’s character is influenced by interactions with
others.
Key Tumi?
7:00 • 2008 • $150
Kunal Sen
Caramel custard, ping pong and potty all play an
important role in this charming animation about a
young Indian boy exploring where he came from as
he prepares for the performance of a lifetime. In his
film, Key Tumi?, Kunal Sen creates a modern idiom for
the contemporary Indian family. This playful story has
its roots in actual events, spanning 40 years and two
generations.
2:30 • 2009 • $120
Su-An Ng
Nothing Like Her
8:00 • 2009 • $150
Seana Kozar
Single Handed Films
English and French subtitles available
3-D animation, stop motion and digital painton-glass techniques are combined in this short
film-within-a-film about how a disabled animator’s
understanding of her life and work changes after
she suffers a miscarriage.
Peter & the Space Between
4:00 • 2011 •
Sitji Chou
• $120
It is difficult for Peter to create human
connections with others. He has rationalized this
through distorted scientific logic and because
of this, ironically alienates those around him
in the process. This animated short is about
the difficulties of communication, its effect
on relationships, and how one’s internal can
become distorted. Much of the animation was in
PhotoShop with the lasso tool and composited in
After Effects. The stop-motion clouds are made of
cotton and composited in, and the rock is made of
drawn textures that were scanned in and masked.
Emily Carr University of Art + Design: President’s Award 2011
Labyrinth
8:30 • 2008 • $190
Patrick Jenkins
Night-time at a detective agency: a knock at the
door, a mysterious stranger, an enigmatic locket, two
shadowy figures and beings from the afterlife—this
paint-on-glass animation by Patrick J enkins weaves
a spellbinding exploration of the fantastic that is
reminiscent of the writing of Argentine writer Jorge
Luis Borges.
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ANIMATION
Ray Condo’s Crazy Mixed Up World
4:00 • 2010 • $150
Deb Dawson
This charming and lively animation by Vancouver
artist Deb Dawson pays tribute to the genius of
the late Canadian musician commonly known as
Ray Condo (1950-2004). Born as Ray Tremblay, he
grew up in Ottawa and worked as a visual artist
before moving to music, playing with the bands
the Hardrock Goners in Montreal and, later, the
Ricochets in Vancouver. With a style of music that
embraced jazz, roots, country and western swing,
Ray Condo developed a strong following of fans in
North America and Europe.
Remnants
2:00 • 2011 • $120
Sarah OuYang
In a dark, baroque-inspired mansion lined with
extravagant and bizzare ornaments, a young girl
succumbs to the allure of embellished beauty and
heedlessly reconstructs herself into a human doll.
Remnants was made using traditional animation
methods with both hand-drawn frames and
digitally-composed colours and textures.
Stillwaters
“What Are You Anyways?”
11:00 • 2005 • $150
Jeff Chiba Stearns/Ruth Vincent
meditating bunny studio
Jeff Chiba Stearns explores his cultural
backgrounds growing up a mix of Japanese and
Caucasian in the small Canadian city of Kelowna,
B.C. This short, classically animated film looks at
particular periods in Jeff’s life where he battled
with finding an identity as a half-minority—from
his childhood origins to the epic showdown
against the monster truck-drivin’ redneck crew.
It is a humourous yet serious story of struggle
and love and finding one’s identity through
the trials and tribulations of growing up.
Yellow Sticky Notes
6:00 • 2007 • $120
Jeff Chiba Stearns
meditating bunny studio
Blinded by overwhelming “to do” lists, a manic
animator re-examines his life by drawing on over
2300 4x6-inch yellow sticky notes with only a black
ink pen—a small internal reflection on his role as
an artist manifests into a discussion about major
political and environmental crises all told through
the medium that once threatened to consume him.
3:40 • 2007 • $130
Andrew Ford
In this computer animation, a bird-napping
competitor learns the hard way that his elderly
victim does more with his time than just feed
his animals.
Tree for Two
6:30 • 2006 • $150
Joel Furtado
A quick-tempered witch moves into her new
treetop home, only to find its lush setting a little
too cheerful for her liking. While she makes a
day of scorching her surroundings, her dejected
dog explores the nearby wood and encounters
the more likable magic of an elderly neighbour.
That night a battle ensues as the old man tries to
undo the witch’s destruction. This fantastical film
combines 2-D and state-of-the-art 3-D animation.
See also:
12 TAKES.......................................................................................... 13
Cry Rock........................................................................................... 29
Oh Me 2: a case of BiPolar DisOrder.............................................. 39
One Big Hapa Family....................................................................... 34
Best Animated Production, Best 3-D Animation, Best Character
Design, Canadian Awards for the Electronic and Animated Arts
(Student Category); Grand Prize Winner, Reveal ’06 – Canadian 3D
Animation Showdown; 2006 Digital Art Awards, Keio Research
Institute (Tokyo) – Grand Prize, Cinema category.
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ARTS
Cinema Studies • Dance • Music & Performance • Theatre • Visual Arts
CINEMA STUDIES
Apart
7:30 • 2009 • $150
Richard Martin
Avant-garde filmmaker Richard Martin creates an
atmospheric meditation, a cinematic poem on rain.
Views of Vancouver, seen through tracks of rain on
glass, combined with a powerful yet subtle sound
design, create an experience that is both soothing
and unsettling.
Brain Clever
4:30 • 2009 • $150
Lulu Keating
Red Snapper Films
China is the largest manufacturer in the world, and
English translations of Chinese instructions often
say more about the culture than they do about the
product. This is evident with the “Hand-Pressing
Flashlight,” a practical flashlight that requires
no batteries. The instructions, titled “Product
Characteristics,” offer more than any tool can
deliver.
Filmmaker Lulu Keating brings these instructions to
life, creating a land of extremes, in which Industrial
Man travels from winter to meet Environment
Woman in the glory of summer. The two opposites
collide in a perfect union, brought together by the
innocuous “Hand-Pressing Flashlight.”
Dawson Town Melted Down
6:00 • 2007 • $100
Lulu Keating
Red Snapper Films
“1,300 people, 2,000 dogs. Why did you move
to Dawson City, Yukon?” Lulu Keating seeks to
answer that by creating this playful portrait of her
new hometown. Just what is real in this frontier
town? Certainly not the buildings with their
false fronts, claiming to be what they aren’t. Kim
Beggs’ song describes this spiritual place where
the narrator’s heart, “a frost-heaved ground” is
melted down. Most of the film was shot on 16mm
high-contrast negative film with a Bolex wind-up
camera and hand-processed.
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Dog=God
4:00 • 2009 • $160
Karen Hines/Lulu Keating
A girl loves dogs. She wants to be one. Shot on
location in Dawson City and on Manitoulin Island,
Dog=God is an experimental, musical, ecstatic ode
to dogs and those who both master and worship
them. Filmed on Super 8, it began as an experiment
in creative geography woven together with the
yearning melodies of acclaimed Yukon singer/
songwriter Kim Beggs.
The Films of Frank Cole
2010 • $250
Francis Miquet
Necessary Illusions Productions
Frank Cole (1954-2000) was an award-winning
Canadian documentary filmmaker who became
the first North American to cross the Sahara Desert
alone on camel from the Atlantic Ocean to the
Red Sea, earning him a place in the Guinness Book
of World Records. His documentary Life Without
Death chronicled this 1990 solo crossing and won
him several prestigious awards as well as being
released theatrically in Paris. In 2000, Cole returned
to cross the Sahara again, and was found in
October, murdered by bandits outside Timbuktu.
Frank’s editor and colleague, Francis Miquet of
Necessary Illusions Productions, has created a
tribute to Frank Cole and his work in this DVD.
It includes Frank’s two feature documentaries:
Life Without Death (83:00, 2000) and A Life
(75:00, 1987), along with two short works, The
Mountenays (22:00, 1982) and A Documentary
(12:00, 1979). A ten-page booklet of personal
recollections of Frank Cole, written by his long-time
friend Francis Miquet, is included with the DVD.
FALL 2011
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ARTS
Forever Independent:
Films by Lulu Keating
52:00 • 2007 • $395
Lulu Keating
Red Snapper Films
One of Canada’s most prolific and dynamic
filmmakers serves up a potpourri of short films
she made between 1980 and 2005. Her personal
narratives are creative yet accessible, filled with
insight and humour and employing a variety of
techniques including animation, hand-processing
and optical printing. The director is an instructor
as well as a filmmaker, and in an extras section, she
shares what was learned in making each film with
comments that are informative, encouraging and
inspiring.
This compilation includes: Lulu’s Back in Town (2:00),
The Jabberwock (3:00), Funny Things People Can do
to Themselves (5:00), City Survival (25:00), Ladies in
Waiting (9:00), All Things Nice (4:30) and Inside Out
(3:45)
Her Man Plan
5:00 • 2010 • $150
Lulu Keating
Stephanie always knew the time would come when
she would need a man to father her children. From
her isolated northern cabin in the Yukon, she hitches
up her dog team to fetch her man of choice. But on
the frozen Yukon River, she is ambushed by the man
who has chosen her.
Johnny Tootall
93:00 • 2005 •
• $275
Shirley Cheechoo/Danielle Prohom Olson
In this feature drama, Johnny Tootall, a soldier
discharged from the Bosnian War, is haunted by
the murder of a young boy. He also carries other
demons—leaving the love of his life, the death of his
father and his departure from destiny as Chief of his
Band. Upon his return home, Johnny is greeted by a
new war—his estranged brother is leading a revolt
to save their sacred land. The dilemma for Johnny is
whether to fight to save his people or concentrate
on saving himself. His journey guides him to realize
that they are the same.
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Moving Images Distribution Mahjong & Chicken Feet
47:00 • 2008 • $350
Jacqueline Levitin
Soleil Films
A group of men in a variety store in Harbin, China
candidly discuss a foreigner with a camera amongst
them, assuming she doesn’t understand Chinese
and forgetting that her camera is recording.
Later in Kaifeng, miles to the south, the woman
noses her camera into people’s homes, searching
for traces of the city’s 1,000-year-old Jewish
settlement, while her guide attempts to render her
questions polite in translation.
The woman is Jacqueline Levitin, filmmaker and
professor in Film and Women’s Studies at Simon
Fraser University. Her parents and grandparents
emigrated to America from Harbin, Manchuria,
and she returned to China to seek out traces of her
family’s past. Out of reach of the Tsar’s pogroms,
the vibrant Russian Jewish Community they
belonged to also thrived in Manchuria. A cultured,
European-leaning community, these 20th century
Jews were unaware of another Chinese Jewish
community that long preceded them—the 1,000year-old community of Kaifeng in the heart of
ancient imperial China.
“The spontaneity of Levitin’s camerawork draws the viewer
headlong into the world of the film, revealing the mindset of a
people normally inscrutable to westerners. Mahjong & Chicken
Feet leaves one feeling one has truly been somewhere, seeing
and hearing remarkable human stories.”
– Caroline Leaf, Academy Award nominated filmmaker
Overview
9:00 • 2011 • $160
Richard Martin
A fixed camera observes the city from the
perspective of a mysterious time and place.
Through translucent glass bricks, it observes
the movements of the city—people walking
and shifting patterns of light. The emotive and
effective use of sound in this work creates a
potent and evocative exploration of memory and
the subconscious. The sounds of children at play
echo from afar as horses on cobblestone echo
from another era. The sounds merge with a piano
score as pedestrians and machinery add their
own chorus, subsiding to syncopation of rain and
thunder—all to create a kaleidoscopic experience
of a city from beneath.
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ARTS
SAVAGE
6:00 • 2009 • $170
Lisa Jackson/Lauren Grant/Lori Lozinski
Clique Pictures
This award-winning short drama, directed by
Lisa Jackson, comes out of a project called “The
Embargo Collective,” a project of Toronto’s
imagineNATIVE Festival. A group of seven
international Indigenous filmmakers interested in
collaboration and open to artistic challenge were
brought together and asked to construct a set of
obstructions that would encourage each of them
to push their creative boundaries in making a
short film. Two common principles prevailed: the
theme was patience, and the films were to contain
no spoken English. Documentary filmmaker Lisa
Jackson was asked to create a musical that would
include heavy metal, set decoration, and include
both actors and non-actors. SAVAGE is the result.
It’s late summer in the 1950s, and a young Native
girl is on her way to residential school. A Cree
woman in her kitchen sings a lullaby in her native
language. When the girl arrives at her destination,
she undergoes a transformation that turns the
woman’s gentle voice into a howl of anger and
pain. Once installed in the residential school, life is
stern and there aren’t many chances to be a kid…
except when no one is watching.
“Co-opting the denigrating term ‘savage’ for the title, Lisa
Jackson turns the tables on the language of colonization and
captures our attention. Meeting creative challenges posed
in a powerful way and then dubbing the resulting film as ‘a
residential school musical,’ turns our heads again. Without
trivializing a dark part of Canada’s history, SAVAGE invites the
viewer to reconsider residential schools in a way that pushes the
boundaries of thought. While exploring creative perimeters,
the film muses on the capacity of children to harness the
power of imagination as shelter from the most unpleasant of
circumstances.”
- Sylvia Jonescu Lisitza
Awards: 2011 Genie Award for Best Live Action Short Drama;
2010 Yorkton International Short Film Festival: Golden Sheaf
Award for Best Multicultural Film; 2010 Leo Awards: Best Actress
(Skeena Reece) and Best Editing (Hart Snider and Brendan
Woollard).
Storytellers in motion:
Series One, Two & Three
Jeff Bear/Marianne Jones/Kristy Assu
Storytelling is a cultural cornerstone for Indigenous
people around the world. Three series celebrate
the achievements of Indigenous storytellers as they
consider their place in mainstream culture. Most
are Canadian, and they range in age from their 20s
to 70s. They work in a range of media that includes
photography, screenwriting, directing, acting,
producing, print journalism, broadcast, network
news, documentary filmmaking and video art. Two
longer episodes move beyond Canada to celebrate
the works of Indigenous filmmakers in the Pacific
(Hawaii) and New Zealand and introduces the
concept of “fourth cinema.”
Please see our Storytellers in motion series
brochures for descriptions of each episode.
SERIES ONE
Series price: $1800 (12 DVDs)
Single episode prices as listed below
The Indigenous Voice
24:00 • $175
Out of the Shadow: Christine Welsh
24:00 • $175
Hunkpapa Woman: Dana Claxton
24:00 • $175
Culture Shock in Alert Bay: Barb Cranmer
24:00 • $175
Finding My Talk: Paul Rickard
24:00 • $175
Town Crier: Jim Compton
24:00 • $175
The Syilx Voice: Tracey Jack
24:00 • $175
Mr. Tapwe: Doug Cuthand
24:00 • $175
From the Edge: Gil Cardinal
24:00 • $175
Our First Lady of Cinema: Alanis Obomsawin
24:00 • $175
Lights, Camera and Action: Tantoo Cardinal
24:00 • $175
The Maori Voice (Pts 1 & 2)
48:00 • $275
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ARTS
SERIES TWO
The Intrepid Native Reporter: Duncan McCue
24:00 • $175
Mi’kmaq Storyteller: Catherine Martin
24:00 • $175
Spirit Catcher: Bert Crowfoot
24:00 • $175
Danis Goulet
24:00 • $175
Jesse Green
24:00 • $175
Zoe Ballentyne
24:00 • $175
Laura Milliken
24:00 • $175
From the Trapline: Shirley Cheechoo
24:00 • $175
Barry Barclay 1944-2008:
A Requiem Pts 1 & 2
48:00 • $275
Haisla Anchor: Carla Robinson
24:00 • $175
The Indigenous Voice, Pt 3
24:00 • $175
Kibitzing with Podemski: Jennifer Podemski
24:00 • $175
It’s a Spiritual Thing: Rodger Ross
24:00 • $175
The Entrepreneur: Brenda Chambers
24:00 • $175
Modern Indigenous Aboriginal Native
Indian Type Dude: Jordan Wheeler
24:00 • $175
Starting Out: Lisa Jackson
24:00 • $175
Reflections: Bak Wo Son–Reflections:
Jeff Bear Pts 1 & 2
48:00 • $275
The Indigenous Voice, Pt 2
24:00 • $175
Street of Dreams
6:00 • 2010 • $150
Peter Sandmark
Street of Dreams is an abstract expressionist
homage to a romantic vision of Montreal in the
‘50s, set to the music of jazz saxophone legend
Charlie Parker. Superimposed nighttime footage
of the city’s legendary street, rue Saint-Cathérine,
creates an illusory space of floating lights. Neon
signs and taillights swirl into abstractions of colour,
light liquid paint floating on jazz.
See also:
Call It a Day...................................................................................... 22
Down Here....................................................................................... 40
firebear called them faith healers…
an aboriginal story............................................................. 22 & 30
Lest We Forget................................................................................ 48
SERIES THREE
On a Moving Path........................................................................... 50
Out In The Cold............................................................................... 23
The imagineNATIVE
24:00 • $175
Dennis Jackson & Melanie Jackson
24:00 • $175
Regarding Vancouver..................................................................... 27
Shi-shi-etko...................................................................................... 32
“a spiritual land claim”................................................................... 32
Tending Toward Silence.................................................................. 23
Travelling Medicine Show............................................................... 23
Your Mother Should Know............................................................. 36
Tracey Deer
24:00 • $175
Gail Maurice
24:00 • $175
Joseph Lazare
24:00 • $175
Thirza Cuthand
24:00 • $175
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ARTS
DANCE
Music & performance
Aboard the Pater Noster
Appassionata: The Extraordinary Life
and Music of Sonia Eckhardt-Gramatté
17:30 • 2008 • $180
Daniel Conrad
Rhodopsin Productions
Internationally-acclaimed choreographer Aszure
Barton collaborates with filmmaker Daniel Conrad
to portray a little tribe of humans trying to make
sense of their dehumanized lives as they pass
through the city of Prague. In the beginning,
the dancers ride on a “pater noster,” a cyclical,
continuous elevator in which multiple doorless cars
are strung along cables like beads on a rosary. They
then board a streetcar cycling in an endless loop,
and react to the car’s wild movement and the city’s
unpredictable natural light as the streetcar lurches
through traffic. Aboard the Pater Noster expands
our vision through themes of circularity, the
craving for human contact and the sense of being
simultaneously alone and together.
A Cup of Wine: 5 Poems from
the Tang & Song Dynasties
6:30 • 2010 • $150
Daniel Conrad
Rhodopsin Productions
Choreographed for the camera by Wen Wei Wang
and directed by Daniel Conrad, this film is inspired
by poetry from the Chinese Tang & Song Dynasties
(960-1280 A.D.). Daniel and Wen Wei interpret
and savour the images found in the poems, which
reflect Buddhist ideas of perception and illusion,
the Taoist love of nature and human sentiment in
relationship to nature. Dancers seem suspended
and float through the air. Many of the images are
superimposed. The result is an exquisite dance
work that offers new ways of seeing through reimagining old ways of looking.
94:00 • 2006 •
• $275
Paula Kelley
Buffalo Gal Pictures
Appassionata is a journey into the passion of
Sophie-Carmen (Sonia) Eckhardt-Gramatté, an
artistic rebel who defied all barriers to become
one of the great modern classical composers of
the 20th century. Throughout an astonishing
career that would take Sonia from Paris, Berlin and
Vienna to the new world of Winnipeg in Western
Canada, she and her two great loves—the artist
Walter and the writer Ferdinand—would remain
forever inseparable in death as much as in life.
Chris Award, Columbus International Film Festival
Ferron: girl on a road
Two versions: 48:00 & 73:00 • 2009 •
•
$275 (73:00 festival version) • $225 (48:00 version)
Gerry Rogers
Augusta Productions
“I did my best to follow the calling of my soul…”
So sings lesbian singer/songwriter pioneer Ferron,
from the song Girl on a Road. The road is that
ubiquitous metaphor, the chronicler of journeys. In
this dynamic film from director Gerry Rogers, the
road serves as both the metaphor for the direction
of a life and the literal narrative thread, tracing
Ferron’s reunion with her band and their first
concert trek together in over a decade.
Part performance film, part bio-pic, Ferron: girl
on a road traces the life, the songs, the loves, the
heartbreaks and the pioneering path carved by a
true folk legend. At once intimate and sweeping,
the film moves beyond chronicle and captures in
word and deed the essence of a visionary artist and
the soul of an icon.
On the Nose
4:00 • 2010 • $150
Peg Campbell
In this short work of dance for the camera, the
nose takes the centre stage. Director Peg Campbell
and choreographer Gail Lotenberg worked with
13 dancers to create a humourous and poignant
look at that useful part of our body that most
people don’t like about themselves. Innovative
choreography, a sea of faces and comments
from dancers elicit compelling memories about
relationships and lost loved ones.
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From the Mouthpiece On Back
61:00 • 2008 • $250
Colleen O’Halloran/Jason DaSilva/Todd Tiberi
TBC Project
Meet the TBC Brass Band—a group of high school
students from two of the poorest neighbourhoods
in New Orleans, the Seventh and Ninth Wards.
Teens from these wards were traditionally enemies,
engaged in street fights and often at risk. An
enterprising high school teacher found a way to
pull them together in a brass band, promoting a
musical tradition for which New Orleans is famous.
The students excelled, their pride grew, they
became close friends and the band was hot—but
just as it was about to make it big, Hurricane
Katrina blew into town. In the chaos that ensued,
band members became displaced and had to move
to several different states, along with thousands of
others left homeless by the hurricane.
From the Mouthpiece On Back traces their
struggle to reunite and continue with what
has become central to their lives—their music
and their friendship—culminating with with
their triumphant reunion on Bourbon Street,
where their music buoys the spirits of a crowd
of enthusiastic residents who remain, amid the
devastation. From the Mouthpiece on Back shows
how music programs in schools build good citizens
and nurture leadership skills.
i see the fear
9:00 • 2010 •
• $200
Joe Average/jamie griffiths
Primal Divine Productions
After 27 years living with AIDS, award-winning
Canadian painter Joe Average enters into a
therapeutic photography project with fellow artist
jamie griffiths in order to keep making art, after
feeling no longer able to paint. Although the
initial intention was to make art and express his
feelings, the film succeeds in bringing to light the
shocking reality of lipoatrophy; the medicationinduced side effect of body wasting.
i see the fear is about the lonliness of a
degenerative life threatening illness. It is about the
healing power of art, the artistic creative drive for
self-expression and the dual use of art by artists
as a powerful social tool for education, bringing
an important message to a “post-AIDS” western
world, that AIDS cocktails do not magically return
you to a “normal” life. i see the fear challenges the
audience to look more deeply at their prejudices
and misconceptions.
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7:30 • 2010 •
• $180
Fumiko Kiyooka
Turn Me Loose - Astrid is a performance piece
featuring musician and performance artist
Astrid Sars and dancers Noam Gagnon and
Sonja Perreten. This poetic interpretation of a
dysfunctional relationship is filmed largely in blackand-white, opening with a dance duet. Hard,
chiaroscuro grid lines cut across the floor, and
the camera weaves gently with the dancers, the
tumult of the movement revealing their struggle.
The film cuts to the central character, portrayed
by Astrid, seated and in obvious emotional pain,
the female dancer portraying her emotional
struggle through movement. A lone, desultory
female voice sings. Astrid rises and walks through
nocturnal streets that are lit in a film noir style. The
female dancer reappears as a black shape, then
in an alleyway, her movement becoming more
intense as she breaks free and then disappears,
the film shifting to colour as Astrid walks away
across an open landscape of sand dunes and sky.
Yabai: Asian North American
Art Culture
11:00 • 2009 • $150
Matthew Johnson
From jazzy scratch turntablism and ear-deafening
electro breakdowns to contemporary fashion and
articulate androids, Yabai features four of the
most influential Asian North American artists in
the scene today. They include Canadian marsupial
turntablist Kid Koala (a.k.a. Eric San), born and
raised in Vancouver and now based in Montreal,
as well as Vancouver fashion designer Natalie
Purschwitz (Hunt & Gather). They join California
artists Eric Nakamura, publisher of Giant Robot
magazine, and Dim Mak DJ Steve Aoki to share
their stories of becoming definitive figures in Asian
North American art and culture.
See also:
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Ray Condo’s Crazy Mixed Up World................................................. 6
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Theatre
Visual Arts
Girls On Top
12 TAKES
52:00 • 2010 • $250
Cassandra Nicolaou
Fighting Fish Pictures
Caryl Churchill’s 1982 play Top Girls is a brilliantly
comedic but devastating examination of the
challenges working women face, both in business
and society. This canon of women’s theatre—with
its non-linear construction, use of overlapping
dialogue and mix of fantasy and reality—is a
challenging play to mount. The opening scene is
a dinner party celebrating the main character’s
promotion, and the guests at the party are
women who are either long-dead or fictional
characters from literature or paintings.
28:30 • 2010 •
• $180
John Bolton, Jenn Strom, Kevin Eastwood, Kenneth
Sherman, Jesse Savath, Katrin Bowen, Blaine Thurier
Opus 59 Films
In 28 minutes, seven B.C. filmmakers create potent
short glimpses of the lives and work of 12 talented
British Columbian artists. The media in which they
work include music, architecture, design, dance,
photography, installation, writing and spoken word
performance.
Included in the compilation (directors in
parentheses) are:
Nick Bantock, visual artist and author of Griffin
and Sabine (Jenn Strom);
Girls On Top goes behind the scenes with eight
women in Toronto who rehearse and perform
Top Girls in Soulpepper Theatre Company’s 2008
award-winning production. The cast is a mix
of Canadian screen and stage icons, including
actors Megan Follows, Ann-Marie MacDonald,
Cara Pifko, Liisa Repo-Martell, Kelli Fox, Diana
Donnelly, Robyn Stevan and director Alisa Palmer.
Douglas Coupland, visual artist and author of
several best-selling novels (Kevin Eastwood);
While the play presents a bleak picture of
how women are faring in contemporary life,
the powerhouse cast of Top Girls seems to
contradict the play’s message. As they hone their
performances, it’s clear they are striving and
succeeding, just as the characters in the play do,
but they’re far from isolated and individualistic.
The production environment is the antithesis of
the one of characters they portray. However, as
Girls On Top reveals more about the personal
lives and professional battles of these actors, it
becomes clear that their passion for the project
and each other is the exception that proves the
rule—Churchill’s worldview is perhaps more
accurate than they would like to admit.
605 Collective, an emerging B.C. dance troupe
(Kenneth Sherman);
See also:
Out In The Cold............................................................................... 23
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Omer Arbel, designer and architect (John Bolton);
Organelle Design, a Vancouver design firm that
repurposes found objects and off the shelf items in
innovative ways as they prepare an installation at
the Go!Gallery (John Bolton);
David Burdeny, photographer with a background
in architecture and design who makes images of
landscape with long exposures (Jesse Savath);
Noam Gagnon, dancer and choreographer of the
Holy Body Tattoo troupe (Kenneth Sherman);
Reece Terris, installation artist who creates
multi-media installations to alter the expected
experiential qualities of a place or object by
shifting the primary function of an original design
as in the Ought Apartment installation at the
Vancouver Art Gallery (Jesse Savath);
Shane Koyczan, spoken word artist who drew
acclaim for his performance during the opening
ceremonies of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics
(Katrin Bowen);
Carl Newman, rock musician and frontman of the
band the New Pornographers (Blaine Thurier);
National Broadcast Orchestra in practice, rehearsal
and performance of classical music (John Bolton);
and
Roy Henry Vickers, internationally renowned
First Nations artist working in printmaking (Jenn
Strom).
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The Artist’s Life
cArtographies
The Artist’s Life, Series Three profiles both
emerging and established Canadian artists and
provides insight into their artistic processes. For the
first two series profiling Canadian artists, please
see our online catalogue.
This inspiring and playful “mapping” of 23 British
Columbian artists contemplates their work as
it moves around the province. Animated map
segments join each individual portrait, and the
artists feature work with several media as a form
of artistic expression—painting, drawing, carving,
design, glass-blowing, photography, film and
video, choreography and dance. Arists include:
Series Three (12 parts)
24:00 each part • 2007 • $150 per part • $1500 for full series
Michael Glassbourg
TickleScratch Productions
Listed below are the 12 documentaries in the
series. Please see our Artist’s Life brochure for
detailed descriptions.
49:00• 2010 • $250
Brian Johnson/Leah Mallen
John Kosrud, composer and conductor (Vancouver);
David Blackwood (Printmaking) 24:00 • $150
Germaine Koh, visual artist and roller derby queen
(Vancouver);
Eric Cator (Mixed media) 24:00 • $150
Battersby/Howat, designers (Vancouver);
Jim Chambers (Photography) 24:00 • $150
Ken Danby (Painting) 24:00 • $150
Brendan Tang, sculptor (Kamloops);
ManWoman, painter and poet (Cranbrook);
Laura Hollick (Mixed media) 24:00 • $150
René Van Halm, visual artist and educator
(Vancouver);
Heather Horton (Painting) 24:00 • $150
Veda Hille, musician (Vancouver);
Natalka Husar (Painting, mixed media) 24:00 • $150
Jesse Zubot, musician and composer (Britannia
Beach);
Mara Korkola (Painting) 24:00 • $150
Lui Liu (Painting) 24:00 • $150
Mark Mickie and Sol Maya, carver and glass blower
(Tofino);
Charles Pachter (Painting, sculpture, design)
The PoolHall Gospel, rock and roll band (New
Westminster);
24:00 • $150
Ernestine Tahedl (Stained glass, painting)
24:00 • $150
Margaux Williamson (Painting) 24:00 • $150
Judith Steedman and Robin Mitchell, authors and
designers (Vancouver);
The Tomorrow Collective and Chick Snipper, dance
performers and choreographer (Vancouver);
Kristi Malakoff, visual artist (Nelson);
Burning Rubber
52:00 • 2009 • $180
Ariella Pahlke/Barbara Badessi
When Airella Pahlke leaves her house in rural
Nova Scotia, she often encounters black marks that
twist and turn along the road. Burning Rubber is
an investigation into these marks, a provocative
reframing of burnouts and rural car culture. The
documentary weaves a predominantly male car
culture together with artists and the curiosity of
outsiders, ultimately stimulating larger questions
about identity, creativity, gender, freedom and how
we decide what is valued and given meaning as art.
“The driver of a motorcycle can be very close to the artist. The
motorcycle driver is a person who is driving, who has a tool to
escape. It gives you some power. It gives you a tool to get to
another place, to create the idea of freedom.”
Michael Turner, writer (Vancouver);
The Electric Theatre Company, theatre collective
(Vancouver);
Crystal Pite, choreographer (Vancouver);
Stan Douglas, visual artist (Vancouver);
Paul Ternes, theatre artist and performer
(Vancouver);
Alex Cuba, singer and songwriter (Smithers and
Victoria);
Dace, clothing designer (Vancouver);
Zoe Hodgson, painter (Vancouver);
Raakhi Sinha and Footedge Dancers (Surrey and
Whistler); and
Fumiko Kiyooka, filmmaker and Roy Kiyooka,
painter and poet (Vancouver).
– Lori Hersberger, artist (Zurich, Switzerland)
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Dark Pines: a documentary
investigation into the death of
Tom Thomson
48:00 • 2005 • $180
David Vaisbord/Ric Beairsto
Laughing Mountain Communications
On a rainy summer day in 1917, beloved Canadian
painter Tom Thomson paddled alone onto Canoe
Lake in Ontario’s Algonquin Park and was never
again seen alive. He was just 39 and had painted
only 50 major works. In the decades following,
this body of work would become the single most
influential in Canadian landscape painting and
Thomson would grow into a figure of mythical
proportions. For 50 years, new evidence and
testimony continued to surface in his mysterious
death.
Most people familiar with the story think Thomson
drowned accidentally, but this richly crafted
docudrama reconsiders events surrounding his
untimely end. The details—a summer love
affair that may have spawned bitter rivalry and
unwanted consequences, a rumoured political
debate that took a violent turn, secret gambling
debts, a haphazard investigation, even an
exhumed body from Thomson’s casket that
proved to be the remains of another man—come
vividly to life with performances from some of
Canada’s best actors. In the end, the only certainty
is that Thomson’s strange death has added to the
enduring appeal of this Canadian icon and his
powerful work.
Death Is in Trouble Now: The
Sculptures of Mark Adair
48:00 • 2007 • $180
Patrick Jenkins
Ontario artist Mark Adair has been creating
contemporary sculptures in a Gothic style for over
25 years. As an environmentalist, he explores man’s
impact on the environment and the stresses of
urban life. Fascinated with myths, his sculptures
are provocative and frequently incorporate
written text with mixed media. Adair’s sculptures
explore diverse subjects that include spirituality,
consumerism, interpersonal relationships, pollution
and the devastating forces of nature. Both the
artist and curators comment on his work in this
portrait of sculptor Mark Adair, whom some have
called a master of the grotesque and ecologist of
the human soul.
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E.J. Hughes Restoration:
Triumph Over Hard Times
58:00 • 2009 •
• $250
Jeremiah Patton/Jeffrey Patton
Cinnabar Vista Alef Productions
While tearing down the grand old Malaspina Hotel
in Nanaimo, British Columbia, workers discovered a
spectacular wall mural hidden behind a false wall.
Like buried treasure, they had uncovered a lost
masterpiece, featuring work by one of Canada’s
greatest landscape artists, E.J. Hughes—a 1938 wall
mural entitled “Lieutenant Malaspina Sketching
the Gabriola Galleries.” Hughes, along with West
Coast artists Paul Goranson and Orville Fisher, was
hired in the 1930s to paint murals depicting the
maritime explorations around Vancouver Island.
Now valued at $3 million, the mural contains all
the elements of E.J. Hughes’ mature artistic style.
Conservator Cheryle A. Harrison reveals some of
the work that took place over the 13-year period
required for the restoration of this mural. Ian
Thom (Senior Curator, Vancouver Art Gallery),
Charles C. Hill, (Curator of Canadian Art, National
Gallery of Canada), and Dr. Laura Brandon,
(Historian for the Canadian War Museum)
comment on the mural, its place in Hughes’
body of work, and his place as one of Canada’s
greatest painters. Anecdotes about Hughes’ life
and struggles as an artist from two nieces and his
confidante, Pat Salmon, round out the portrait of
this shy genius of Canadian landscape art.
From the Spirit (26-part series)
24:00 each part •
• 2005, 2007, 2009
Raymond Yakeleya/Bill Stewart
Earth Magic Media
This 26-part series of half-hour documentaries
presents the work and thoughts of a diverse group
of Aboriginal artists. Twenty-four of them are
Canadian—from British Columbia, Alberta, the
Northwest Territories and Ontario; the other two
are American—a painter from Montana and a
glass blower from Seattle. By definition, artists are
people who live “on the edge,” and Aboriginal
artists have had a tougher journey than most. The
stories in this series are from artists who would
not quit, even in the face of adversity and who
have made a difference to both their communities
and to the world of contemporary art.
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Roy Henry Vickers 24:00 • $150
As one of Canada’s top artists from British
Columbia, Roy has established a loyal audience
for his prints, paintings, carvings and designs.
His distinctive art style has combined the
traditional and contemporary, old and
new, personal and universal themes.
George Littlechild 24:00 • $150
This internationally acclaimed painter was
raised in foster homes separated from his
Alberta Cree community. Mixed-media paintings
record his personal and family history as well
as his reclamation and reconnection with his
ancestral culture. George believes colours possess
spiritual cleansing and purifying powers.
Archie Beaulieu 24:00 • $150
This Dogrib Dene from Fort Rae in the Northwest
Territories is known for his bold and unique
style of painting. Archie Beaulieu’s art reflects
his background of hunting, fishing and trapping
and his connection to the land and its spirit.
Joane Cardinal-Schubert 24:00 • $150
A Blackfoot artist and visual storyteller, Joane
Cardinal-Schubert lived and worked in Calgary
until her untimely death in September 2009. Her
multimedia works reflect a strong spirituality and
have been described as visual stories of personal
experiences, layered against a backdrop of social
and historical issues. Joane talks about her life and
work, including the influence of the traditional
petroglyphs that dot the Blackfoot country.
Jim Hart 24:00 • $150
A member of the Eagle clan from Old Massett
in Haida Gwaii, Jim is one of the Northwest
Coast’s most accomplished artists. He worked
with Bill Reid from 1980 to 1984, carved several
totem poles for private commissions and, as a
hereditary Chief, is committed to working with
emerging young artists from his community.
Eli Nasogaluak 24:00 • $150
Eli is an Inuvialuit from Tuktoyaktuk in the
Inuvik region of the Northwest Territories. He
creates beautiful sculptures depicting a variety
of traditional and contemporary images, and
his work reflects the animal and spirits of
the north and their relationship to him.
Jane Ash Poitras 24:00 • $150
Jane Ash Poitras was born in Fort Chipewyan in
northern Alberta. She completed a degree in
microbiology and didn’t really connect with her
native heritage or art until she was 30. She has
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and an MFA at Columbia University in New York.
Her paintings incorporate emotive images and
words and her work frequently explores the
clash of Aboriginal and mainstream cultures.
Rocky Barstad 24:00 • $150
From T’suu T’ina heritage, Rocky owns the Two
Feathers Gallery in High River, Alberta. He has
studied and traveled throughout Arizona and
promoted Aboriginal Art and the importance
of keeping it authentic in Europe. His paintings
and bronze statues have made him one of the
most successful First Nations artists in Alberta.
John Farcy 24:00 • $150
John is a Dene artist who lives in Fort Providence
on the MacKenzie River, Northwest Territories.
Although he studied art for two years in Victoria,
he’s primarily a self-taught artist. John works
in ink in a style known as “pointillism.” He
frequently draws on his experiences in hunting,
fishing and trapping as a basis for his art.
Daniel Crane 24:00 • $150
Daniel is from the Tsuu T’ina Nation near Calgary,
Alberta. He is an entertainer, artist and musician
who has struggled with substance abuse but,
through the flute, has found his spiritual voice.
Fred McDonald 24:00 • $150
This Woodland Cree from Fort McMurray in
northern Alberta hunted and trapped with his
family along the Athabasca River as a child. Fred
attended the University of Calgary, completing
a BFA in 1995 and an MFA in 2002. His work is
a mixture of styles and expressions, and he uses
colours and symbols to capture the experiences,
the characteristics and the spirituality of his people.
Terry McCue 24:00 • $150
Terry was born at the Curve Lake First Nation
north of Peterborough, Ontario. As a youth, this
self-taught Ojibway painter watched and learned
from his cousin Arthur Schilling. Terry talks about
his struggle with alcohol, his lack of formal
training and his success as a painter producing
unique works that are bold and beautiful.
Dale Auger 24:00 • $150
A Sakaw Cree from Bigstone Cree Nation in
northern Alberta, Dale spent seven years at
the University of Calgary, completing a B.Ed.,
an MA and a Ph.D. in education. He became a
highly acclaimed painter as well as a renowned
comedian and motivational speaker until his
untimely death in September 2008. He speaks
about his work and how he sees his role as
that of a modern-day Medicine Man.
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Tim Paul 24:00 • $150
Tim is from Esperanze Inlet, north of Tofino,
British Columbia. He began carving in 1975
at the Arts of the Raven Gallery in Victoria,
under the direction of Ben Andrews. From
1984 to 1992, Tim was Senior Carver at the
Royal British Columbia Museum and left that
position to oversee a Native education program
on Vancouver Island. Tim’s work portrays
legends of his Nuu-Chah-Nulth culture.
Sean Couchie 24:00 • $150
This member of the Nipissing Band of Ojibways
makes his home in London, Ontario. He is a
graduate of Fanshawe College and considers
winning the Peace Hills Trust Native Art
Contest in 1992, 1996 and again in 2005 as
one of the major contributors to his success
in his career as an artist. Sean creates highly
detailed works, incorporating different media
and techniques such as oils, acrylics, pen and
ink, scratchboard and wood burning.
April Mercredi 24:00 • $150
Born to a Chinese father and a Cree-French mother
in Alberta, April grew up at Rocky Mountain
House. She began painting in her 60s and uses
natural elements like feathers, rocks and sticks in
her artwork, while drawing on Aboriginal imagery
and experiences as a former life skills coach.
John Rombough 24:00 • $150
This Chipewyan Dene artist was born in Sioux
Lookout, Ontario, and raised by adoptive parents
on Prince Edward Island. As a young adult,
John began to search for his birth parents. He
discovered that his father, Alfred Catholique, was
living in Lutsulk’e on the shores of Great Slave Lake
in the Northwest Territories and moved to Lutselk’e
to reconnect with his family and cultural identity.
Aaron Paquette 24:00 • $150
This young Edmontonian is an artist, educator
and community builder. A descendant of the
Cree, Cherokee and Norwegian people, Aaron
uses distinct colour and clear forms in his work.
In talking about his work, Aaron says, “When I
began to work seriously as a painter, I wanted
to do something that would help reinforce the
positive aspects of Native spirituality, and to
reflect back to First Nations people everywhere
the feeling of strength, unity and pride in our
shared heritage. I hope that my works can act
as a catalyst for greater understanding.”
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Abraham Anghik Ruben 24:00 • $150
Abraham is an Inuvialuit artist from the Western
Arctic. This contemporary sculptor was born
in Paulatuk, Northwest Territories and studied
at the Native Arts Centre of the University of
Alaska. His carvings are deeply rooted in the
Shamanic traditions of his ancestors, and his
work is in major collections all over the world.
Kevin Red Star 24:00 • $150
Kevin was born in Lodge Grass, Montana,
where he still lives and works. A member of the
Crow Indian Nation, he is known for conjuring
evocative images of his ancestors, their culture
and history. His works are in collections of
major American galleries and museums.
Preston Singletary 24:00 • $150
The European glassblowing tradition merges
with imagery from traditional Tlingit culture in
the work of this Seattle artist whose work is in
major art museums. Preston Singletary attended
the Pilchuck Glass School in Seattle, where glass
artists from all over the world come to learn.
Michael Massie 24:00 • $150
Michael Massie was born in Happy Valley-Goose
Bay, Labrador, and is an artist of Inuit, Métis and
Scottish descent. He studied at the College of the
North Atlantic in Newfoundland and Nova Scotia
College of Art & Design, and now lives in Kippens,
Newfoundland. His work includes drawing, carving
in wood and stone and silversmithing and he has
exhibited across North America and in Europe.
LauraLee K. Harris 24:00 • $150
This artist from Mississauga, Ontario discovered
that her “French” grandfather was also Sioux,
Cree, Chipewyan, Ojibwe and Montagnais.
April has studied at the Ontario College of
Art & Design and creates unique paintings on
wood, utilizing and incorporating the natural
grain to create beautiful, organic works.
Andy Everson 24:00 • $150
Andy was born in Comox, British Columbia. He
has always been driven to uphold the traditions
of both the K’omoks and Kwakwaka’waka
First Nations. He began drawing Northwest
Coast art at an early age and has followed
in the footsteps of his Kwakiutl ancestors in
creating bold and unique representations that
remain rooted in the age-old traditions.
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Lee Claremont 24:00 • $150
This First Nations artist and educator of Mohawk
and Irish descent has taught at the En’owkin
Centre, an internationally recognized Aboriginal
Educational College located in Penticton, British
Columbia. A member of the Iroquois Grand River
Six Nations in Oshweken, Ontario, she says, “my
art making takes me to a place of creation, soaring
with Skywoman to create an eclectic perception of
nature, people, spirituality and Mother Earth.”
James Wedzin 24:00 • $150
James is a Tlîcho artist from Behchoko (Fort Rae),
Northwest Territories, who praises his grandmother
for inspiring and encouraging his early interest
in traditional art. He watched her create intricate
beadwork endlessly and developed his own sense
of art style. James is known for his northern
landscapes, animal imagery and northern lights.
GENERAL IDEA:
Art, AIDS, and the fin de siècle
48:00 • 2008 •
• $350
Annette Mangaard
General Idea Films
It’s 1969, the summer of love. In Toronto, three
young Canadian artists come together to form a
collective called GENERAL IDEA. They change their
names and adopt new personas to become Jorge
Zontal, AA Bronson and Felix Partz.
They are gay and irreverent, and they launch “The
Miss General Idea Pageant” to investigate the nature
of glamour and celebrity. Fully utilizing their ironic
camp sensibility, the trio present themselves as “Art
Stars.” They publish an art magazine called FILE,
for which they gain notoriety and prompt a lawsuit
from LIFE magazine for “simulation of LIFE.” It isn’t
until three years later that Andy Warhol publishes
the like-minded Interview.
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in the 1970s. Treated like rock stars, they exhibit in
major museums in Amsterdam, Berlin and Paris and
are invited to make video-art for Dutch television.
The 1980s bring the first labelled cases of AIDS.
GENERAL IDEA responds by making art that
addresses the plague virus. In an unforgettable
coup, it appropriates the well-known “LOVE”
painting by Robert Indiana and replaces those
four letters with AIDS, for the now world-famous
logo. GENERAL IDEA continues to tour Europe and
North America with massive political installation
pieces that chronicle the devastating spread of
the disease and its impact on their community,
including an early end to the lives of two members
of GENERAL IDEA.
AA Bronson, the sole survivor of GENERAL IDEA,
narrates this documentary lending personal
relevancy to a poignant story of art and sexual
politics. GENERAL IDEA: Art, AIDS and the fin de
siècle is a tale of love, fame, overwhelming loss
and, ultimately, of renewal.
Gordon Smith: The Reflective Canvas
2009 • 30:00 • $200
Mike Bernard/David James
Vancouver artist Gordon Smith is one of the most
prominent and prolific artists working in Canada
today. For more than 50 years, he has painted the
Canadian landscape and explored the mediums of
drawing, painting and printmaking in inventive
and expressive ways. This documentary reveals an
artist in the twilight of his life and at the pinnacle
of his career. It follows him in his current process of
examining the interplay between what is directly
taken from the landscape and what is intrinsically
his own response to it, a key dynamic in his work.
A definitive view of Gordon Smith’s philosophy and
approach to his work is rounded out by comments
from art curators on his place in art and praise
from mid-career artists for Smith’s generosity in his
encouragement of young, upcoming artists.
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Killer Whale and Crocodile
48:0 • 2007 •
• $250   
Peter Campbell/Art Holbrook
Gumboot Productions/Arthur Holbrook Productions
Carvers from two of the world’s great carving
traditions come together, share each other’s
cultures and learn about the myths and legends
that inform their art. Coast Salish carver John
Marston travels to Papua New Guinea, with Elaine
Monds of the Alcheringa Gallery in Victoria. Elaine
champions the work of Papua New Guinea and
Northwest Coast carvers and has built up trust
over the years with her commitment to fair trade
practices through advising these Indigenous
artists on the value of their work in the fine art
market. Traveling by dugout canoe along the
Sepik River, they visit carver Teddy Balangu and
are welcomed into the rich culture of the carvers
of Palembei, Teddy’s home. Months later, Teddy
leaves his home, at the invitation of Dr. Carol
Mayer, to come to Canada as artist-in-residence
at the University of British Columbia’s Museum
of Anthropology.  While in Canada he and John
renew their friendship and Teddy is welcomed
by the Coast Salish people into their culture. A
journey of great physical distance and lasting bonds,
Killer Whale and Crocodile explores the soul of
creativity and inspiration, in two cultures, half a
world apart, but now bonded together through art.
The Life & Work of Daphne Odjig
49:00 • 2008 •
• $250
Dr. Raoul McKay
First Voice Multimedia
One of Canada’s greatest artists, Daphne Odjig, is
a Potowatomi from Manitoulin Island. Her work,
based on Indigenous traditions and way of life,
spans over four decades. This epic goes beyond
her paintings and drawings and looks at the forces
that molded her spirit and her keen interest in
art. Duke Redbird calls her a “national treasure”
for her unique style and her often spectacular
painting, much of which is shown in this film.
Her work reflects a wide range of topics such
as spirituality, tradition, education, politics and
humour. This heart-warming story of her life and
her art will appeal to her many admirers around
the world and garner new enthusiasts for her
work.
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A Look at the Life of Morgan Green
12:00 • 2007 • $180   
Kelvin Redvers
Morgan Green is a young, female Tsimshian carver
from Prince Rupert, B.C. She is also a Tsimshian
fashion designer; a knife maker, pottery maker,
painter, art teacher, mask maker and more. This
23-year-old Aboriginal artist leads a unique life
in eastside Vancouver and is very passionate
about every art form, whether it be traditional or
contemporary. Her world is an amazingly inspiring
one, told with a youthful charm and a deep love
for all things artistic. This documentary follows
a few days in her life, as she spends time being
herself, followed by young Métis filmmaker Kelvin
Redvers. 
The Making of a Haida Totem Pole
16:30 • 2007 • $180   
Kelvin Redvers
Totem poles have been made for many centuries.
Don Yeomans is a contemporary Haida carver who
was commissioned by the Vancouver Airport Art
Foundation to make two 40-foot totem poles for the
building linking domestic and international terminals
at YVR. The poles are a mix of unique color, tradition
and cultures. Métis filmmaker Kelvin Redvers
portrays the making of these unique poles—from log
to installation—and provides insight into the carver’s
creative process, his relationship with family and
culture, and his philosophy about art and tradition.
Painted on the Spot: On
the Road with Ernie Luthi...
14:00 • 2009 • $150
Fiji Robinson
Rudecat Pictures
Between his drawings and paintings, it’s estimated
that Dr. Ernest Luthi created some 10,000 artistic
works, many of which he painted “on the spot” in
rural Saskatchewan. Ernie claimed it was his love
of nature and the changing times that fuelled his
passion for painting the Saskatchewan landscape.
See also:
The Brush, The Pen and Recovery...................................................38
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EDUCATION
…And This Is My Garden
57:30 • 2010 •
• $180
Katharina Stieffenhofer
This documentary about the award-winning Mel
Johnson School Gardening Project has caught
the attention of the David Suzuki Foundation
and the United Nations. Two Manitoba teachers,
Eleanor Woitowicz and Bonnie Monias, are
literally growing a healthier community through
a sustainable, school gardening project in
Wabowden, Manitoba. Over the past five years,
these teachers have established 72 small vegetable
gardens in their students’ backyards in this
community of 600 residents just north of the 54th
parallel. They have also begun to include Elders
paired with young gardeners in the program.
The film follows the teachers and their students
for a season from seeding to planting, to
harvesting, to the final celebration of the fruits
of their collective labour at the school’s annual
Community Harvest Display and Feast. The school
gardening project is based on the Frontier School
Division’s Science curriculum and teaches students
valuable skills in sustainable food production,
healthy eating and food preparation. Participation
in the project encourages healthier food and
lifestyle choices and instills the students with a
sense of price, accomplishment and success.
The Boy Inside
Two versions: 47:00 & 43:00 • 2006 •
$250 (47:00 version)
$275 (43:00 chaptered version, includes discussion guide)
Marianne Kaplan
MSK Productions
A rare portrait of Asperger syndrome from the
inside out, this film documents a young boy’s
struggle with a form of high-functioning autism.
Adam and his family share their everyday challenges
and triumphs to provide unparalleled insights
into this increasingly common disorder. A groundbreaking resource for educators, healthcare
workers, parents and anyone who works with
children, the film includes interviews with autistic
children and their families, and features Dr. Temple
Grandin, a noted authority on Autism Spectrum
Disorders.
Japan Prize, Best Youth Program; Freddie Award, Medical Media
Competition; CINE Golden Eagle Award 2007
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46:30 • 2007 •
• $250   
Jill Sharpe/Lynn Booth
Make Believe Media
In a climate of funding shortfalls for education,
corporate sponsors are stepping up to the plate,
offering promotions, sponsorships and even free
curriculum. There is no stopping the flow of
advertising in covert forms—it’s called Trojan horse
marketing, and it’s designed to create life-long
brand name consumers, not life-long learners.
First come sponsorships, then naming rights
and even learning materials in the classrooms.
Donations become classroom resources and
product placement opportunities. The good news
is some school districts are fighting back and
succeeding in keeping the classrooms a safe haven
from the marketing hype. Corporations in the
Classroom provides a reality check on the role of
education in today’s society and questions whether
it is being compromised.
Mr. H and his Unruly Puppets
30:00 • 2009 •
• $190
Annie O’Donoghue
Robert Heidbreder—“Mr. H.” to his Grade 1
students—is a recipient of the Prime Minister’s
Award for teaching excellence. Throughout his
30-year tenure with the Vancouver School Board,
he has developed a classroom where learning is
challenging and fun. A cast of over 50 puppets,
led by the wise wizard Alphaterwa and the unruly
Stanley C. Crow, transforms the Grade 1 curriculum
into a year-long interactive drama. Children learn
to read because each puppet has a poem that is
used to activate that puppet’s power.
Mr. H.’s passions as a poet and an award-winning
children’s author are evident in the letters,
clues and riddles written by Mr. H. and sent
to the children by the puppets each morning.
The children’s responses to the letters create
the content, climax and resolution for their
daily adventures under the watchful eye of the
puppet master and teacher, Mr. H. In a climate of
standardizing educational ideologies, Mr. H and his
Unruly Puppets shows a refreshing counterbalance,
celebrating a style of collaboration with young
children that truly exemplifies the art of teaching.
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EDUCATION
One Week Job
Standing Tall
After graduating from university and struggling
with the question of what do to with his life,
Sean Aiken created the One Week Job Project.
His goal: to work 52 jobs in 52 weeks in search
of his passion. As word of the project spread,
the offers began pouring in. He traveled across
Canada and the United States, reinventing himself
as a firefighter, stock trader, radio DJ, martial arts
instructor, NHL mascot, snowshoe guide and more.
This 24-minute documentary is set in Winnipeg,
Manitoba’s North End, an area where many of the
city’s poorer people live and an area where many
Indigenous people make their homes. It profiles a
program introduced into two schools, at the Grade
5–8 levels, William Whyte Community School and
Niji-Mahkwa School.
Two versions: 74:00 & 44:00 • 2010 • $250
Ian MacKenzie
One Week Job Productions
During the course of his seven-day stints, whether
at a dairy farm in Alberta or a real estate office
in Beverly Hills, Sean discovered many others
struggling to answer the same question of finding
one’s calling. To find the answer, he continued to
ask himself and his employers about the nature
of success and the real meaning of happiness—all
while having the adventure of his life.
School of Secrets
54:30 • 2007 •
• $250   
Eunice Lee/Melanie Wood
Bossy Boots Productions
“How did they get control? Well the answer is we all let
them. The teachers, the administrators and the taxpayers, the
neighbours, the kids themselves. We allowed them to take
control, and we should never do that”.
– Dr. Ted Hunt, former Vice-Principal,
Prince of Wales Secondary School
For over a decade, the Prince of Wales Secondary
School in Vancouver ran a special outdoor
education program called “Quest.” Three male
teachers worked with a selected group of students
for five months in the classroom followed by five
months in the wilderness. Students in the Quest
program were isolated from the rest of the student
population and considered “special.”
Decades later, former students share stories of
control, manipulation, exploitation, isolation and
abuse—a powerful illustration of the difficulty and
length of time it can take for victims of abuse to
come forward. Now in their 40s, some of them are
moving forward to heal. School of Secrets provides
a sober lesson in the need for transparency and
accountability in any public institution.
24:00 • 2009 • $180
Raoul McKay/Monique McKay/Dino Schiavone
First Voice Multimedia
English and French Méchif versions available
Standing Tall is a project organized by the
Manitoba Métis Federation to counteract poor test
results produced by the existing education system
and to encourage Métis parental and community
input into the schools.
The story highlights the participation of trained
Métis staff who carried out the program, providing
encouragement, positive feedback and personal
interaction for the students, the comfort of “the
nest” provides an atmosphere of security and
well-being. Community involvement and parental
support are the key to the program’s success.
Trolls
7:00 • 2009 • $150
Brianne Nord-Stewart
There comes a time in every kid’s life when they
realize their parents are up to more than just
“cleaning their room.” For nine-year-old Billy,
this discovery only comes with the help of his
know-it-all younger cousin, Genevieve. When she
explains the rules and point system of the “adults
only” game, Billy and Genevieve start counting
up their own points. Soon playground gossip
turns anatomical, and Billy, with Genevieve close
behind, tries to get to the bottom of what “doing
it” actually means. Trolls is a hilarious reminder of
those childhood moments which made growing up
exciting, embarrassing and downright confusing
and makes an excellent discussion starter for
professional development sessions with teachers
who teach sex education.
See also:
Finding Our Way ............................................................................ 29
From the Mouthpiece On Back...................................................... 12
growing up among strangers......................................................... 34
Working to Help My Mom.............................................................. 48
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ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS
& MEDIA LITERACY
Call It A Day
5:30 • 2008 • $160   
Jason DaSilva
Award-winning media artist Jason DaSilva
combines black-and-white footage, a simple
piano score by Frank Tachikoma and voice-over
spoken word by the Philippine-born poet Eric
Gamalinda to create a contemplative essay on
everyday existence.
Fate Scores
12:00 • 2008 • $150
Albert M. Chan
Two strangers, a guitarist and an introspective
young woman, cross paths at a long bench
along the side of a city building. One by one,
additional strangers join the pair on the bench—
a distressed woman in a foot cast, an insecure
jogger, a famished pregnant woman, an anxious
businessman at lunch, a curious child with an
ice cream cone, two quarrelsome women and
a dignified collector of drink cans. Amidst a
whirlwind of interactions that lead to both
harmony and discord, the guitarist and the young
woman eventually discover they have something
special in common.
firebear called them faith healers...
an aboriginal story
17:00 • 2009 • $180
Kelvin Redvers
What is a story? What power is in our experiences?
This video presents an Aboriginal story, vignettes
of storytelling, from the life experience of
acclaimed Métis author Richard Van Camp.
Seven people, of different ages and race, stand
in front of a white background to tell a story
in three vignettes: The Dream, The Fight and
The Faith Healers. Lines from the vignettes are
passed from one storyteller to the next to form
one over-arching story of a mysterious man, “The
Quiet One,” who haunts their dreams and their
lives. Told from the foundation of Aboriginal
storytelling, firebear called them faith healers
is an Aboriginal story, meant to be passed on. It
questions the forces that exist beyond what we can
see, touch or hear and will stimulate discussion on
storytelling, filmmaking and spirituality.
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between Métis director Kelvin Redvers and
storyteller/author Richard Van Camp about
the role of storytelling in the culture of First
Nations people.
Gibson Woods
23:00 • 2011 • $190
Ann Verrall
This short musical drama explores a universal
theme—the out-migration of young people from
small rural communities that seem destined to
disappear. Feeling confined by family and history,
Jasmine can’t wait to leave her community of
Gibson Woods. She and her group are headed
to Halifax to perform and for her, the city is the
key to her future. Her brother wonders what will
remain of their community and its history with so
many young people leaving. A sudden highway
detour and engine trouble land Jasmine and
her friends on a Mi’kmaq reserve. Disconnected
from Wi-Fi and other distractions of the modern
world, they focus on their surroundings. Ironically
enough, they come face to face with a young man
who’s been searching for the very community they
just left—one he believes no longer exists. They
return with him to Gibson Woods to help connect
him with his roots.
Very little has been written about shared historical
connections between the Black Loyalists of Nova
Scotia and the indigenous Mi’kmaq communities
who welcomed them. Youth from African Nova
Scotian and Mi’kmaq communities participated
in writing the script and music for this film. They
perform, rap and appear in several sequences as a
mythical chorus who have returned to the world
because their history has been forgotten.
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i luv spam
6:00 • 2010 • $120 
Michael Korican
Churchill Korican Services
i luv spam is a modern interpretation of the Faust
theme: today the Devil lives in cyberspace and, in
exchange for your soul, will make your unsolicited
e-mail come true. It explores greed and concludes
that cyberspace is soulless.
This short comedy combines Machinima with liveaction dramatic film. Machinima is an emerging
form of animation that utilizes video game engines
to create and animate characters in computer
game-generated environments.
Out In The Cold
30:00 • 2008 •
• $200   
Cheryl Jack/Colleen Murphy/Sarah Abbott
Amoeba Works
On a night so cold it hurts to breathe, Soft as
Snow and Cold as Ice meet Thomas, a young man
in a drunken stupor who has been dumped at the
side of the road on the outskirts of town. When
Thomas suggests the two men should walk back
to the city with him, Cold as Ice and Soft as Snow
persuade him to stay the night. Each man has a
different motive: Cold as Ice wants Thomas to
die and join them; Soft as Snow wants Thomas to
survive the night so he can return to the city and
tell people their story.
So Far and Soar
10:30 • 2009 •
Jocelyne Chaput
• $150
A researcher is emotionally drained as she
searches for connections, both in her lab work
and relationships. So lost is she in the depth of
her studies that it takes an unexpected event to
change shift her perspective to a new direction.
Tending Toward Silence
10:30 • 2007 • $150
Arlin McFarlane
Ten Thousand Doors
Set in the Yukon, Tending Toward Silence weaves
a story of three different moments: time in the
hospital, a summer spent collecting rocks and
another reality, both mysterious and sustaining.
The film bridges the world between life and death
and suggests that our last journey has possibilities
that we may not have considered.
Travelling Medicine Show
28:00 • 2009 • $150 (includes discussion guide)
Amnon Buchbinder
Fishing Trip Productions
An adolescent boy encounters a creation play by
Dr. Theo’s Travelling Medicine Show on an isolated
beach. Vivid imagery, large scale props, masks,
puppets and sparse dialogue creates a poetic,
ambiguous narrative based on the creation story.
Travelling Medicine Show can inspire exploring
themes of creation, environment, rites of passage,
imagination and storytelling. A discussion guide
and extras on the DVD, including an interview
with the director, can be used to provide further
avenues of study and creative exploration.
See also:
Animation section............................................................................. 4
Corporations in the Classroom....................................................... 20
This black-and-white drama is rich in metaphor,
poignant, non-judgmental and even humorous. It
was inspired by the freezing deaths of several First
Nations men in Saskatoon, allegedly as a result
of the non-sanctioned police practice of taking
individuals to an isolated edge of town where
they would be beaten or abandoned—a practice
that earned Canada a place on the 2001 Amnesty
International report of human rights abuses.
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firebear called them faith
healers...an aboriginal story.......................................... 22 & 30
the gesture...................................................................................... 36
Me, Masi & Mr. Clean...................................................................... 34
The Sacred Seven............................................................................. 39
Storytellers in motion (39-part series).............................................. 9
This Time Last Winter . .................................................................. 36
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ENGLISH LITERATURE &
PHILOSOPHY
The Cave
8:00 • 2010 • $120
Dereck Toker
The Cave is an account of one man’s journey
towards enlightenment and the true nature of a
philosopher king. The film contrasts ancient Greek
dialogue from Plato’s Republic with modern-day
existence.
Paris Stories: The Writing
of Mavis Gallant
of everyday things. Chris Gallagher skillfully merges
several genres of cinema, including documentary,
structural, poetic, narrative and personal, to
create a statement on the human condition that is
complex, coherent and intellectually stimulating.
The director has written a discussion guide that will
enhance the use of this film beyond film studies for
courses in philosophy and astronomy.
“The most brilliant film on its subject I’ve ever seen, Time Being is
cool and non-academic, yet deeply engaged and beautifully shot.
An educational film in the best sense.”
- Tony Reif, Vancouver International Film Festival
48:00 • 2006 •
• $200   
Lynn Booth
Make Believe Media
This documentary explores the force of fiction of
the Paris-based short story master, Mavis Gallant,
considered by both critics and her literary peers
to be one of the most “talented women writing
in the English language.” Many of her works
were published in the New Yorker magazine and
are available in collections that include Montreal
Stories, Across the Bridge and Paris Stories.
This film offers an intimate glimpse of a fiercely
private woman devoted to the compact elegance
of the short story. Robert Fulford, Margaret
Atwood, Russell Banks and others offer insight into
her influences and legacy, while selected readings,
in-depth interviews and archival footage of a
younger Gallant bring the author and her writing
into deeper focus.
“Paris Stories: The Writing of Mavis Gallant is a lovely meditation
on the place of art as created by one of literature’s finest.”
- The Gazette (Montreal)
Time Being
Chris Gallagher
Does time exist or is it just a human idea that
happens to permeate every aspect of our
consciousness? If it does exist, what does it look
like? Time Being is a thoughtful and moving
meditation on the concept of time.
Created from 88 one-minute shots or sequences,
it investigates the wonderfully paradoxical nature
of time. Visually striking and engagingly written,
Time Being sees the clock ticking in the movement
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poetry of John Newlove
48:00 • 2006 •
• $200   
Robert McTavish
Non-Inferno Media Productions
Acclaimed poet John Newlove (1938-2003) emerged
as a major literary voice in Canada at a time when
poetry mattered. In the 1960s and ‘70s, poets sold
more books, attracted more readers and rode a
wave of notoriety as they gave voice to a new
and self-conscious nationalism. Newlove, who had
abandoned the rural Saskatchewan of his childhood
for the beatnik heyday of Vancouver, spent years
weaving in and out of literary communities across
Canada. He was among the most acclaimed and
most notorious of his generation—known almost
as much for his wild drinking as for his lyrical, terse
writing. Poignant interviews with Newlove in his
last years are punctuated with commentary from
George Bowering, Patrick Lane, Joe Rosenblatt,
John Metcalf and the many poets and friends who
knew the public persona and the private man.
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ENGLISH LITERATURE & PHILOSOPHY
Great Canadian Books (13-part series)
24:00 each part • 2009, 2010 •
Michael Glassbourg
• $1600 for full series
What do Mary Walsh, Valerie Pringle and Justin
Trudeau have in common? They are avid readers
who present books they’ve enjoyed reading in this
series that celebrates examining some of Canada’s
finest literature.
Hard Light by Michael Crummey presented by
Mary Walsh 24:00 • $150
In this episode of Great Canadian Books, actor
and comedian Mary Walsh presents the book Hard
Light by Michael Crummey—a powerful series
of short stories and poems about the people of
Conception Bay.
Who Has Seen the Wind by W.O. Mitchell
presented by Valerie Pringle 24:00 • $150
Valerie Pringle, a prominent Canadian television
host and journalist, celebrates Who Has Seen
The Wind, the classic novel by W.O. Mitchell, a
beautiful depression-era story set in Saskatchewan.
Stunt by Claudia Dey presented by Rex Harrington
24:00 • $150
Rex Harrington, a ballet dancer with the National
Ballet of Canada, celebrates Stunt, the quirky ﬁrst
novel of Claudia Dey.
This Can’t Be Happening At MacDonald Hall
by Gordon Korman presented by Justin Trudeau
24:00 • $150
Former English teacher, now Member of
Parliament, Justin Trudeau celebrates the book
that turned him on to reading: This Can’t Be
Happening At MacDonald Hall by Gordon Korman,
a wonderfully funny story that appeals to the
adolecent in everyone.
The Golden Spruce by John Vaillant
presented by Valerie Pringle 24:00 • $150
Valerie Pringle celebrates The Golden Spruce by
John Vaillant, an incredibly riviting true story of a
man who cuts down a one in a billion trees sacred
to the Haida People.
The Birth House by Ami McKay presented by
Silken Laumann 24:00 • $150
In this episode, Olympic medal-winning rower
Silken Laumann presents The Birth House by Ami
McKay, a moving novel set on the Fundy coast of
Nova Scotia.
Late Nights On Air by Elizabeth Hay
presented by Lisa Ray 24:00 • $150
Toronto actress Lisa Ray (star of the films
Bollywood/Hollywood and Water) celebrates
the award-winning novel Late Nights on Air by
Elizabeth Hay.
The Diviners by Margaret Laurence
presented by Mary Walsh 24:00 • $150
Canadian actress and television personality
Mary Walsh celebrates The Diviners by Margaret
Laurence, a notoriously brilliant work that is on
any “best” list of great novels.
Coming Through Slaughter by Michael Ondaatje
presented by Patricia O’Callaghan 24:00 • $150
In this episode, Canadian mezzo-soprano opera
singer Patricia O’Callaghan celebrates Coming
Through Slaughter by Michael Ondaatje, the
fictionalized story of a real jazz cornetist who ends
up going mad.
Fugitive Pieces by Anne Michaels
presented by Amy Sky 24:00 • $150
Singer, songwriter, theatre actress and television
host Amy Sky celebrates Fugitive Pieces by
Anne Michaels, a book whose poetic writing
and powerful emotional story has won much
international recognition.
The Book Of Negroes by Lawrence Hill
presented by Molly Johnson 24:00 • $150
Canadian jazz singer and radio personality Molly
Johnson celebrates The Book of Negroes by
Lawrence Hill, an elegant novel that examines the
experience of slavery.
Whale Music by Paul Quarrington
presented by Patricia O’Callaghan 24:00 • $150
Mezzo-soprano opera singer Patricia O’Callaghan
returns to present Whale Music by Paul
Quarrington, a book that articulates the creative
experience with humour and truth.
Three Day Road by Joseph Boyden
presented by Lorne Cardinal 24:00 • $150
Actor Lorne Cardinal, of Corner Gas fame,
celebrates Three Day Road by Joseph Boyden,
an incredible novel of two Native Canadian
sharpshooters in the First World War that is an
unforgettable story.
See also:
The Art of Drowning......................................................................... 4
Call It A Day..................................................................................... 22
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ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
& GEOGRAPHY
Agriculture & SustainabilITY
Growth Rings
12:00 • 2009 • $120
Mairin Deery
Deer Tracks
People who live in the seemingly pastoral setting
of Canada’s West Coast and the First Nations
people of the area reflect on the pressures from
outside for change that will impact on their ways
of life and the fragile ecosystem, specifically the
liquid natural gas terminal proposed by Enbridge
Gas for Texada Island.
On the Line
52:00 • 2011 • $180
Frank Wolf
The Northern Gateway Pipeline Project is a
proposal by the Enbridge Corporation to construct
a 1,170 km oil pipeline from Bruderheim, Alberta
to Kitimat, British Columbia. The pipeline would
cross 773 watercourses and bring supertankers
to BC’s pristine North coast for the first time ever
in order to deliver Tar Sands bitumen to Asian
markets.
In the summer of 2010, filmmaker Frank Wolf and
his friend Todd McGowan biked, hiked, rafted and
kayaked the GPS track of the pipeline in order to
uncover the truth about the proposal. Through the
voices of people they meet along the way, their
rough and tumble journey reveals the severe risks
and consequences associated with this 5.5 billion
dollar mega-project.
Over Land
60:00 • 2008 •
• $200
Steve Suderman/Robin Schlaht
Orangeville Road Pictures
This farm story, from the inside out, paints an
intimate portrait of a Canadian family facing a
crisis in agriculture. Between 1996 and 2006, amidst
warnings of an impending food shortage, prices
for farm goods dropped to their lowest point in
Canadian history, driving many farmers off the
land. With a family history of farming spanning
generations, the Sudermans face a challenge that
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his family, the fight for economic survival becomes
a touching story of hope, determination and the
search for purpose.
For links to articles addressing issues in this
documentary, visit www.orangevilleroad.com.
The Sharing Farm
14:00 • 2007 • $160   
Michael Gazetas/Keith Berhman
Richmond Fruit Tree Sharing Project
What began as a project to collect surplus fruit
going to waste in Richmond, B.C. and distribute it
to the poor has grown to an inspiring community
movement that helps the poor and aids food
security. Started by a small group of determined
volunteers, the Richmond Fruit Tree Sharing Project
has grown to include a community garden and
greenhouse on some agricultural land that wasn’t
being used. After its inception by a small group of
grandmothers, it wasn’t long before the success of
this project expanded to include other members
in the community, including an agrologist and an
elementary school teacher and his class. The Terra
Nova School Yard project sees elementary school
students working in this community garden and
learning about nature, food and food security as
well as nurturing the values of community service in
these young citizens of the future.
Forestry
Do It With Joy!
DVD release 2007 • $225
Nicholas Kendall/Keet Neville
Orca Productions
This classic tree-planting documentary of the 1970s
follows an itinerant group of tree planters in the
wilds of northern British Columbia. Musicians,
ex-loggers, environmentalists and a mime artist all
come together for this uplifting film.
The original hour-long documentary is included on
this 30th Anniversary DVD, along with the more
upbeat 27-minute version, which won several
international awards. Included as an extra is Do it
with Joy! Fast Forward, a new 22-minute film that
links old footage with new and checks back with
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ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES & GEOGRAPHY
some of the original planters to see what they are
doing today.
The Hollow Tree
55:00 • 2011 • $200
Daniel J. Pierce
The Hollow Tree is an ancient Western Red Cedar
that has become an icon in the city of Vancouver.
Immortalized by a century of photographs, people
from far and wide–from British pioneers to Chinese
tourists–have journeyed to Vancouver to pose
in front of its gnarled roots and stand within its
gaping interior.
After a massive windstorm in Stanley Park, the
Hollow Tree is left with an ominous lean. Public
debate erupts around what the fate of the tree
should be. The Parks Board deems the tree a safety
hazard and votes to cut it down, but a group of
citizens–an engineer, a physicist, a historian and an
arborist–intervene with a solution that will right the
tree back to vertical and anchor it to the ground for
centuries to come.
Urban Planning
Imagining Home
65:00 • 2010 • $180
Richard Wilhelm/Sue Arbuthnot
Hare in the Gate Productions
humanizes the effects of top-down planning
policies and demonstrate that to truly invigorate
cities requires work to understand and empower all
members of the communities being developed.
Regarding Vancouver
22:30 • 2010 • $180
Laurynas Navidauskas
Regarding Vancouver looks at the mythologies and
image-making of a city with thoughtful comments
from local residents such as architects Matthew Soules
and Annabel Vaughan, poet and author Roy Miki,
writer Derek Simons, Métis filmmaker and community
planner Kamala Todd and SFU professor Jerry Zaslove.
Urban Goddess: Jane Jacobs
Reconsidered
52:00 • 2008 •
• $250 (includes discussion guide)
John Thomson/Sharon Bliss
Bliss Pictures
This salute to the late Jane Jacobs examines how she
affected urban planning by challenging the norms
of urban design from the early 60s in New York until
her death in Toronto in 2006. She fought to give
residents a voice at City Hall through consultation
on plans affecting their neighbourhoods. The film
follows recent debates between citizens, developers
and municipal officials in two cities where she had a
profound influence—Brooklyn, New York (with the
Atlantic Shipyards project) and Toronto, Ontario (with
the Queen Street Triangle development).
Imagining Home tracks the complete
transformation of Columbia Villa—a historic,
cherished and maligned Portland, Oregon public
housing neighbourhood enduring poverty, gang
violence and racial discrimination—yet hoping
for a new chance. Despite notable failures in the
social engineering of the urban poor, the “Villa” is
demolished and rebuilt as a controversial, mixedincome development. The film follows several main
characters over five years through displacement,
relocation and return to the new development.
A poignant sense of loss and deep yearning for
stability provide deep emotional undercurrents.
Despite obstacles, several residents tenaciously work
together to rebuild the soul of their community.
Clips of interviews with Jacobs and anecdotes from
her son Ned are combined with comments from Ron
Shiffman, Urbanist at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn,
Margaret Zeidler, a community activist in Toronto,
and Larry Beasley, former Vancouver city planner.
Vancouver architecture critic Trevor Boddy questions
the value pursuing one aspect of Jacobs’ philosophy
to an extreme and muses whether her ideas can
be transplanted into 21st century urban planning
without further reflection. Urban Goddess: Jane
Jacobs Reconsidered is a fascinating portrait of a
critical thinker who understood the need for citizens
to become involved in determining public policy that
shapes the cities in which they live.
But when New Columbia is re-inhabited, tensions
around race and class threaten newfound
stability. How will homeowners meld with public
housing families? Will gangs once again derail
this neighbourhood? Who really has “ownership”
in a mixed-income community? Imagining Home
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WATER
Eco-Pirate: The Story of Paul Watson
110:00 • 2011 • $295
Trish Dolman
Screen Siren
Captain Paul Watson has been on a crusade to
save the oceans for 40 years, and he isn’t about to
stop now. Through the life and convictions of this
notorious activist, director Trish Dolman crafts an
epic tale of the birth of the modern environmental
movement and the founding of Greenpeace and
the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. Part highoctane adventure, the film follows Watson and
his crew as they hunt down a Japanese whaling
fleet in the vast expanse and stunning beauty
of Antarctica’s Southern Ocean and seamlessly
segues in and out of a wealth of archival footage
from decades of confrontational activism around
the world. In-depth interviews with Watson, Bob
Hunter, Patrick Moore and Farley Moway, among
others, capture the heroics, the ego, the disputed
tactics and the urgency of Watson’s mission.
SAMAQAN: Water Stories
13-part series • 2010 •
Five 22:00 programs: $180 each
Four 2-part programs at 44:00: $300 each
Full series available for $2,000
North America’s Indigenous people have always
had a sacred relationship with water. This series
shows their perspective on a most precious
resource—a resource to be protected, not a
commodity to be exploited.
Water Stories 22:00 provides an overview of the
series, the significance of water for Indigenous
people and why society takes it for granted.
Akwiten 22:00 follows the rebirth of the birch
bark canoe, inspired by the emergence of an
ancient Maliseet canoe from a European collection.
Kim and Wayne Brooks are central figures here,
with the launching of a replica of the 180-year-old
Grandfather Akwiten canoe in the Wolostok River in
2009.
Haida Gwaii 22:00 goes to the northern archipelago
on Canada’s West Coast where ecology, economy,
culture and traditional knowledge all hold value.
Subsistence harvesters, biologists and artists talk
about the strategy of Marine protection and the link
between oceans and Haida art and culture.
Akwesasne 44:00 goes to the Mohawk enclave of
Akwesasne, turned into one of the most polluted
first nations communities in the world by the Saint
Lawrence Seaway. They talk about how they survived
this industrial assault.
Posonut: The Maliseet Basket 22:00 visits the
northern reaches of the Tobique River of New
Brunswick, where the Bear clan, of the Maliseet
people, have harvested ash and made baskets for
countless generations. Water plays a central role here,
in this documentary on the making of a multi-purpose
basket with the last basket maker of the Wollostoqiyik
of Negootkoog.
Sacred Head Waters: Loveman Nole 22:00 visits a
vast territory in northern British Columbia where a
watershed is now threatened by an open pit mining
operation. Loveman Nole passes on his knowledge of
the region as a hunter, trapper and raconteur.
Fraser River 44:00 travels down the longest river in
British Columbia, a river that has become a major
economic corridor and is shared by a half dozen First
Nations. Sto:Lo Chiefs and a Musqueam Elder share
their special relationship to this mighty river with
some water stories.
Tetzan Biny: The Disappearance of Fish Lake 44:00
visits one of the last great water systems of the
Chilcotin plateau, now threatened by gold and
copper mining operations that will destroy the trout
population and affect migratory patterns of moose
and caribou.
Remembering Celilo Falls 44:00 shows how the
Dulles Dam, which drowned the Celilo Falls on the
lower Columbia River, affected the Nez Perce and
Klickitat people and the salmon migration.
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INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
Besieged Land
Finding Our Way
In Southern Chile, in a region of vast forestry
plantations, two neighbours, a powerful
landowner and a respected Mapuche Chief, fight
over contested land. One night, the landowner’s
home catches fire. He blames his neighbour
and, without listening to the Mapuche Chief’s
protestations of innocence, takes him to court.
What starts as a mere dispute between neighbours
escalates into “The Trial of Pascual Pichún,” a clash
between two cultures that have opposing views
of the world. At the centre of the conflict lies, in
desolation, the land.
This is a story of a people dispossessed, deep
historic wounds, and still unresolved conflict
between Indigenous people, governments in
Canada and industry. It’s a story of the struggles
of two First Nations in the Carrier territory of
north central British Columbia, Canada, for land
and sovereignty, for healing and revitalization.
The DVD is structured into “chapters” of three
30-minute documentaries, and it comes with an
extensive discussion guide.
65:00 • 2007 • subtitled • $250
María-Teresa Larrain
Spanish w/ English subtitles
Cry Rock
28:30 • 2010 •
• $200
Banchi Hanuse
Smayaykila Films
Today, less than fifteen Nuxalk language speakers
and storytellers remain in Bella Coola, British
Columbia. One of these elders is the director
Banchi Hanuse’s 80-year-old grandmother. In
a technologically obsessed century, it would
seem easier to record Nuxalk stories for future
generations, but Hanuse resists. Instead, she asks
whether an electronic recording can capture the
true meaning and value of these oral traditions.
More importantly, can it be considered cultural
knowledge?
Cry Rock examines how Nuxalk stories are more
than mere words. With the passing of an elder,
an invaluable link to a treasure of knowledge and
experience reflecting the Nuxalk world view is lost.
As Hanuse struggles with the decision, a spinetingling story about the Cry Rock in the bend of
the Atnarko River, nestled in the Bella Coola Valley,
is retold by Clyde Tallio, a young Nuxalk man.
90:00 (3 chapters, 30:00 each) • 2010
$200 (includes discussion guide)
Leonie Sandercock/Giovanni Attili
Chapter 1, The Contagion of Colonization, looks
at the historical circumstances, including the
settlement of the west, Canada’s Indian Act and
the residential school system. It provides the
background on how these First Nations people find
themselves in the situations they face today.
Chapter 2, High Noon at Burns Lake, tells the story
of the Ts’il Kaz Koh First Nation, or Burns Lake
Band. Its people have been in conflict with the
Village of Burns Lake over appropriated lands for
almost a hundred years, a conflict that culminated
in the municipality shutting off water and
sewerage services to their reserve in the year 2000.
This led to a ruling in favour of the Band by the
Supreme Court of British Columbia.
Chapter 3, Keeping Our Heads Above Water, tells
the story of the Cheslatta Carrier Nation, whose
people were evicted from their homeland in 1952
by Alcan’s hydroelectric project. Today, they are
still struggling to “keep their heads above water,”
culturally and economically.
This is 21st century Canada, and the story of two
communities—colonizers and the colonized. It’s a
story with a question mark. After almost a century
of apartheid in this region, the film asks: is there a
way forward?
Immersive and revealing, the documentary blends
interviews set against the wild beauty of the Bella
Coola Valley with vivid watercolor animations. Cry
Rock illuminates the intersection of Nuxalk history,
place and spirit that are at the heart of an oral
storytelling tradition.
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firebear called them faith healers…
an aboriginal story
Nehiyawetan: Let’s Speak Cree
Series 1, 2 & 3
What is a story? What power is in our experiences?
This video presents an Aboriginal story, vignettes
of storytelling, from the life experience of
acclaimed Métis author Richard Van Camp.
Nehiyawetan means “Let’s speak Cree.” This
dynamic six-part series combines live action and
animation in an innovative approach to making
the Cree language accessible to young children.
It follows a group of Aboriginal children, ages
five to seven, as they learn to speak Cree in the
city. The approach taken reinforces learning
through play, music, adventure and storytelling.
Nehiyawetan promotes language retention, offers
a Cree perspective of the world and encourages
smart choices about living in the city.
17:00 • 2009 • $180
Kelvin Redvers/Rhonda Dent
Seven people, of different ages and race, stand
in front of a white background to tell a story
in three vignettes: The Dream, The Fight and
The Faith Healers. Lines from the vignettes are
passed from one storyteller to the next to form
one over-arching story of a mysterious man, “The
Quiet One,” who haunts their dreams and their
lives. Told from the foundation of Aboriginal
storytelling, firebear called them faith healers
is an Aboriginal story, meant to be passed on. It
questions the forces that exist beyond what we can
see, touch or hear and will stimulate discussion on
storytelling, filmmaking and spirituality.
As an extra, the DVD includes a conversation
between Métis director Kelvin Redvers and
storyteller/author Richard Van Camp about the
role of storytelling in the culture of First Nations
people.
Ki-Hi-Ka-Ste:
Life of Chief George Tall Chief
63:30 • 2010 • $200
Amy Tall Chief
George Tall Chief is a key figure in the history
of the First Nations people in the Osage county
of Oklahoma. When the discovery of oil on land
they had purchased brought wealth to the Osage
people, the “Reign of Terror” followed—a number
of murders at the hands of white ranchers over
mineral rights. When his father was among those
murdered, nine-year-old George and his four
younger brothers were placed in boarding and
military schools and were forced to sign away
their land to guardians. Despite these adversities
in his life, George Tall Chief became a teacher, a
coach, a Superintendent of School and a School
Trustee. He also was a professional rodeo cowboy
and one of the first Chiefs to be inducted into the
“National Native American Hall of Fame.” Through
an inspiring account of his life, this documentary
pay tribute to his contributions to community, his
wisdom and his ability to shape his own destiny.
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Mama-oo Pictures
SERIES ONE
(a 6-part series)
24:00 each part • 2008•
$850 for full series   
• $175 per part
Greetings 24:00 • $175
Numbers 24:00 • $175
Action 24:00 • $175
Family 24:00 • $175
Animals 24:00 • $175
Fun 24:00 • $175
SERIES TWO
(6-part series)
24:00 each part • 2009 •
$850 for full series
• $175 per part
In the Garden 24:00 • $175
Colours 24:00 • $175
Seasons 24:00 • $175
Clothing 24:00 • $175
Weather 24:00 • $175
Feast 24:00 • $175
SERIES THREE
(13-part series)
24:00 each part • 2009 •
$1800 for full series
• $175 per part
Review 24:00 • $175
Storytelling 24:00 • $175
Sports 24:00 • $175
Canoeing In the City 24:00 • $175
Making Art 24:00 • $175
Theatre 24:00 • $175
Being Healthy 24:00 • $175
Winter/Solstice 24:00 • $175
Sun, Moon, Stars 24:00 • $175
Music 24:00 • $175
Scary Stuff 24:00 • $175
Coyotes in the City 24:00 • $175
Pow-Wow 24:00 • $175
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Our First Voices
31:00 • 2010 •
Helen Haig-Brown/Zoe Leigh Hopkins/
Lisa Jackson/Kelvin Redvers
Bliss Pictures
With the help of her grandmother, a young mother
composes a lullaby to her baby in Halq’eméylem;
at the Chief Atahm School in Adams Lake, children
learn math in the Secwepemctsin language of
their ancestors; and on Haida Gwaii, musician
Vern Williams honours his culture with songs in his
traditional language of Xaad Kil. These are just
three of the 13 stories in Our First Voices, a film
that celebrates B.C. First Nations languages and
pays tribute to the drive to preserve and revitalize
the languages for future generations.
First Nations producers Marilyn Thomas and
Catarina Longmuir joined Sharon Bliss to produce
this omnibus of 13 poetic meditations on the
importance of Native languages for future
generations. The DVD consists of 13 short films,
varying in length from two to four minutes.
The films are directed by four talented young
Indigenous media artists—Helen Haig-Brown,
Zoe Hopkins, Lisa Jackson and Kelvin Redvers.
While noting the effect the Indian Residential
School system had on the decline of Indigenous
languages, Our First Voices focuses on efforts being
made today to create a whole new generation of
teachers and learners. Using innovative technology
and creating entertaining learning tools,
generations come together with a common goal to
reinvest in the future of their communities.
Policy Baby: The Journey of Rita/Bev
50:00 • 2008 • $250   
Susan Stewart/Michael Glassbourg/Bev Jones
Bev Jones is from Keeseekoowenin, a First Nations
reserve in western Manitoba. Apprehended at
two months of age and put into foster care with
a non-Native family, she was returned to the
reserve when she was six. Dislocated from her
family and without a native tongue, she suffered
abuse; she was then uprooted again and returned
to her foster home. She spent years in a state of
dislocation between two cultures, without solid
roots in either one. Today she is a social worker
and riveting storyteller in her mid-forties, who
coined the term “policy baby” to encapsulate
her all-too-common story of dislocation and loss.
In Canada, it is estimated that in the 1950s and
‘60s alone, over 16,000 Aboriginal children were
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disconnected from their families in this way. This
is the story of two cultures and two histories and
how Bev Jones was able to thread a pathway
across extremely unstable ground to reconnect
with her roots and heal.
Potlatch <To Give>
23:00 • 2011 • $180   
2 shorts: 10:00 & 13:00
Barb Cranmer
Kwakwaka’wakw director Barb Cranmer has
created two short films that recreate the
experience of the modern-day potlatch, still
practiced in her community of Alert Bay, British
Columbia. The first film is a 10-minute narrative
documentary showing the potlatch ceremony and
discussing its importance in the passing down of
history and connection to ancestry. The second
13-minute films immerses the viewer in the
experience itself with a powerful soundscape that
was film in the Bighouse during this traditional
ceremony that connects families and community
for Canada’s Indigenous Northwest Coast people.
Reservation Soldiers
48:00 • 2007 •
• $250   
Lisa Jackson/Trish Williams/Trish Dolman
Screen Siren Pictures
Adventure. Discipline. Cold hard cash. This is what
the Canadian military program Bold Eagle offers
Aboriginal youth from Western Canada’s remote
reserves, and it looks good. But for the ‘lucky’ ones
who beat the fierce competition to get into this
six-week boot camp for First Nations youth, Bold
Eagle is no cakewalk. For many of these young
men and women, this is the biggest challenge they
have ever encountered. Not only are they going
through arduous training and the challenge of
adapting to military culture very different from
their own, they are on the verge of entering the
Canadian Forces at one of the most dangerous
times in recent history.
Reservation Soldiers takes a closer look at the
complex relationship between the Canadian
Forces and First Nations youth, following three
young men from Saskatchewan reservations over
a period of two years. The military have pushed
their recruitment drive into high gear, and Native
youth represent the perfect untapped resource.
Why are these teens so keen to join up? Is a career
in the military the only way out? Is it really the best
option for both?
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Shi-shi-etko
12:00 • 2009 • $160
Marilyn Thomas
Monkey Ink Media
Halq’emalem w/ English subtitles
Shi-shi-etko, a six year old Native girl, has only
four days before she is taken to residential school.
Each of these days she spends with either her
mother, her father or her Yayah (grandmother).
Knowing what’s in store, each of them reminds her
of the beauty of her culture, who she is and most
importantly, to never forget.
Best Canadian Short Film, imagineNATIVE Film Festival 2009;
Best Drama, Winnipeg Aboriginal Festival; First Prize, The Legacy
Awards, Vancouver Women in Film Festival
‘NAMEGAN’S OM DLU’WANS
AWINAGWISEX
We Are One With the Land
32:00 • 2009 • $200
Barb Cranmer
‘NAMGIS First Nation Chief & Council
The people of Vancouver Island’s ‘NAMGIS
First Nation travel in traditional canoes on an
expedition through the traditional territory of
their people, a territory that goes back thousands
of years. Everything they are comes from their
land, and their territory defines them in their
spirit, songs, dances and their relationship to
the land that has sustained them for thousands
of years. In 1997, they signed a Statement of
Intent to negotiate a modern-day treaty with
the Government of British Columbia and the
Government of Canada. As Chief Bill Cranmer
of the ‘NAMGIS First Nation states, “One of our
real strengths is our culture and I think with that
strength we can really show British Columbia and
the rest of Canada that we are distinct people and
that we need to be recognized as distinct people.”
“a spiritual land claim”
27:00 • 2006 • $250   
Dorothy Christian
Dorothy Christian is a member of the Okanagan
and Secwepemc Nations of the British Columbian
Interior. She combines drama, documentary and
poetic prose in “a spiritual land claim” to express
the violence of colonization in a very artful way.
Portraying the transformation of one woman
through her spiritual journey as she returns to her
traditional homelands, the director uses traditional
and contemporary Indigenous songs and haunting
instrumentation to travel with the “spirit” on its
healing journey back to its ancestral homelands.
See also:
Ayaa: A Hero’s Journey................................................................... 46
Cedar and Bamboo......................................................................... 33
Finding Our Way............................................................................. 29
From the Spirit (26-part series)....................................................... 15
Johnny Tootall................................................................................... 8
Killer Whale and Crocodile............................................................. 19
The Life and Work of Daphne Odjig.............................................. 19
A Look at the Life of Morgan Green............................................. 19
The Making of a Haida Totem Pole............................................... 19
Our First Voices................................................................................ 31
Out In The Cold............................................................................... 23
SAVAGE ............................................................................................. 9
Standing Tall.................................................................................... 21
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GUIDANCE & VALUES
BULLyING
Cultural Diversity
Kid Colours
All ah We
7:30 • 2011 •
• $150
Ruben Castelblanco
Everyone is the new kid at some point in their life.
In this short drama Alejandro, a new student with
limited English skills, has difficulty understanding
his high school peers and teachers. Under pressure,
he finds a way to escape the stress of confrontation
and adapt to his new environment with dignity.
Sheep
Kelvin Redvers
In this short drama, directed by a teenager for
teenagers, a mishap in shop class leads to a new
hot trend in the high school. The question is: to
what length will students go just to fit in and be
considered cool? Besides being a good discussionstarter on self-esteem and independent thinking
versus “the herd instinct” and bullying, Sheep will
inspire creative writing, containing good examples
of metaphor and symbolism.
CAREERS
One Week Job
Two versions: 74:00 & 48:00 • 2010 • $195
Ian MacKenzie
One Week Job Productions
One man, one year, 52 jobs. See page 21 for full
film description.
10:30 • 2011 • $160
Karen Chapman
Smallaxx Media Productions
Second generation Canadian Karen Chapman
undergoes a cultural transformation into a carnival
masquerader at Toronto’s Caribana Parade. On this
colourful journey, she discovers her Afro and IndoCaribbean heritage while asking, “Can you call a
place home if you have never been there?”
Beauty Lies
20:00 • 2010 • $180
Karen Chapman
Bad hair days are familiar to most women—but for
those of African descent, the roots of discontent
are more complex. Mass media fully represents
models with long, straight hair. This is not the
kind of hair they have naturally. Karen Chapman
decides to investigate hair—the beauty industry,
representation of hair in popular media and the
link between beauty and power in society. Friends,
family, a youth counselor, a former model and
Canadian playwright Trey Anthony (Da Kink in My
Hair) offer their comments. Dr. Rinaldo Walcott,
a sociology professor at the University of Toronto
adds an analytical perspective dating back to
colonization and slavery. As she proceeds through
her exploration, Karen shaves her head and
discovers a new sense of liberation and identity.
Cedar and Bamboo
22:00 • 2010 • $180
Diana E. Leung/Kamala Todd/Karin Lee/Jennifer Lau
Chinese Canadian Historical Society of BC
Cedar and Bamboo explores identity and
relationships through the lives of four people who
are offspring of intermarriages between Chinese
immigrants to British Columbia and Indigenous
people. At the age of five, elder Judy Joe was
taken from Vancouver to her father’s village in
China where she was raised by her stepfamily. She
fought to reclaim her Canadian identity, returning
to Vancouver by herself at age 14. There, she felt
like an immigrant in her place of birth.
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Musqueam elder Howard Grant, who shares a long
heritage of the Musequeam people through his
mother and a Chinese heritage through his father,
reflects on his experiences with both cultures.
Siblings Jordie and Hannah Yow, who grew up
in Kamloops and are now in their 20s, reflect on
growing up in an absence of information on their
cultural backgrounds.
As an extra on the DVD, 1788: A History of Chinese
and First Nation Relations in British Columbia
provides 10 minutes of academic commentary from
Harley Wylie of the Mowachaht/Muchalaht First
Nation and Professors Jean Barman and Henry Yu
of the University of British Columbia on the shared
histories in British Columbia of these two peoples.
growing up among strangers
Nina Sudra
butterflytyphoon pictures
Growing up among strangers examines the
duality of growing up in Canada’s cultural mosaic.
Several young Canadians from diverse cultural
backgrounds talk about their struggles to balance
two worlds—the traditional, cultural values of
home and the westernized culture that lies outside.
Their stories are combined with comments from
Canadians of earlier generations who understand
this dilemma very well—author Wayson Choy
(The Jade Peony), Zarqa Nawaz, creator of Little
Mosque on the Prairie and YTV host Carlos
Bustamante. This combination of current anecdotes
and memories upon reflection sheds light on the
difficulties and benefits of living in two different
cultures while remaining true to one’s self.
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One Big Hapa Family
85:00 • 2010 •
• $250
Jeff Chiba Stearns/Ruth Vincent
Preconceptions about racial purity are under the
microscope in this fast-paced, heart-warming
documentary by Jeff Chiba Stearns, who has a
heritage that is half-Japanese, half-European. The
spark for this film was ignited at a Koga family
reunion in Kelowna, British Columbia. Looking
around at all his relatives, Stearns realized that
everyone in his Japanese-Canadian family had
married inter-racially after his grandparents’
generation. This spurred him to investigate and to
explain statistical evidence that people of Japanese
origin marry non-Japanese partners at a rate of 95
per cent, much higher than is the case with people
of other origins.
Jeff Stearns puts his talents as an animator to
task, mixing them with keen observations, frank
discussions with four generations of his family
and a humourous and personable approach.
What results is an entertaining and intelligent
examination of how mixed children today perceive
their unique identities. It leaves him wondering if
mixing could be the end of multiculturalism as we
know it.
8:00 • 2010 • $150
Nina Sudra
butterflytyphoon pictures
Secrets in the Forest
The prevailing notion of “fair and lovely” is under
the microscope in this playful and entertaining
short drama. Seema, a precocious 11-year-old girl,
is constantly goaded by her “Masi” (Aunt) about
her dark skin. Since her aunt is big on cleaning,
Seema resorts to a few bottles of a beloved
household cleaning product to see if she can
remedy this flaw. After an unexpected turn of
events, a beautiful truth is revealed.
Four Vancouver women reflect on their status
as “culturally hybrid” in the 21st century. All
are Métis; all are conscious of how colonization
made their ancestors want to forget their
heritage. Michelle LaFlamme is a Ph.D. candidate,
instructor and filmmaker; Tasha Fay Evans is an
actor and playwright who wrote and performs
in a play called She Stands Still; Reina Sinclair is
an administrator in education and Luisa Sanchez
is Mitsoza from Nicaragua. The play makes them
think about their relationships‚ to nature, family,
motherhood and their Aboriginal grandmothers.
Moving Images Distribution 5:00 • 2007 • $100   
Rita Godbout
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GUIDANCE & VALUES
Streetcar from Zanzibar
Who the Jew Are You?
In the bustling streets of Stone Town, on the island
state of Zanzibar, most people never leave their
neighbourhood, but 21-year-old Rukia is preparing
to cross the ocean and start a new life in Toronto.
A stranger in Canada awaits her for an arranged
marriage. Her younger sister Shemsa helps her to
prepare and seems convinced that Canada will bring
prosperity.
Alan Goldman is a man with a mission. As a
disconnected Jew who marries a non-Jewish
woman, he becomes a new father—only to learn
that his new son is not technically a Jew. If Alan
could just figure out what relevance Judaism
has in his own life, he’d be able to help his son
find his place in the Jewish world. His journey is
as important as the answers he seeks; and along
the way, he uncovers a progressive, modern reinvigorated Judaism.
23:00 • 2006 • subtitled •
• $180   
Karen Yarosky
Wander Woman Productions
Across the globe, deep in Toronto’s winter, Nuru
struggles to weather the boredom and cold she
feels being locked in her new city. Two years new
to Canada, she grew up in Zanzibar just streets
away from Rukia and her sister. At 15, Nuru is in
high school, hangs out at the mall, has ditched
traditional garb for hip-hop gear and spends half
her life on the Toronto Transit system. She yearns
for the home she has left behind.
This film illustrates the difference 13,000 kilometres
can make to two young Muslim women. It offers
both a glimpse of a faraway world and a frank
look at the dreams, expectations, discoveries and
disappointments of those who want to call Canada
home.
Who Killed the Goldfish?
11:00 • 2009 • subtitled • $160
Jin Hong
English & Korean w/ English subtitles
This short drama explores the power dynamic
between a mother and the eldest daughter in a
Korean immigrant family whose members vote to
speak only English at home. The daughter takes
advantage of her fluency in English to overpower
her mother’s authority. With their father remaining
in Korea to work, the geographical and psychological separation of the family become amplified by
the obstacles of communication. Cracks caused by
individual transition provide a powerful glimpse of
the domestic struggles of an immigrant family.
48:00 • 2009 • $200
Alan Goldman
Blue Plate Productions
See also:
Finding Our Way............................................................................. 29
From the Spirit, 26-part series........................................................ 15
Mahjong & Chicken Feet.................................................................. 8
SAMAQAN: Water Stories............................................................... 28
Yabai: Asian North American Art Culture..................................... 12
Ethics
419: The Nigerian Scam
20:00 • 2009 •
• $160
Sorin Mihailovici
Every year, more than 50,000 people fall victim to
the Nigerian Scam. It usually starts with an e-mail
about a business proposal or winning a lottery,
followed by stories with tempting outcomes until
the victim’s lifetime savings are lost. Article 419
in the Nigerian Constitution deals with this scam
reported to be the third most lucrative one in the
country, generating over 5 billion dollars in the last
20 years. This short drama, based on a true story,
shows how the scam works.
See also:
Down Here....................................................................................... 40
Finding Our Way............................................................................. 29
FLESH................................................................................................ 50
For You, My People........................................................................... 5
Out In The Cold............................................................................... 23
School of Secrets............................................................................. 21
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GUIDANCE & VALUES
Family Relationships
the gesture
9:00 • 2010 • $120
Nathan Zeitner
This short drama concerns the mending a family
relationship after a long period of estrangement
and the consequences of prejudiced and
homophobic attitudes. A young woman has been
estranged from her grandmother for many years
and has moved to another city to get on with her
life. The sudden arrival of her grandmother, who
hopes to make amends, challenges the young
woman to forgive this past rejection by her family
and move forward on a new path.
While not closed captioned, a version with subtitles for the
Deaf and hard of hearing is available.
This Time Last Winter
25:00 • 2010 • $200
Ann Verall/Sarah Abbott
Amoeba Works
This short drama explores violence in young
relationships. Iona has suffered a violent incident
and lost consciousness. As she struggles to recall
what happened, her mother tells her it was caused
by Iona’s indie rock musician boyfriend. Iona
refuses to believe it. To find out for herself, she
returns to the location of her last memory—his
funky warehouse apartment, full of love, desire
and magic. Through interracial relationships and
the healing of a talking circle, the film explores the
moment of choice we face when the urge to be
violent surfaces.
Your Mother Should Know
18:00 • 2008 •
Peg Campbell
My Son the Pornographer
45:00 • 2008 •
• $250
Peter Campbell/Art Holbrook
Gumboot Productions/Arthur Holbrook Productions
This love story between a father and son explores
the consequences of life choices and how they
can tear families apart. Art, a man raised with
conservative moral values, visits his son Kole, who
works as a writer and actor in the pornography
business in Prague. Art is concerned that Kole’s
choice of career is linked to the sexual abuse he
experienced in Canada as a child. He hopes to
open up lines of communication and get Kole
out of a life that he believes is negative and soul
destroying. As they inch their way to common
ground despite a clash of values, Art persuades
Kole to return to Canada to confront his past so
that he can begin healing his troubled life. This
moving and surprisingly humorous documentary
examines the complexities of parenting and the
long-lasting impact of sexual abuse on victims and
their families.
• $200   
This viscerally personal film examines the
relationships between mothers and daughers
and resonates with the passion and helpless love
that overwhelms almost every mother. Campbell
assembles small moments snatched from memory,
snapshots and home movies that trace the line
between three different lives—her mother’s, her
daughter’s and hers. Set against these personal
stories is a collection of teenage girls offering
blunt assessments of their roles in the age-old
dance between mothers and daughters.
See also:
Cedar and Bamboo......................................................................... 33
Embracing Bob’s Killer.................................................................... 38
Finding Our Way............................................................................. 29
One Big Hapa Family....................................................................... 34
Over Land........................................................................................ 26
She’s a Boy I Knew........................................................................... 47
Who Killed the Goldfish? .............................................................. 35
Who the Jew Are You?................................................................... 35
Best Documentary, Leo Awards - British Columbia Film & Television
Awards
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HEALTH SCIENCES
& SOCIAL WORK
Addiction
Disability
Letter to Myself
Almost Normal: Stories from
the Well Within
22:00 • 2007 • $180   
Beth Miller
Acorn New Media
Kim and Carla met during treatment for crystal
meth addiction. Their struggle to overcome this
addiction is powerfully portrayed in their own
words, comments from family and counsellors and
text of a letter Kim wrote to herself during her
darkest days at rock bottom.
Not a Game
10:00 • 2007 • $150   
Eva Wunderman/Toby Hinton
Wunderman Films/Odd Squad Productions
The harsh realities of crystal meth, an increasingly
popular drug for young people, come to light in
this documentary created for elementary school
level and up. Addicts currently battling the
addiction share their experiences and the dreams
they once had for their future. An elementary
school teacher and her class discuss strategies to
refuse the drug when approached, and a medical
doctor provides frank and real insight into the
horrific damage crystal meth can cause.
Revolving Doors
12:30 • 2009 • $180
Kristen Korns
Public health nurses Evanna Brennan and Susan
Giles have developed innovative strategies
in their work with Vancouver’s Downtown
Eastside. Over the last 15 years, they’ve provided
street-level home care nursing to an essentially
homeless population surviving the effects of drug
addiction, mental illness and now HIV. Revolving
Doors follows them through the harsh streets of
Canada’s poorest postal code for a glimpse of their
extraordinary approach and amazing dedication to
reach out to this fragile population.
46:00 • 2004 •
Seana Kozar
• $200   
Storyteller and folklorist, Dr. Seana Kozar is a
woman with an invisible disability. When she
was born with cerebral palsy, her parents were
told she would never enjoy a full life. At just
19, she was offered a fully funded spot in a
Ph.D. program. In Almost Normal, Seana takes a
deeply personal journey with four other women
whose disabilities—attention deficit disorder,
auditory disability, bi-polar affective disorder,
reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD), rheumatoid
arthritis and asthma—are as diverse as their life
experiences. They discuss the challenges they have
encountered at work, school and home, and the
coping strategies they have developed to survive.
Honourable mention, Documentary category for work by a
filmmaker with a disability, Picture This International Disability
Film Festival
First Steps
12:00 • 2009 • $150
Jason DaSilva
InFace Films
Vancouver filmmaker Jason DaSilva made his
first film at the age of 20. Just two years later, his
second short film played at the Sundance Film
Festival and qualified for an Oscar nomination.
Four years after that, Jason was diagnosed with
multiple sclerosis at the age of 26.
First Steps is a short personal diary on film,
documenting how Jason’s world has changed over
the first four years of this neurological disorder.
His determination to learn about this neurological
disorder and continue his career as a talented
filmmaker and artist is inspiring.
See also:
Blue Skies & Rocky Shores............................................................... 40
Nothing Like Her............................................................................... 5
See also:
Down Here....................................................................................... 40
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HEALTH SCIENCES & SOCIAL WORK
Eating Disorders
Healing & Mental Health
No Numbers: Identity beyond measure
The Brush, The Pen, and Recovery
Living in a society that is heavily dominated by
capitalist narratives and media values makes many
feel like they don’t quite measure up. As a model
and actor, Dena Ashbaugh has battled eating
disorders for many years and is particularly media
savvy. She and other individuals share their stories
in this examination of the general sense of “disease” in a society where dissatisfaction with selfimage is increasingly becoming the norm.
The Brush, The Pen, and Recovery follows a group
of artists preparing work for exhibition at the
Gallery on the Bay in Hamilton, Ontario. They are
members of the Cottage Studio, a studio space
established in 1993 to promote mental health
and the artistic realization of its members. The
film focuses on three artists in particular, all with
schizophrenia. As they work on art pieces that
show stunning talent, they talk frankly about their
illness, their long road to recovery, and the role art
has played in their lives.
2 versions (includes discussion guide)
62:00 • 2009 •
• $275
46:00 • 2010 •
• $250
Sonja Ruebsaat/Dena Ashbaugh
beatroute productions
Three women use film to move away from the
self-destructive practices of disordered eating
toward those that are self-creating. They rediscover
values in life that move beyond inches, weight and
other measures that society too often champions
as benchmarks for success. Treatment for eating
disorders often fails to break out of this numbers
game, resulting in frustratingly low recovery rates
and unacceptably high mortality. The stories of
recovery by the three women in No Numbers,
although personal, are inescapably connected to
society and thus to the community as a whole.
Through True Eyes: the process of
recovery from eating disorders
23:00 • 2009 •
Daphne Curtis
Atlantic Mediaworks
This documentary is based on research by
Kate Weaver, R.N., Ph.D, University of New
Brunswick. Three women share experiences of
their battle with eating disorders, through onset,
hospitalization and recovery. The issue of control
in their lives was paramount for all, whether it was
for body image or to counter complex childhood
traumas including sexual abuse or the loss of family
members. Frank and intimate recollections inform
the reality of those who embark on the long
process of overcoming anorexia nervosa.
33:00 • 2009 • $180
Marvin Ross/David Laing Dawson
Bridgeross Communications
“…great moments that really land the idea of the place art can
have in recovery, the pride people get from their work and the
identity as ‘artist’.”
- Bruce Saunders, Founder,
Movie Monday Society, Victoria, B.C.
“Educational, accurate, human, and compelling.”
- Dr. Peter Cook,
Department of Psychiatry, McMaster University
Embracing Bob’s Killer
46:00 • 2007 •
• $200   
Helen Slinger/Sue Ridout
Dreamfilm Productions
When lawyer and triathlete Bob McIntosh died a
senseless death in Squamish, B.C., his widow Katy
Hutchison fell into the national media spotlight.
Her pleas for the killer to turn himself in were met
with an impenetrable code of silence. Determined
not to be victimized further and harbour the same
anger that led someone to kick her husband in
the head, she embarked on a remarkable journey
of forgiveness and began a speaking tour, talking
to high school students about the consequences
of bad decision-making and the importance for
each individual to take responsibility for his or her
actions. Then, she invited her husband’s killer to
join her onstage, even while he was still in prison
for manslaughter. Although their lives had collided
through tragedy, they formed a kind of collegial
friendship—and together, could deliver a very
powerful message.
Embracing Bob’s Killer shows how each person
close to the victim was affected and how some
can forgive, while others cannot. It sheds light on
the complexities of restorative justice as well as
the nature of forgiveness and the human need to
judge even this most “divine” of acts.
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Glimpses of Light
Emma Kendall/Nick Kendall/Keet Neville
Orca Productions
Different voices from diverse cultural backgrounds
share life stories about the paths travelled while
navigating their experience of mental illness.
Their messages are meant to serve as a catalyst for
ongoing discussion to deepen our understanding
of needs and experience of people who experience
mental illness and, in particular, Aboriginal people
and their families.
They offer suggestions for a more holistic system
that includes an approach of respect, not blame,
and an understanding of their need for cultural
reconciliation. A health care provider comments
that respect for the patient’s personal experience
is an essential first step along the path to healing.
This film is an initiative of the Cultural Society
working group of the First Nation, Métis and
Inuit Advisory Committee of the Mental Health
Commission in collaboration with the Mood
Disorders Association of Canada and the Native
Mental Health Association.
The Light of Family Burnam
Oh Me 2: a case of BiPolar DisOrder
20:00 • 2008 • $180
Jonathan Amitay
In this personal and endearing film, a prolific and
brilliant animator reveals his battles with bipolar
disorder to lay the path for a new understanding
of this condition. His son, a clinical psychologist,
adds his own comments, from the perspective of a
health professional and family member.
The Sacred Seven
Jordan Molaro/Sami Tesfazghi
In this short drama, a foster child’s morals far
surpass those of her neglectful foster mother.
Seven-year-old Mellissa grounds herself with the
seven sacred teachings taught by the late Elder
Doris Campbell. Mellissa realizes that her only
safe haven from this home is by living her life in
spiritual harmony. The film offers a glimpse into a
neglectful foster home and the efforts of a child to
establish a sense of balance. It is accompanied by a
discussion guide that explains The Seven Teachings,
written by one of Canada’s First Nations Elders and
spiritual leaders, David Courchene, Jr., from the
Ashinabe Nation in Manitoba.
19:30 • 2009 •
• $200
Marshall Axani/Douglas Kerr
Awkward Moment Productions
Terminally-ill 10-year-old Wyler Burnam plans for
his upcoming funeral with the help of his youngat-heart grandfather, Richard. Wyler’s father,
Michael, struggles with the fact that his son will
soon be gone. Having already experienced the
loss of his wife a few years earlier, Michael feels
helpless as the people he loves most are slowly
being torn from his life. Furthermore, Michael’s
father Richard seems reluctant to acknowledge
the boy’s worsening condition and continues to
perpetuate Wyler’s imagination that he still has all
the time in the world. But when Wyler’s condition
worsens, his dad is forced to finally open up and
become the father that Wyler needs. In so doing,
it’s Michael’s last chance to embrace the lighter
side of death, find some redemption within himself
and fully enjoy the time he has left with his son.
Best Short Film, Heart of Gold Festival 2009 in Australia
See also:
Almost Normal: Stories from the Well Within.............................. 37
Down Here....................................................................................... 40
Finding Our Way............................................................................. 29
the gesture...................................................................................... 36
Glimpses of Light............................................................................. 39
My Son the Pornographer.............................................................. 36
No Numbers: Identity beyond measure ....................................... 38
Nothing Like Her............................................................................... 5
On a Moving Path........................................................................... 50
Policy Baby: The Journey of Rita/Bev............................................. 31
SAVAGE ............................................................................................. 9
Through True Eyes: the process of recovery
from eating disorders.............................................................. 38
www.movingimages.ca
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Homelessness
Home
9:00 • 2006 • $120   
Wayne Dupuis/Jordan Shaw
Building Bridge: A Housing
Project for Women
22:00 • 2003 • $150   
Jacqueline Levitin
Health and Home Research Project/SFU
Homeless women and women in desperate straits
on Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside found a safe
haven when Bridge Housing for Women opened in
2001. This opening culminated a 20-year effort by
neighbourhood residents and activists to create a
place where women could escape the dangers of
the streets and get support to come off drugs and
alcohol. The women who created the project and
the women who call Bridge home tell their stories.
Down Here
30:00 • 2008 • $200
Charles Wilkinson
Shore Films
Director Charles Wilkinson filmed eight residents
in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, with dignity,
in a quiet and safe environment. They are streetdwellers in one of North America’s so-called
“most livable cities.” They share their stories of
how they shifted from seemingly normal lives
to their present existence in hostile and toxic
environments. Revelations about their daily
experiences are combined with images of life on
the street in this intimate portrait of people who
form the fringes of society—the poor, hungry, sick
and ashamed.
Most Popular Canadian Short Film, Vancouver International Film
Festival; Best Short Documentary, Cleveland Film Festival; Ondo
Curta Award - Best Short Documentary, “Circuito Off” Venice
International Short Film Festival
This documentary, created from still photos, is
not only a stark reminder of the unforgiving
reality of homeless Canadians, it also looks at the
unexpected community and diversity of street life.
One homeless man talks about his street family
who camp together and keep an eye on each
other. A young man, who describes himself as
coming “from a good family” argues against the
stereotype that all homeless people are addicted
to drugs or mentally ill. One woman insists that she
doesn’t want a home because on the street, she’s
free from the demands of family and friends. A
51-year-old man explains that he works regularly
but can’t afford the cost of shelter. Their frank and
thoughtful commentary from several professionals
who work with them present a closer look at life
on the streets.
Hospice Care
Blue Skies & Rocky Shores
21:00 • 2008 • $160
Linda Rae Dornan
Artist and university professor John Asimakos
was diagnosed with Pick’s Disease in 1994. This
rare form of dementia slowly erodes cognitive
abilities. His wife and caregiver, Linda Rae Dornan,
documented her experience of caring for John
through his illness, over a period of nine years.
What emerges is a touching glimpse of caregiving
as John struggled to live with dignity and joy as his
life drastically changed.
Hand to Toe: An Exploration
in the Art of Giving
8:30 • 2010 • $100
France Benoit
Every Wednesday at the Salvation Army in
Yellowknife in the Northwest Territories, men
and women from the streets gather to share an
evening meal and have their feet washed. They
swap stories and the volunteers who provide this
service make meaningful connections with their
community. Invoking the grace and security of the
womb, director France Benoit and videographer
Gary Milligan dive foot first into these lively nights
with this artful, black-and-white exploration into
the act of giving.
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Moving Images Distribution See also:
Tending Toward Silence.................................................................. 23
Tel: 604 684 3014 | Toll Free: 800 684 3014
Medicine
Desperately Seeking Doctors
42:00 • 2008 •
• $200   
Sharon Barlett/Maria Le Rose/Sue Ridout
Dreamfilm Productions
Canada’s universal health care system was the envy
of the world. But today, five million Canadians
don’t have a family doctor. As a result, when we
get sick we either clog up hospital emergency
rooms or go to walk-in clinics that don’t know our
medial histories and can offer little continuity of
care. The situation is already critical, and is about
to get much worse—with a huge bulge of baby
boom doctors about to retire and younger doctors
not inclined to sacrifice personal lives for their
careers.
How did we get here? And how do we get back to
the level of primary health care that we believe is
our right as Canadian citizens? Filmmakers Sharon
Bartlett and Maria LeRose set out on a crosscountry journey, talking to ordinary Canadians,
doctors and health care experts to investigate the
present crisis, its causes and possible solutions.
Health Care 911: the plight of
immigrant medical doctors
47:00 • 2006 •
• $200   
Jiyar Gol/Erin Mussolum/Michelle Welygan
Artizan Productions
Health Care 911 introduces some of the 8,000
medically trained immigrants unable to practice in
Canada despite a critical shortage of doctors across
the country. Facing the frustration of repeating
years of training, exorbitant exam fees and
competing for scarce residency positions, doctors
from Pakistan, Italy, South Africa and elsewhere
describe their battle with government bureaucracy
in Canada, a country where less than 5 per cent
of immigrant medical doctors (IMDs) will ever
practice.
Patrick Coady, coordinator of B.C.’s Internationally
Trained Professionals Network, points to a 1991
report for Canada’s deputy ministers of health that
predicted a doctor surplus and led to a decrease
in seats at medical schools. He also questions the
role played by the self-regulating colleges of
practitioners in preventing IMDs from working
in Canada. A representative from the College of
Physicians & Surgeons of British Columbia places
the blame squarely on lack of government funding.
One deputy minister defends his government’s
policy as a precaution taken for the safety of
patients. Meanwhile a woman with a spinal
condition, whose mobility has declined irreversibly
while she’s waited months to see a specialist, is one
of thousands of Canadians shocked by the long
queues for essential medical procedures.
As immigrant doctors continue to take jobs as
security guards and cab drivers, Health Care 911
probes all sides of the growing problem of health
care accessibility in Canada.
See also:
Captured: From Footbinding to Stilettos....................................... 50
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Polio Hunters
45:30 • 2008 • subtitled • $200
Jack Silberman
Homeward Bound Productions
English and Hindi w/ English subtitles
The highly contagious polio virus that crippled
thousands in Canada in the 1950s has been
eradicated in many countries but still thrives in
a few places around the world. One of its last
strongholds is in northern India, in the state of
Uttar Pradesh and in the city of Muzaffarnagar.
Polio Hunters follows a two-week immunization
campaign there in 2005 assisted by Toronto’s Dr.
Yakub Vaid for the World Health Organization.
This trip takes Dr. Vaid away from his family and
the comforts of his home in Toronto. He returns
to the home of his ancestors and, with a tight
timeline, he has to employ all the resources he
can to find and vaccinate those at risk in a region
where many aren’t even aware that the polio
vaccine can protect their children. Dr. Vaid is able
to mobilize the volunteer resources of street criers
and performers, school teachers and students, local
midwives and the Muslim leaders to vaccinate as
many children as possible to halt the spread of this
crippling disease.
Sexual Assault
Dissolve: a documentary on drug
facilitated sexual assault
48:00 • 2009 •
Meghan Gardiner/Michelle Porter
Scott Renyard/Amy Belling
A little liquid or powder is slipped into a drink.
Women are being drugged into unconscious or
semi-conscious states and being raped. They
often have little or no memory of the attack or
attacker, just the feeling that something terrible
has happened. With a lack of awareness about
these drugs, women don’t realize how vulnerable
they are, and rapists are getting away with their
crimes. In Dissolve, several women talk about their
experiences. Law enforcement officers, lawyers
and hospital workers add their comments on the
dangers of the drugs used in what now comprises
20 per cent of all sexual assaults.
See also:
A Case of Rape.................................................................................. 4
School of Secrets............................................................................. 21
Youth Violence
The Red Jacket
24:00 • 2008 • $180
Angela Bianchi
White Angel Productions
A chance encounter for a 19-year-old visitor to
Victoria led to life-altering consequences. Nicholas
Chow Johnson was walking on a street wearing
a red jacket, the colour of the Bloods street gang
and was beaten by a rival gang member of the
Crips. He suffered a brain injury that has left him
incapacitated for life.
The documentary shows the problems with wannabe gangs in Victoria, B.C. the glamorization of
teen violence and its dire consequences. This is
a powerful discussion starter for bad decision
making and its lifelong repercussions.
See also:
This Time Last Winter...................................................................... 36
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HISTORY
HOLOCAUST
North American History
Return to Reichenbach
Arctic Shadows: The Arctic
Journeys of Dr. R. M. Anderson
60:00 • 2011 • $300
Maureen Kelleher
Two women on opposite sides of Hitler’s Third
Reich meet in Toronto, years after the Second
World War—one, a Jewish girl orphaned by the
regime, the other possibly the Nazi guard who
protected her. This powerful documentary weaves
together their stories, intimately exploring and
contrasting their experiences of the ward, crushing
losses and their fraught reunion more than half a
century later.
Return to Reichenbach is the first documentary in
the body of Holocaust material that simultaneously
captures the stories of an everyday Jewish girl
and a German woman in Hitler’s reign. It provides
a rare opportunity to view history through their
eyes—a survivor searching for closure 50 years later
and a German woman who paid a huge price for
ideals she blindly supported or was too afraid to
oppose.
Time Apart: A History of Hope
43:00 • 2009 •
• $180
Rachel Bower/Warren Brown
Willow Productions
60:00 • 2010 • $200
David R. Gray/Ian Hall
Dr. Rudolph Martin Anderson spent seven winters
and ten summers north of the Arctic Circle in his
career as an Arctic scientist. This documentary salutes
his contributions to conservation, Arctic science and
cultural knowledge from three different expeditions.
His first expedition lasted from 1908 to 1912 and
took him to the Western Arctic as a zoologist,
accompanying Arctic explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson—
sometimes with him and sometimes on his own, for as
long as eight months. A year later, Dr. Anderson sailed
again as head of the scientific party for the Canadian
Arctic Expedition from 1913 to 1916. In 1928, he
sailed again, this time as the Canadian Eastern Arctic
Patrol Official Naturalist. From these expeditions,
Dr. Anderson collected an amazing number of
specimens and artifacts as well as documenting the
expeditions with thousands of photographs. Archival
film footage, photographs and sound recordings
are combined with stunning contemporary footage
of wildlife in this film that pays tribute to the work
of a great mammologist who has largely gone
unrecognized since his death in 1961.
Seventy-seven-year old Holocaust survivor Alice
Zuckerman never gave up hope she would find
her family, lost after the Second World War. When
scribbled notes on torn paper reveal clues to her
past, Alice and her family reunite. Alice takes us
on a moving journey through old Eastern Europe,
a world that seemingly disappeared through
Nazism and Communism. Yet the world of Alice’s
childhood remains vital in the hearts of the people
she meets along the way. Time Apart: A History
of Hope is a story that proves, as Alice Zuckerman
says, “Hope is the last thing to die.”
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HISTORY
Beyond the Gardens’ Wall: The
Immigrant Workers of Tod Inlet
30:00 • 2011 • $200
David R. Gray/Ian Hall
Mountain Studios/Grayhound Productions
Mississippi ReMixed
57:00 • 2010 •
Myra Ottewell
Significant limestone deposits at Tod Inlet, near
Victoria, attracted Owen Sound businessman Robert
Pim Butchart to relocate his Portland cement factory
to Vancouver Island in 1904. As the limestone
was extracted, his wife Jennie took on the task of
creating a series of sunken gardens on the 55-acre
site.
It was in a Canadian classroom that teacher Myra
Ottewell, born and raised in Jackson, Mississippi,
started on a journey to her past. After watching
the film Mississippi Burning, students could not
believe that it was possible for Myra or other
white Mississippians to have had anything but
disrespectful, hated or bigoted relationships
with African Americans in the ‘60s. And they
doubted things had changed much since.
Beyond the Gardens’ Wall tells the story of
immigrant Chinese and Sikh workers who worked
first at the cement plant and then continued
the labour to create what is now known as the
Butchart Gardens. Extensive research, narration, rare
archival footage and comments from the workers’
descendants, including Victoria’s mayor Alan
Lowe, describe a little-known chapter in Canadian
history and illustrate the harsh impact of Canada’s
immigration laws on these immigrant communities.
Frustrated that Canadians had nothing good to
say about her state, Myra embarked on a personal
journey to investigate the past, returning to her
birthplace in Jackson, Mississippi. There she met
James Meredith, the first black student to enroll in
the University of Mississippi and Dolphus Weary,
who left the state on a basketball scholarship
and wrote the book, I Ain’t Comin Back. He did
return and now runs an organization dedicated to
building authentic relationships along racial lines.
Canyon War: The Untold Story
46:00 • 2009 •
• $250
Eva Wunderman
Canyon War Productions
Canyon War covers the tumultuous events of 1858 in
British Columbia—events which led to a little-known
war that could have escalated, had it not been for
the persuasive diplomacy of Chief Spintlum of the
Nlaka’pamux First Nation. 2008 marked the 150th
anniversary of the Fraser River Gold Rush, which
saw some 30 to 40 thousand gold seekers flood into
the Fraser Valley, culminating in the Fraser River
War in August of that year. Many lives were lost,
both Native and non-Native, until peace was finally
concluded in Lytton by Chief Spintlum and Henry
Snyder.
But as Myra delved deeper into understanding
race relations, she uncovered harsh and troubling
information. Growing up white in the segregated
South, so well portrayed in Harper Lee’s 1960 novel,
To Kill a Mockingbird, Myra had been sheltered
from the hate crimes taking place in her state. These
intense truths forced her to wrestle with demons of
her past, as she gained a deeper understanding of
race relations and “white privilege.” Her personal
exploration celebrates the transformations occurring
and proves that not forgetting Mississippi’s painful
past is the key to finding true racial reconciliation.
“…a story that is not uncommon and one that still continues today
right here where racism still manifests itself in subtle and not so
subtle ways.”
- Karen Rolston, Centre for Intercultural
Communication, UBC Continuing Studies
Through the descendants from this time, Kevin
Loring and Dr. Dan Marshall, Canyon War provides a
lasting legacy of this event and is shot on the war’s
little-known battlefields—from the fight of Boston
Bar to the peace at Kumsheen.
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INTERNMENT
Henry’s Glasses
20:00 • 2010 •
• $180
Brendan Uegama/Nicole G. Leier
Black Tree Pictures
This short drama is set in 1945, in internment camps
for Canadians of Japanese origin. A family has
been separated, the father in Ontario and his wife
and three children in a camp in Tashme, British
Columbia. Eleven-year-old Henry finds solace from
the dreary life of internment through a pair of
magic glasses given to him by his grandfather.
These special glasses transport him from a world of
darkness to one of beauty and light. Although the
glasses mean more to Henry than any of the few
possessions he has left, he shares them with Mr.
Yamamoto in the hopes of lifting the elderly man
from the depths of discouragement.
Ohanashi: The Story of Our Elders
(10-part series)
2008 • $150 per part • $900 series
Susanne Tabata
National Nikkei Museum & Heritage Centre
Ohanashi: The Story of Our Elders features 10
Japanese-Canadian elders who tell their stories,
describing their lives both before the bombing of
Pearl Harbour, which led to internment, and after
the Second World War.
For descriptions on the individual episodes, please
see our brochure.
Tak Miyazaki 35:00 • $150
Born in Steveston, B.C. in 1929.
Kazue Oye 30:00 • $ 150
Shirley Omatsu 44:00 • $ 150
Born in Vancouver, B.C. in 1929.
Tom and Shig Kuwabara 47:00 • $ 150
Born in Skeena River, B.C. in 1922 and 1924.
Susumu Tabata 44:00 • $ 150
Alfie Kamitakahara 43:00 • $ 150
Marie Katsuno 35:00 • $ 150
Born in East Burnaby, B.C. in 1923.
Midge Ayukawa 33:00 • $ 150
May Komiyama 34:00 • $ 150
Irene Tsuyuki 45:00 • $ 150
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HISTORY
Tora
29:30 • 2010 • $200
Wendy Ord/Glen Samuel
Mountain Lake Films
Jenna, a jaded young urban woman, inherits a lakefront property in the interior of British Columbia.
Dilapidated log buildings hidden in the bush
and unsettling visions of a ghostly eight-year-old
Japanese girl suggests there is more to the inherited
property than she’s been told. During her stay there,
she encounters Oyama, a mysterious older Japanese
Canadian, and the mystery begins to unfold. Jenna
experiences the pain of loss, the power of hope
and the value of forgiveness when she learns that
her new property was once a Second World War
Japanese internment camp. Tora features stunning
cinematography and stars Kate Bateman as Jenna,
Dr. David Suzuki as Oyama and Kevan Ohtsji as
young Oyama.
The Canadian Government interned more than
22,000 people of Japanese descent during the Second
World War, three-quarters of them Canadian citizens.
Their possessions were seized and sold to cover
the costs of keeping the camps, leaving them with
nothing at the end of the war. Tora is a modern-day
ghost story that should haunt us all.
WAR HISTORY
Ayaa: A Hero’s Journey
48:00 • 2008 •
• $200
Jason Margolis/Marilyn Thomas
Monkey Ink Media
English; Cree version w/ English subtitles also included
In any small town, you quickly know who your
neighbours are, but in a trailer park in Chase,
British Columbia, two neighbors discovered a
spiritual connection that spanned continents and
time, miraculously reuniting them fifty years after
their first encounter.
Ayaa: A Hero’s Journey is a story of serendipity and
karma, exploring the amazing twists of fate that
connect Albert Thomas, an Aboriginal Second World
War veteran, and Anneke Mercks-Sayer, a Dutch
immigrant and Second World War survivor. Through
interviews, recreations, photos and archival footage,
we journey through the history of one man’s giving
nature, his unwavering generosity and the ultimate
reward of one person’s heartfelt thanks.
Bobby’s Peace
25:30 • 2010 • $160
Susan Rodgers
Fat Cat Productions
As battles raged during the Second World War many
young pilots were casualties of war. To replenish
the supply of pilots for the Allies, the British
Commonwealth Air Training Plan School was set up
to teach navigation to new recruits at Summerside,
P.E.I.
See also:
This short drama, based on letters found in a
museum, recreates the story of William and Joe, two
flight instructors who arrive in Summerside to teach
these recruits. William and Joe are fresh from their
first tours of duty in the hell of war overseas. They
find themselves staying in a home with relatives
of Bobby Cavannaugh, a young P.E.I. boy whose
wartime death still haunts William, who was his
instructor. Events unfold that bring William to the
realization that he must move on and that peace can
be attained in unlikely places.
Cedar and Bamboo ........................................................................ 33
Finding Our Way............................................................................. 29
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Moving Images Distribution See also:
Ohanashi: The Story of Our Elders................................................. 45
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SOCIAL SCIENCES
Gender & Sexuality
100% Woman
59:00 • 2004 •
• $250   
Karen Duthie/Diana Wilson
100 Percent Woman Productions
100% Woman begins as Michelle Dumaresq’s
mountain-bike riding career did, careening down
a rocky path to be met with controversy. From
some critics comes cautious concern, from others,
complete attack. At the centre of it all is the past
of this extreme athlete—in particular, the first
20-odd years of life that Michelle spent as Michael.
In 2002, Dumaresq became the first openly
transgender woman in the world to be named to
a national team in any sport. From her days on
the B.C. race circuit, to the Canada Cup, national
title and berth at the World Championships, her
progress is dogged by constant scrutiny from both
fellow competitors and the media. Dumaresq
insists she doesn’t race to make a stand, but
doesn’t shy from being a trailblazer. She grew up
in turmoil over her identity and struggled to come
to terms with herself as an adult, even with her
parents’ whole-hearted support. She takes on the
mantle of role model because she understands
how isolated others like her feel. Dr. Jerrilyn Prior,
the pioneer of sex-hormone use in gender reassignment therapy, backs up Dumaresq’s quest
to compete and explains how hormonal changes
drastically reduce musculature.
This compelling documentary raises timely
questions about what it means to be a “real”
woman in the world of competitive sports and
beyond.
Best Mountain Biking Film, Vancouver International Mountain
Film Festival; Edith Lando Peace Prize, Reel 2 Real International
Film Festival for Youth
FLESH and BLOOD: a journey
between east and west
24:00 • 2006 • subtitled • $250   
Marusya Bociurkiw
Winds of Change Productions
English and Ukrainian w/ English subtitles
What’s the Ukrainian word for sex? Filmmaker
Marusya Bociurkiw explores this question in the
humorous and provocative Flesh and Blood,
the first-ever Canadian film about East European
queer sexualities. Coming to the realization that
there is no language for sex in Ukrainian culture,
she heads to Ukraine to find out why. A queer bar
in Kyiv reveals drag queens in traditional Ukrainian
costume. A trip to the suburbs introduces
transsexual Lena and bisexual Oksana, who live
with Oksana’s two husbands and her grandmother
in what they call a “poly-family.” Interviews shot
in Canada and Ukraine tell the story of sexual and
cultural changes since the fall of the Berlin Wall.
She’s a Boy I Knew
70:00 • 2007 • $275   
Gwen Haworth
Shapeshifter Films
Vancouver filmmaker Gwen Haworth documents
her male-to-female gender transition partially
through the voices of her anxious but loving
family, best friend and wife. Finding selfempowerment through self-representation,
Haworth’s feature debut is a comic, heartbreaking,
and uplifting autobiography that breaks away
from marginalized depictions of transsexuals that
populate mainstream media by focusing on a
family whose bonds unexpectedly strengthen as
they re-examine their preconceptions of gender
and sexuality.
Audience Award for Most Popular Canadian Film, Vancouver
International Film Festival; Best Screenwriting in a Documentary,
Leo Awards - British Columbia Film & Television Awards; Audience
Award for Best Documentary, Mix Brazil; Jury Award for Best
Documentary, Tel Aviv International LGBT Film Festival
See also:
Girls On Top..................................................................................... 13
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SOCIAL SCIENCES
Globalization
Consequences: The Private Side
of Britain
23:00 • 2006 •
• $150   
Glen Richards
Indignant Eye Productions
The downsizing, restructuring, privatization and
deregulation movement set in motion by British
Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the early
1980s spread to Canada in the mid 90s with the
signing of NAFTA. Thatcher cut taxes and social
services, targeted trade union, sold off public
utilities, eroded the power of local governments,
and looked to for-profit corporations to move in
and fill the gaps. The effects of this conservative
ideology and its legacy, commonly known at
“Thatcherism,” are evident everywhere in Britain.
Consequences traces the impact on that country
and draws parallels to similar trends in Canada.
Narrator Maude Barlow points out the dire
consequences for average Canadians if the hard
lessons learned by Britain are ignored.
Working to Help My Mom
46:00 • 2007 • subtitled • $200  
Leuten Rojas
Point of View @ Docs
English and Spanish w/ English subtitles
Like it or not, child labour is an indisputable reality
in today’s world. This documentary looks at the
boys, girls and adolescents who have no other
option but to work for their survival in Santiago,
Chile—a modern metropolis and showpiece of
free market economy wherein accelerated growth
co-exists with destitution. Their daily reality is
mediated by conversations with committed NFO
social workers and volunteers that try to help and
protect them. Through candid interactions with
several working children over a five-year period,
the picture that emerges is one that exposes the
lights and shadows of globalization. Perhaps one
of the most poignant comments comes from a
girl who is asked, “What do you want to be?” Her
response is, “Nothing. What could I be?”
See also:
Over Land........................................................................................ 26
Where Credit Is Due........................................................................ 49
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Relations
Lest We Forget
54:00 • 2003 • $250 (includes discussion guide)   
Jason DaSilva
December 7, 1941: the bombing of Pearl Harbor
thrusts America into the Second World War. In the
name of national security, all people of Japanese
origin are proclaimed “enemy aliens” and interned
for the duration of the war. September 11, 2001: a
new chapter in national security begins as America
suffers another terrible tragedy. This time, a new
alien arises: Arabs, South Asians and Muslims.
With a critical eye, Lest We Forget explores a
lesson that America seems determined to learn
twice. By violating civil liberties and alienating
their own citizens, vilifying the visible minority,
America is bent on homeland security but does this
once again cross the line to unlawful treatment of
innocent individuals?
Special Mention (Right to Know category), One World
International Human Rights Film Festival (Prague)
reclaiming rights
52:30 • 2009 • $200
Brishkay Ahmed
Farsi (Pashtun) w/ English subtitles
Hokouk is the word for “rights” in the language
spoken by Afghan women. Reclaiming rights
follows a team of sassy Afghan lawyers and
their clients, the young girls under turquoise
blue burqas, in and out of meetings and court
appointments.
For the uneducated girls, words like “Section
183 of the Constitution” or “Item Number 12 of
the Civil Rights Code” mean little. But from their
lawyer’s perspective, a window has opened. The
opportunity to reclaim lost legal rights through
courage and education has arrived. Sex, marriage,
love and the law are explored as the girls share
their stories to seek freedom with fellow Afghan
and filmmaker, Brishkay Ahmed. The DVD includes
both a play-through and chaptered version and
provides insight into the fight within Afghanistan
to preserve human rights and the rule of law in
a constitution that fell under pressure from the
Taliban.
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SOCIAL SCIENCES
Uganda Rising
82:00 • 2007 •
• $250
Jesse James Miller/Peter McCormack/Alison Lawton
Mindset Media
For two decades, the Acholi people of Northern
Uganda have been caught in a civil war between
a rebel group whose main objective is inhumane
terror and a government whose military response
has often increased misery and suffering. Over 1.5
million people have been displaced into camps
and over 25,000 children have been abducted and
forced to act as soldiers or sex slaves. Yet through
it all, every day across Acholi-land something
remarkable happens. Against a backdrop of dismal
statistics, miniscule opportunity and unpredictable
terror, in a part of Uganda forgotten by the world,
children who have never known peace, face the day
as if to live this way is normal, as if they still believe
in the future. These children are the embodiment of
resilience and hope. This film is the story of Uganda,
her stolen children and the fight to be free.
THE U.S. AND US
24:00 • 2008 •
Quinn
• $180
Directed by award-winning experimental
filmmaker and performance artist Quinn, THE U.S.
AND US provides an intellectual romp through the
past, present and future of Canada–U.S. relations.
Questioning the very notion of Canadian
sovereignty, this short documentary features an
amusing mélange of Quinn’s street performances
and sobering interviews from some of Canada’s
leading authors, activists and politicos, including
Mel Hurtig, Linda McQuaig, Maude Barlow and
David Orchard. What emerges in this provocatively
entertaining film, completed within weeks of
federal elections in both countries, is the picture of
an increasingly complicated relationship with our
neighbour to the south.
See also:
Besieged Land................................................................................. 29
Down Here....................................................................................... 40
Finding Our Way............................................................................. 29
Mississippi ReMixed ....................................................................... 44
Working to Help My Mom.............................................................. 48
International Development
From Under the Bushy Trees
72:00 • 2008 •
• $200
Jan Padgett/Moira Simpson
Bear Productions
Chad is a vibrant, poverty-stricken country in the
middle of sub-Saharan Africa. It is here that the
filmmakers ask a central question concerning
North America’s involvement in Africa: how can aid
be delivered with justice and dignity?
From Under the Bushy Trees follows Gerri Graber
of Powell River, B.C. to Chad. There she teams up
with a young education student, Bartholomew
Mokuh, and they work together with the villagers
of Manda to build a school. The project captures
the imagination of the people of Powell River.
As well as the money raised for the school, they
also help support a family of seven AIDS orphans.
Despite everyone’s best intentions, problems arise.
At the heart of the film are the women of
Chad, living in a society of ongoing oppression.
During the course of filming, these women meet
collectively for the first time and begin taking
control over the uses of the new school. They
understand, along with the outspoken Lynn
Whitehouse, Canada’s Honourary Consul for Chad
and resident of the country for thirty years, that
education is key to building sustainable social
change and a better life for themselves and their
children.
From Under the Bushy Trees takes us on an
intimate and challenging journey into the
complexities of offering aid to Africa.
Where Credit Is Due
21:00 • 2008 • subtitled • $170
Hans Olson/Sahakarini Inter-World Ed. & Dev. Assoc.
Against a backdrop of oppression and civil war
in Guatemala, three women’s groups of the
Kaqchikel Presbytery are using micro-credit loans
for businesses that include agricultural projects and
textiles. The documentary follows the community’s
development and is a good illustration of how
beneficial micro-credit can be for sustainable
human development.
See also:
Polio Hunters................................................................................... 42
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WOMEN’S STUDIES
Captured: From Footbinding to Stilettos
Peg Campbell/Dr. Launette Reib
Just as the practice of footbinding was followed
for centuries in China, the practice of wearing high
heels has been promoted in the western world as
a symbol of feminine beauty and desirability. But
what happens to the body when they are worn?
Captured: From Footbinding to Stilettos looks
at the two practices and explores the associated
beauty ideals and health risks. The film provides
suggestions and tools to sidestep some of the
potential harms of wearing high heels. A special
features section includes print support materials
for the classroom in this resource that is suitable
for use in high school through graduate school.
FLESH
43:00 • 2006 • $250
Tami Wilson
Rough Road Productions
In this idiosyncratic documentary, Tami Wilson
looks at women and meat in a society obsessed
with flesh. She introduces women who have wildly
differing relationships to meat—an organic cattle
rancher; a manager for a meat-packing plant; a
hunting activist; a Vietnamese-Canadian “meatlover”; a 14-year-old vegetarian; and a college
student/Hooters waitress who admits to feeling
like a “stuffed sausage” in her tight uniform.
Amidst the stories and debate, FLESH dishes up a
profusion of powerful images. Magazine photos,
clips from popular film and television programs,
bucolic scenes of cows with their young calves and
harrowing footage of animals at slaughter provide
a sometimes beautiful, sometimes humorous and
sometimes disturbing backdrop.
In the end, no perspective wins out unless it is
Wilson’s underlying argument that women can and
should fully engage with the ethical questions that
plague our over-consuming society.
On a Moving Path
25:00 • 2007 • subtitled • $180
Myriam Fougère/Francine Plante
Vidéo Femmes
French w/ English subtitles
this documentary portrays the variety of emotions
experienced by women diagnosed with breast
cancer as they attempt to cope with their new
reality and what awaits them in the future.
Sisters in Arms
48:30 • 2010 •
• $250
Beth Freeman/Cari Green
Sisters in Arms Productions
There are only ten countries in the world that
allow women to fight in ground combat, and
Canada is one of them. The mission in Afghanistan
marks the first time in Canadian history that
women soldiers are fighting on the frontlines.
Sisters In Arms is a one-hour documentary that tells
the story of three remarkable women who have
chosen the most difficult and dangerous military
professions and are facing combat on the battle
fronts of Afghanistan. Corporal Katie Hodges is
an infantry solider, Corporal Tamar Freeman is a
medic; and Master Corporal Kimberly Ashton is a
combat engineer who leaves behind three young
girls at home in Canada.
Who are these women and how did they get
there? Veterans of the combat trades, including
Brigadier General Chris Whitecross, one of
Canada’s highest-ranking woman in the military
and Lieutenant Colonel Anne Reiffenstein, the first
female artillery officer, talk about their decisions
for careers in the military and the roles of women
over the years. The mothers, fathers and sisters of
the three women featuring openly discuss their
fears, as they bravely support their loved ones.
In Canada, the number of women joining the
combat trades has risen gradually for almost
two decades, attrition remains an issue, with
significantly higher rates of women leaving their
military careers than men. Military culture remains
a barrier, and today, only two per cent (about 250
out of 14,000) of soldiers in the combat trades are
women.
Using video diaries filmed by the soldiers in
Afghanistan and personal interviews, Sisters In
Arms tells their stories, from the frontline from
a uniquely female perspective, challenging our
perception of what constitutes a soldier.
With an approach that is both poetic and personal,
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STRONG COFFEE:
The Story of Café Femenino
48:00 • 2007 • subtitled •
• $250   
Sharron Bates/Carmen Klotz
Beyond Your Eye Productions
Coffee. It is the second most valuable item of legal,
international trade after oil. Billions of us drink it
every day, but how many of us really know much
about the coffee we consume or the farmers who
grow it?
There are thousands of coffee farms in Northern
Peru, employing hundreds of thousands of people.
Of those, approximately 30% are women. The
attitudes towards Peruvian women in remote
farming areas are shaped by the culture of
machismo. 44% of women live in poverty and
70% have experienced some sort of violence. It
is this repression that drove women to come up
with an idea that would give them some financial
independence from the men in their community
and within their families. Their idea was to
create Café Femenino, a women’s coffee co-op.
Café Femenino is a truly unique concept which
is breaking the chains of machismo, improving
relationships between women and men, uplifting
families, increasing levels of education, improving
quality of life, and helping women in need all over
the world.
Tiara
22:00 • 2010 •
Monica Mak
Siobhan Productions
Are beauty pageants on the radar of today’s young
women? Tiara discovers that they certainly are
in Asian communities in Canada, and particularly
in Toronto, Vancouver and Montreal. Tiara
explores the connection between the desires of
young women from the Chinese, Filipino and
South Asian communities for validation of their
appearance in the midst of popular media’s narrow
representation of beauty. As the film examines
the role these pageants play within the AsianCanadian communities, a former contestant raises
concerns. A discussion guide is included for use in
high school and post-secondary discussion.
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Under One Sky
20:00 • 2009 • $150
Christine McDowell/Moira Simpson
This film is a testament to every woman who has
been attacked and fought back. At a women’s
martial arts camp on the B.C. coast, women from
all over North America explore an extraordinary
range of martial arts. They fight collaboratively;
and through their discipline, strength, joyfulness
and sheer determination, it becomes evident they
are on a journey of self-discovery. Under One Sky
turns the whole genre of martial arts films on its
head as it explores the physical and spiritual nature
of the arts as practised by women. See also:
Beauty Lies....................................................................................... 33
Building Bridge: A Housing Project for Women........................... 40
Dissolve: a documentary on drug
facilitated sexual assault......................................................... 42
Ferron: girl on a road...................................................................... 11
Fury for the Sound: The Women at Clayoquot............................. 26
Girls On Top..................................................................................... 13
Me, Masi & Mr. Clean...................................................................... 34
No Numbers: Identity beyond measure......................................... 38
reclaiming rights............................................................................. 48
Remnants .......................................................................................... 6
Return to Reichenbach................................................................... 43
Where Credit Is Due........................................................................ 49
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TITLE INDEX
12 TAKES.................................................................. 13
100% Woman.......................................................... 47
419: The Nigerian Scam.......................................... 35
…And This Is My Garden........................................ 20
Aboard the Pater Noster......................................... 11
All ah We................................................................. 33
Almost Normal: Stories
from the Well Within..................................... 37
Amma......................................................................... 4
...And This Is My Garden......................................... 20
Apart.......................................................................... 7
Appassionata: The Extraordinary Life and
Music of Sonia Eckhardt-Gramatté................ 11
Arctic Shadows: The Arctic Journeys
of Dr. R. M. Anderson..................................... 43
The Artist’s Life: Series 3 (12 parts)........................ 14
The Art of Drowning................................................. 4
Ayaa: A Hero’s Journey........................................... 46
Basic Space................................................................. 4
Beauty Lies............................................................... 33
Besieged Land......................................................... 29
Beyond the Gardens’ Wall:
The Immigrant Workers of Tod Inlet............. 44
Blue Skies & Rocky Shores....................................... 40
Bobby’s Peace.......................................................... 46
The Boy Inside......................................................... 20
Brain Clever............................................................... 7
Brücke........................................................................ 4
The Brush, the Pen, and Recovery.......................... 38
Building Bridge: A Housing
Project for Women......................................... 40
Burning Rubber....................................................... 14
Call It A Day............................................................. 22
Canyon War: The Untold Story............................... 44
Captured: From Footbinding to Stilettos............... 50
cArtographies.......................................................... 14
A Case of Rape.......................................................... 4
The Cave.................................................................. 24
Cedar and Bamboo................................................. 33
¡Císcalo císcalo diablo panzón!................................ 4
Consequences: The Private Side of Britain............ 48
Corporations in the Classroom............................... 20
Cry Rock................................................................... 29
A Cup of Wine......................................................... 11
Dancing with Northern Lights.................................. 4
Dark Pines: a documentary investigation
into the death of Tom Tomson...................... 15
Dawson Town Melted Down.................................... 7
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Sculptures of Mark Adair............................... 15
Desperately Seeking Doctors.................................. 41
Dinner Parade............................................................ 5
Dissolve: a documentary on
drug facilitated sexual assault....................... 42
Dog=God................................................................... 7
Do It With Joy!........................................................ 26
Down Here............................................................... 40
E.J. Hughes Restoration: Triumph
Over Hard Times............................................. 15
Eco-Pirate: The Story of Paul Watson.................... 28
Embracing Bob’s Killer............................................ 38
Fate Scores............................................................... 22
Ferron: girl on a road.............................................. 11
The Films of Frank Cole............................................. 7
Finding Our Way..................................................... 29
firebear called them faith healers...
an aboriginal story.................................... 22, 30
First Steps................................................................. 37
FLESH........................................................................ 50
FLESH and BLOOD: a journey
between east and west.................................. 47
Forever Independent: Films by Lulu Keating........... 8
For You, My People................................................... 5
From the Mouthpiece On Back.............................. 12
From the Spirit (26-part series)............................... 15
From Under the Bushy Trees................................... 49
Fury for the Sound: The
Women at Clayoquot..................................... 26
GENERAL IDEA: Art, AIDS,
and the fin de siècle....................................... 18
the gesture.............................................................. 36
Gibson Woods......................................................... 22
Girls On Top............................................................. 13
Glimpses of Light..................................................... 39
Gordon Smith: The Reflective Canvas.................... 18
Great Canadian Books (13-part series)................... 25
growing up among strangers................................. 34
Growth Rings........................................................... 26
Hand to Toe: An Exploration
in the Art of Giving......................................... 40
Health Care 911: the plight of
immigrant medical doctors............................ 41
Henry’s Glasses......................................................... 45
The Hollow Tree...................................................... 27
Home........................................................................ 40
i luv spam................................................................. 23
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Title Index
i see the fear............................................................ 12
Imagining Home...................................................... 27
Johnny Tootall........................................................... 8
John’s Untilted Clock................................................. 5
Key Tumi?.................................................................. 5
Kid Colours.............................................................. 33
Killer Whale and Crocodile..................................... 19
Labyrinth.................................................................... 5
Lest We Forget........................................................ 48
Letter to Myself....................................................... 37
The Life & Work of Daphne Odjig......................... 19
The Light of Family Burnam................................... 39
A Look at the Life of Morgan Green..................... 19
Mahjong & Chicken Feet.......................................... 8
The Making of a Haida Totem Pole....................... 19
Me, Masi & Mr. Clean.............................................. 34
Mississippi ReMixed................................................. 44
Mr. H and his Unruly Puppets................................. 20
My Son the Pornographer...................................... 36
‘NAMEGAN’S OM DLU’WANS AWINAGWISEX/
We Are One With The Land........................... 32
Nature on its Course................................................. 5
Nehiyawetan: Let’s Speak Cree.............................. 30
No Numbers: Identity beyond measure................. 38
Not a Game.............................................................. 37
Nothing Like Her....................................................... 5
Ohanashi: The Story of Our Elders......................... 45
Oh Me 2: a case of BiPolar DisOrder...................... 39
On a Moving Path................................................... 50
On the Line.............................................................. 26
On the Nose............................................................. 11
One Big Hapa Family............................................... 34
One Week Job......................................................... 21
Our First Voices........................................................ 31
Out In The Cold....................................................... 23
Over Land................................................................ 26
Overview.................................................................... 8
Painted on the Spot: On the
Road with Ernie Luthi..................................... 19
Paris Stories: The Writing of Mavis Gallant........... 24
Peter and the Space Between.................................. 5
Policy Baby: The Journey of Rita/Bev..................... 31
Polio Hunters........................................................... 42
Potlatch <To Give>.................................................. 31
Ray Condo’s Crazy Mixed Up World......................... 6
reclaiming rights..................................................... 48
The Red Jacket......................................................... 42
Regarding Vancouver............................................. 27
Remnants................................................................... 6
Reservation Soldiers................................................ 31
Return to Reichenbach........................................... 43
Revolving Doors...................................................... 37
The Sacred Seven..................................................... 39
SAMAQAN: Water Stories....................................... 28
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SAVAGE...................................................................... 9
School of Secrets..................................................... 21
Secrets in the Forest................................................ 34
The Sharing Farm.................................................... 26
Sheep....................................................................... 33
She’s a Boy I Knew................................................... 47
Shi-shi-etko.............................................................. 32
Sisters in Arms......................................................... 50
So Far and Soar........................................................ 23
“a spiritual land claim”........................................... 32
Standing Tall............................................................ 21
Stillwaters.................................................................. 6
Storytellers in motion:
Series One, Two & Three.................................. 9
Streetcar from Zanzibar.......................................... 35
Street of Dreams..................................................... 10
STRONG COFFEE: The Story
of Café Femenino........................................... 51
Tending Toward Silence.......................................... 23
This Time Last Winter.............................................. 36
Through True Eyes: the process of
recovery from eating disorders...................... 38
Tiara......................................................................... 51
Time Apart: A History of Hope............................... 43
Time Being............................................................... 24
Tora......................................................................... 46
Travelling Medicine Show....................................... 23
Tree for Two.............................................................. 6
Trolls......................................................................... 21
Turn Me Loose - Astrid............................................ 12
Uganda Rising......................................................... 49
Under One Sky......................................................... 51
Urban Goddess: Jane Jacobs Reconsidered........... 27
THE U.S. AND US..................................................... 49
We Are One With the Land /
‘NAMEGAN’S OM DLU’WANS AWINAGWISEX ..... 32
“What Are You Anyways?”...................................... 6
What to make of it all? The life
and poetry of John Newlove.......................... 24
Where Credit Is Due................................................ 49
Who Killed the Goldfish?........................................ 35
Who the Jew Are You?........................................... 35
Working to Help My Mom...................................... 48
Yabai: Asian North American Art Culture............. 12
Yellow Sticky Notes................................................... 6
Your Mother Should Know..................................... 36
FALL 2011
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