See everything, hear everything
Watch 60 films, 170 excerpts and over 80 archival artefacts selected by NFB specialists as part of this unique project.
Excerpts from NFB films
Poland on the Prairies
[1944]
Newly arrived Canadians of Polish origin embrace the traditions of their former...
Opre Roma: Gypsies in Canada
[1999]
Three Roma speak of their own experiences of persecution. Tom Lovell, Romano elder...
Opre Roma: Gypsies in Canada
[1999]
Karen Boothroyd explored her Romani heritage as a child, despite her father's fear...
Some Kind of Arrangement
[1997]
Seeking a husband with an Indian cultural background like hers, Rajni Kurichh put a...
Entire NFB Films
Poland on the Prairies
[1944]
The film opens with the traditional Easter ceremony of the Polish-Canadian...
Shepherd's Pie and Sushi
[1998]
Mieko Ouchi is half Celtic, half Japanese... and all Canadian. In 1993, Mieko, an...
Bamboo, Lions and Dragons
[1981]
Two families, the Changs and the Lims, tell the story of the Chinese community in...
The Hutterites
[1964]
The followers of Jacob Hutter live in farm communities, devoutly holding to the...
Photographs
Shepherd's Pie and Sushi
[1998]
In 1993, Canadian actor Mieko Ouchi researched a documentary about her grandfather...
Me and the Mosque
[2005]
In North America, many converts to Islam are women, believing that the religion...
Polish Sokol choir and dancers Manitoba Mosaic, Winnipeg, 1960.
[1960]
The Polish Sokol choir and dancers under the direction of Jan Jerszy Sapinski and...
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