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  • 1992
    Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media

    Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media

    Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media

    7.61992HD

    A film about the noted American linguist/political dissident and his warning about corporate media's role in modern propaganda.

    Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media
  • 2011
    Wild Life

    Wild Life

    Wild Life

    5.62011HD

    An English dreamer experiences both the beauty and harshness of nature when he relocates to the Canadian prairie.

    Wild Life
  • 1989
    Jesus of Montreal

    Jesus of Montreal

    Jesus of Montreal

    6.91989HD

    A group of actors putting on an interpretive Passion Play in Montreal begin to experience a meshing of their characters and their private lives as...

    Jesus of Montreal
  • 2011
    Surviving Progress

    Surviving Progress

    Surviving Progress

    7.3332011HD

    Humanity’s ascent is often measured by the speed of progress. But what if progress is actually spiraling us downwards, towards collapse? Ronald...

    Surviving Progress
  • 1992
    The Boys of St. Vincent: 15 Years Later

    The Boys of St. Vincent: 15 Years Later

    The Boys of St. Vincent: 15 Years Later

    6.1471992HD

    Fifteen years after the events of The Boys of St. Vincent took place, the various boys involved are brought in to testify against the brothers, now...

    The Boys of St. Vincent: 15 Years Later
  • 2015
    The Forbidden Room

    The Forbidden Room

    The Forbidden Room

    5.6682015HD

    A submarine crew, a feared pack of forest bandits, a famous surgeon, and a battalion of child soldiers all get more than they bargained for as they...

    The Forbidden Room
  • 1995
    Margaret's Museum

    Margaret's Museum

    Margaret's Museum

    6.61995HD

    In a town where half the men die down the coalpit, Margaret MacNeil is quite happy being single in her small Cape Breton island town. Until she meets...

    Margaret's Museum
  • 1985
    The Big Snit

    The Big Snit

    The Big Snit

    7.11985HD

    A couple has a fight over a game of Scrabble unaware that a full-scale nuclear war has started.

    The Big Snit
  • 1989
    Bye Bye Blues

    Bye Bye Blues

    Bye Bye Blues

    5.21989HD

    During World War II, Daisy Cooper returns home to Canada with her children after her British husband, soldier Teddy, is assigned to Singapore. With...

    Bye Bye Blues
  • 2019
    This Is Not a Movie: Robert Fisk and the Politics of Truth

    This Is Not a Movie: Robert Fisk and the Politics of Truth

    This Is Not a Movie: Robert Fisk and the Politics of Truth

    7.52019HD

    For more than forty years, British journalist Robert Fisk has reported on some of the most violent conflicts in the world, from Northern Ireland to...

    This Is Not a Movie: Robert Fisk and the Politics of Truth
  • 1998
    Hitman Hart: Wrestling With Shadows

    Hitman Hart: Wrestling With Shadows

    Hitman Hart: Wrestling With Shadows

    7.4721998HD

    This documentary follows superstar Bret Hart during his last year in the WWF. The film documents the tensions that resulted in The Montreal Screwjob,...

    Hitman Hart: Wrestling With Shadows
  • 2017
    The Road Forward

    The Road Forward

    The Road Forward

    92017HD

    The Road Forward is an electrifying musical documentary that connects a pivotal moment in Canada’s civil rights history—the beginnings of...

    The Road Forward
  • 2017
    Window Horses

    Window Horses

    Window Horses

    6.6472017HD

    Rosie Ming, a young Canadian poet, is invited to perform at a Poetry Festival in Shiraz, Iran, but she’d rather be in Paris. She lives at home...

    Window Horses
  • 1999
    The Last 100 Days

    The Last 100 Days

    The Last 100 Days

    101999HD

    Canadian military accomplishments in the last hundred days of World War I, when the German Army was destroyed, surpassed those of any other army. The...

    The Last 100 Days
  • 1991
    Women in the Shadows

    Women in the Shadows

    Women in the Shadows

    01991HD

    Filmed on location in Saskatchewan from the Qu'Appelle Valley to Hudson Bay, the documentary traces the filmmaker's quest for her Native foremothers...

    Women in the Shadows
  • 1987
    The Man Who Planted Trees

    The Man Who Planted Trees

    The Man Who Planted Trees

    7.9911987HD

    The story of one shepherd's single-handed quest to re-forest a desolate valley in the foothills of the French Alps throughout the first half of the...

    The Man Who Planted Trees
  • 2007
    First Stories: Two Spirited

    First Stories: Two Spirited

    First Stories: Two Spirited

    72007HD

    This short documentary presents the empowering story of Rodney "Geeyo" Poucette's struggle against prejudice in the Indigenous community as a...

    First Stories: Two Spirited
  • 1986
    The Decline of the American Empire

    The Decline of the American Empire

    The Decline of the American Empire

    6.81986HD

    Four very different Montreal university teachers gather at a rambling country house to prepare a dinner. Remy (married), Claude (a homosexual),...

    The Decline of the American Empire
  • 1992
    Forbidden Love: The Unashamed Stories of Lesbian Lives

    Forbidden Love: The Unashamed Stories of Lesbian Lives

    Forbidden Love: The Unashamed Stories of Lesbian Lives

    6.71992HD

    Ten women in Canada talk about being lesbian in the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s: discovering the pulp fiction of the day about women in love, their own...

    Forbidden Love: The Unashamed Stories of Lesbian Lives
  • 2024
    The Stand

    The Stand

    The Stand

    02024HD

    Mixing animation with a wealth of archival footage, Chris Auchter’s film explores the 1985 dispute over clearcut logging on Haida Gwaii. On one...

    The Stand