Documentary on artist James Wedzin. He is known for his northern landscapes, animal imagery and northern lights.
Documentary on artist Jane Ash Poitras. Her work frequently explores the clash of Aboriginal and mainstream cultures.
Slowing time down and creating obstacles to work through are central to Jeff Wall's working process. We have a rare opportunity to witness this in a film that follows the creation of two cinematically realized painterly photographs, Spring Snow and Woman with a Covered Tray.
Visual artist Robert Williams explores alternate perceptions of the world in this interpretation of a conversation he had with a local figure in Halifax.
In this episode of Storytellers in motion, musician Jesse Green is profiled.
Documentary on Jim art, one of the Northwest Coast's most accomplished artists.
Documentary on Blackfoot artist and visual storyteller, Joane Cardinal-Schubert. 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.
Documentary on John Farcy. 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.
Documentary on artist John Rombough. 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.
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.
Upon his return home from the Bosnian war, Johnny Tootall begins a spiritual quest for discovery of his own true self.
In this episode of Storytellers in motion filmmaker Joseph Lazare is profiled.
This classic animation follows an elfin flute player as he awakens the forest creatures with his music.
Journey for Lotus is a documentary about a Korean-Canadian taking a journey to find goodness in a traumatic historic period of Japanese colonization of Korea. This documentary unveils the truth about the Japanese colonialism of Korea (1910-1945).
Songs remain one of the strongest links to the nearly extinct Haida language. Three women explain how art is linked to songs and language and how all are intertwined with Haida culture.
The Journey of the Blue Buddha surveys the evolving practice of Tibetan medicine in today's Chinese-controlled Tibet, as well as in the exile community of Dharamsala, India, the Russian republic of Buryatia and North America.
Inmates build a labyrinth on the lawn of the Christ Church Cathedral in Victoria, B.C. as part of a restorative justice program.
An over-achieving six-year-old girl named Mooney has a secret life at night-but she needs to eat her dinner first.
In this short drama, the communication gap between 10-year-old Matt and his elderly Chinese grandfather is anything but typical.
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