Movies:

  • 1953
    Farewell Oak Street

    Farewell Oak Street (1953)

    Farewell Oak Street

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    This documentary presents a before-and-after picture of people in a large-scale public housing project in Toronto. Due to a housing shortage, they were forced to live in squalid, dingy flats and ramshackle dwellings on a crowded street in Regent Park...

    Farewell Oak Street
  • 2009
    Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould

    Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould (2009)

    Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould

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    A documentary on the mysterious and influential pianist....

    Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould
  • 1968
    The Ernie Game

    The Ernie Game (1968)

    The Ernie Game

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    This fictional feature follows a twenty-something man who is struggling to define his position in the world in early adulthood. He has left their parents' home but still has not made an home of his own. Our protagonist’s alienation is palpable; for h...

    The Ernie Game
  • 1948
    Sins of the Fathers

    Sins of the Fathers (1948)

    Sins of the Fathers

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    A dramatized story about a town where illegal activities are allowed to thrive, some of the politicians are dishonest, and a doctor and couple of colleagues try to help townspeople see that public health measures, especially those that might control ...

    Sins of the Fathers
  • 1963
    Portrait of the Artist

    Portrait of the Artist (1963)

    Portrait of the Artist

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    Glimpses into the lives of three artists: Erhabor Amokpae of Lagos; Cid de Sosa Pinto of Sao Paulo; and Gord Smith of Montréal. Each artist provides his own commentary on how he lives, works, thinks and feels....

    Portrait of the Artist
  • 1961
    John A. Macdonald: The Impossible Idea

    John A. Macdonald: The Impossible Idea (1961)

    John A. Macdonald: The Impossible Idea

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    The story of John A. MacDonald’s rise to power....

    John A. Macdonald: The Impossible Idea
  • 1967
    The World of One in Five

    The World of One in Five (1967)

    The World of One in Five

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    A fifth of Canadians live at the subsistence level. This is a look at that world, where the street is home, and where poor shelter, poor food, poor schools and poor health are the only certainties of life. Children, old people, the sick and the drift...

    The World of One in Five
  • 1970
    The World Of Enrico Fermi

    The World Of Enrico Fermi (1970)

    The World Of Enrico Fermi

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    A biography of Enrico Fermi, the scientist who discovered the chain reaction in nuclear physics. Follows his career in Italy and later in America, and his meetings with other scientists, including Mme Curie, Einstein, Oppenheimer and Pauli. Produced...

    The World Of Enrico Fermi
  • 1957
    Howard

    Howard (1957)

    Howard

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    Howard Mitchell is a responsible young man who will soon be graduating from high school. He works at Resnick's Pharmacy to be able to earn enough money to put himself through college. But in part because of the life lessons he learns from Mr. Resnick...

    Howard
  • 1954
    Dresden Story

    Dresden Story (1954)

    Dresden Story

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    People are interviewed in Dresden, Ontario, to sample local attitudes towards racial discrimination against black people that brought this town into the news. After a round-up of the opinions of individual citizens, white and black, commentator Gordo...

    Dresden Story
  • 1957
    Joe and Roxy

    Joe and Roxy (1957)

    Joe and Roxy

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    Joe and Roxy, at 15 and 16 respectively, face more than the average teenage problems. Roxy, a child of divorced parents, tries to keep her illusions about love and life alive despite her upbringing, while Joe unsuccessfully seeks guidance and directi...

    Joe and Roxy
  • 1955
    Routine Flight

    Routine Flight (1955)

    Routine Flight

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    A tour of Trans-Canada Airlines’ maintenance shops in Winnipeg before taking off for a trial flight on the British-built Vickers Viscount airplane, the first propeller-turbine airliner....

    Routine Flight