Around the 1950's and 60's, a handful of filmmakers set aside old documentary dogmas, ripped up their own screenplays and picked up their cameras. In so doing, they launched a veritable revolution: cinéma vérité (direct cinema). This film relates the story of this visual revolution by presenting a number of classics of the genre and interviews with the people who made them.

Source: Library and Archives Canada - Canadian Feature Film Database (LAC)

Documentary on the creative process of playwright Robert Lepage, who re-stages his plays for each new performance. Filmed during the tour of the play “Geometry of Miracles.”

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"Marijuana is the most controversial drug of the twentieth century. Smoked by generations of musicians, students and workers to little discernible ill effect, it continues to be reviled by the vast majority of governments around the world. With his new film, Grass, veteran filmer Ron Mann brings his impeccable historical facility and story telling skills to recount how a relatively harmless drug has been demonized for decades."

Source: Library and Archives Canada - Canadian Feature Film Database (LAC)

A group of the new generation of urban nomads, marginalized youth, and the disenfranchised are given a chance to speak. These street rebels command our attention with their frankness and their clear and surprising ideas. Hidden behind the fearsome look of these underground soldiers are likeable characters.

Source: Library and Archives Canada - Canadian Feature Film Database (LAC)

Documentary on three National Research Council Canada researchers who measure time with their caesium fountain clock that ticks at a rate of 9 billion (9,000,000,000) times per second.

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This film provides a real-life view of the night shift in the Centre hospitalier Pierre-Boucher's emergency room and reveals the nightly fare of the women who are the backbone of this essential public service: the nurses.

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The end of this century bombards us with images. Live images, unbearable images, images witnessing tragedy and conflicts from the four corners of the globe. However, this barrage of information is never enough to keep barbarism at bay. Somewhere, one man is surprised and decides to retrace the history of the images. Accompanied by a philosopher-sow, Balthazar goes behind the screen to question the images.

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Grace Quek, aka Annabel Chong, who performs with 251 men in 10 hours on January 22, 1995. Her record is beaten by Jasmine St. Claire.

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Maurice Richard was more than just a sports hero and a legend in his time; he represented an entire population. This film attempts to portray the man behind the legend, by presenting footage of Maurice Richard speaking about himself, along with highlights from his career and commentaries by friends, fellow hockey players and fans.

Source: Library and Archives Canada - Canadian Feature Film Database (LAC)