Absolutely Canadian - Season 17
Season 17
Episodes
Gone: The Amelia Curran Mental Health Project
A person who has a mental illness loses other friends who also suffer from mental illness.
Bison Return
In 2017 for the first time in over 100 years, Bison will return to Banff National Park. The area has potential to support a thousand animals making Banff the potential home to one of the largest free-ranging Bison populations in North America.
The Gardener
The Gardener is a documentary reflecting on a spiritual and creative approach to gardening. A highly experiential program profiling one of Quebec's prolific landscape artists.
Jorneys to York Factory
This documentary explores various stories and journeys converging on an abandoned York factory on Hudson's Bay
Napagunnaqullusi (So That You Can Stand)
This doc tells the story of the 11 Inuit signatories of the James Bay Agreement as they took on the Quebec government to protect their land and their children's future in the early 1970s.
All Our Father's Relations
All our Father's Relations tells the story of the Grant siblings who journey from Vancouver to China in an attempt to rediscover their father's roots.
Small Town Show Biz
A story about dreams and fantasies. It is the story of two people who have successfully sought escape from their ‘regular' lives to live their fantasy. Their stories are unique but they share something with everyone who has ever dreamed of reaching a seemingly unattainable goal.
Studios, Lofts & Jam Spaces: Little Scream & Jennifer Glasgow
Montreal is home to one of the most active communities of artists in all of Canada and is well known throughout the world for its creative output.
Avon Ladies...Rural Style
Avon Ladies... Rural Style is a film demonstrating how rural women in Newfoundland earned income selling Avon cosmetic products in the 1960's.
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