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A mother apart
Laurie Townshend |2024 | 89 min. A Mother Apart accompanies powerhouse Jamaican-American poet and LGBTQ+ activist Staceyann Chin as she re-imagines the essential art of mothering—having been abandoned by her own...
The Muse (soon in the programming choices)
Wanda Nolan |2025 | 18 min. A road trip across Newfoundland with photographer Ting Ting Chen and her muse, Robert Tilley, as they explore memory, identity and the power of creative connections.
The Geographies of DAR
Monique LeBlanc | 2023 | 75 min. A visually stunning film on acclaimed author David Adams Richards and his connection to one of Canada’s most overlooked yet breathtaking regions.
Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story
Michael Mabbott, Lucah Rosenberg-Lee | 2024 | 99 min. Trans soul singer Jackie Shane blazed an extraordinary trail. Forty years after vanishing from public view, this 20th century icon finally gets her second act.
Scratches of Life: The Art of Pierre Hébert
Loïc Darses | 2024 | 75 min| in French with English subtitles. Scratches of Life: The Art of Pierre Hébert guides us through the inspiring, poetic labyrinth that is the life and work of this celebrated animation filmmaker.
Trécarré: Exploring the Saint Mary’s Bay Sound
Natalie Robichaud | 2024 | 30 min | in French with English subtitles. Brimming with energy and lively tunes, Trécarré takes us into the heart of an Acadian community where music has been a way of life for generations.
Lay Down Your Heart
Marie Clements |2022 | 70 min. A look into the life of Niall McNeil, an artist and performer with Down syndrome, and his remarkable chosen family.
Bill Reid Remembers
Alanis Obomsawin | 2022 | 24 min | Despite spending his early life away from his nation’s culture, renowned Haida artist Bill Reid always kept Haida Gwaii close to his heart.
Ever Deadly
Tanya Tagaq and Chelsea McMullan | 2022 | 90 min. Ever Deadlyis an immersive, visceral music and cinema experience featuring Tanya Tagaq, avant-garde Inuit throat singer, and created in collaboration with award-winning filmmaker...
Sounds & Pressure: Reggae in a Foreign Land
Graeme Mathieson et Chris Flanagan | 2024 | 5 X 15 min | in English and Jamaican Patois (Jamaican creole). A captivating five-part anthology series of some of Jamaica’s brightest stars who left their homeland behind to shine their light in...
Themes
- Animated films
- Art, Music, Literature
- Celebrate French, next March
- Teen Zone
- Black History Month suggestions
- International Women’s Day Suggestions
- International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (March 21)
- Climate Change
- 2SLGBTQI+
- Science and Environment
- Truth and Reconciliation
- Voices in society
- Youth