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The National Film Board of Canada Collection includes the following titles:

The Faith Project, Pt. 2 - Breaking Bread - imageThe Faith Project, Pt. 2 - Breaking Bread

Allison Chubb is a chaplain at the University of Manitoba and an ordained priest in the Anglican Church. She “loiters with intent” on campus, counselling students of all backgrounds. She also connects physically with God through the Christian service of Eucharist in the university chapel that is under her stewardship.

National Film Board of Canada | 2015 | 5 minutes | 7-12, PS
The Faith Project, Pt. 3 - Circling - imageThe Faith Project, Pt. 3 - Circling

Aviva Chernick is a recording, performing and touring musician, a prayer leader and a teacher of voice and prayer at congregations in and around Toronto, Ontario, and as a guest across North America. She anchors her leadership of Jewish worship through private prayers in her home, combining traditional Jewish practice with mindfulness and chanting.

National Film Board of Canada | 2015 | 7 minutes | 7-12, PS
The Faith Project, Pt. 4 - Making Space - imageThe Faith Project, Pt. 4 - Making Space

Preetinder Narang is a behaviour specialist for children with autism, and a Sikh living in the metropolitan area of Vancouver, British Columbia. Preetinder and her husband, Manpreet, perform daily prayers together every evening in the family home her mother designed, a home that was built around their family prayer room.

National Film Board of Canada | 2015 | 4 minutes | 7-12, PS
The Faith Project, Pt. 5 - Urban Kora - imageThe Faith Project, Pt. 5 - Urban Kora

Sonam Tsering is a freelance DJ and community organizer in Toronto, Ontario. Despite his frantic schedule—working in the family store and volunteering in the Tibetan community—he quietly recites Buddhist mantras in the bus with his prayer beads, and makes time to visit the neighbourhood monastery.

National Film Board of Canada | 2015 | 6 minutes | 7-12, PS
The Faith Project, Pt. 6 - Kindest Spirit - imageThe Faith Project, Pt. 6 - Kindest Spirit

Ivana Yellowback is a student and youth mentor in Winnipeg, Manitoba. As a Cree woman living in the city and away from her land, she struggles to maintain her spiritual identity. Knowing that other Aboriginal youth struggle as she does, she helps them find balance by re-engaging with traditional practices that have been suppressed for centuries.

National Film Board of Canada | 2015 | 5 minutes | 7-12, PS
The Faith Project, Pt. 7 - The Four Pillars - imageThe Faith Project, Pt. 7 - The Four Pillars

Jetan Mistry is a mechanical engineer who has grown up in the Swaminarayan Hindu community in the Greater Toronto area in Ontario. The opulent temple near his home is the focal point in his life. In its halls of carved marble, he softens and lays down before sacred images of deities and gurus.

National Film Board of Canada | 2015 | 6 minutes | 7-12, PS
F.A.S.: When the Children Grow Up - imageF.A.S.: When the Children Grow Up

When a pregnant woman drinks alcohol, she can do irreparable harm to her baby. This program explores the realities of living with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome.

National Film Board of Canada | 2002 | 40 minutes
Waiting for Fidel - imageWaiting for Fidel

Inside Fidel Castro's Cuba with a movie-making threesome whose hope is that Fidel himself will star in their film.

National Film Board of Canada | 1974 | 57 minutes
Fighting Their Fears: Child and Youth Anxiety - imageFighting Their Fears: Child and Youth Anxiety

Through interviews with experts and three young people, this compelling documentary outlines the causes, symptoms and treatments for anxiety disorders.

National Film Board of Canada | 2004 | 42 minutes
George and Rosemary - imageGeorge and Rosemary

George and Rosemary is an animated romantic comedy about two golden agers who prove that passion is not exclusively for the young.

National Film Board of Canada | 1987 | 9 minutes | K-12, PS

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