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The National Film Board of Canada Collection

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

A Place That Matters - imageA Place That Matters

Acadia is a changing society at a crossroads. With citizens increasingly feeling abandoned by politicians, do artists have a role to play in society? Rooted firmly in the present while drawing lessons from the past, A Place That Matters follows its subjects as they reimagine life in their community through a series of collective initiatives.

National Film Board of Canada | 2015 | 89 minutes | 10-12, PS
Autism: The Road Back - imageAutism: The Road Back

Charts the personal journey of three families with children who have been diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder.

National Film Board of Canada | 2005 | 54 minutes
Bittersweet Blues - imageBittersweet Blues

Driven by the poetry of language, Bittersweet Blues takes us into a parallel between the evolution of Acadian French and family memories.

National Film Board of Canada | 2015 | 24 minutes | 7-12, PS
Bone Mother - imageBone Mother

Who dares to disturb the devil’s grandmother and enter her slumbering house of bones? Who is foolish enough to betray this immortal nature-spirit?

National Film Board of Canada | 2018 | 8 minutes | 7-12, PS
Cafeteria - imageCafeteria

The community puts its shoulder to the wheel and overcomes multinational productions to promote local farmers. Everyone gets involved to make healthy eating a common goal as well as a learning opportunity.

National Film Board of Canada | 2015 | 24 minutes | 4-12, PS
Churchill's Island - imageChurchill's Island

Winner of the first Oscar for Best Documentary Short Subject, presents the strategy of the Battle of Britain, showing with penetrating clarity the relationships between the various forces made up the island's defenses.

National Film Board of Canada | 1941 | 22 minutes
Ladies and Gentlemen... Mr Leonard Cohen - imageLadies and Gentlemen... Mr Leonard Cohen

Produced in 1965, this is an informal portrait of the Montreal poet, novelist and songwriter, Leonard Cohen. He is seen reading his poetry to a rapt audience and also alone, or relaxing with family and friends.

National Film Board of Canada | 1965 | 44 minutes
Conviction - imageConviction

Bianca, Treena, Laura, and Caitlin are a stark reflection of the troubling worldwide tendency to criminalize and imprison the most vulnerable in society—those most affected by poverty, addiction, childhood trauma, and mental illness.

National Film Board of Canada | 2019 | 78 minutes | Warning: Alcohol and drug use, smoking, mentions and depictions of self-harm, some profanity, refere
The Devil's Share - imageThe Devil's Share

An impressionistic portrait of the 1970s in sights, songs and music.

National Film Board of Canada | 2017 | 102 minutes | 7-12, PS
The Faith Project, Pt. 1 - Focus and Distraction - imageThe Faith Project, Pt. 1 - Focus and Distraction

Kashif Pasta is a recent university graduate and a filmmaker from Surrey, British Columbia, a suburb of Vancouver. As a young Muslim studying in downtown Vancouver, Kashif struggles to find time and space to perform his daily prayers. He manages to find a quiet spot in a secluded stairwell on campus, even though his focus is interrupted by the occasional passerby.

National Film Board of Canada | 2015 | 4 minutes | 7-12, PS

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