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
The Third Heaven
[1998]
The heritage of Chinese contributions to Vancouver, B.C. and Canada is discussed by...
The Third Heaven
[1998]
It is 1997, and Hong Kong's reversion to China is being ceremonially recognized in...
Barbed Wire and Mandolins
[1997]
On June 10, 1940, the Italian dictator Benito Mussolini declared war on Britain and...
Barbed Wire and Mandolins
[1997]
Domenico Nardoccio was interned with other Italian- Canadian men in Petawawa...
Entire NFB Films
From Harling Point
[2003]
Traditional Chinese belief says that the soul of a person who dies in a foreign...
Travel Damaging to Public Interest
[2003]
Kriszta and Laci were born not long after the Soviets invaded Hungary in 1956. They...
A Scent of Mint
[2002]
Growing up in the small Lebanese town of Abey, Pierre Sidaoui had a carefree...
The Tree That Remembers
[2002]
In 1992 a young Iranian student hanged himself on the outskirts of a small Ontario...
Photographs
Me and the Mosque
[2005]
In North America, many converts to Islam are women, believing that the religion...
In the Shadow of Gold Mountain
[2004]
In 1885 thousands of Chinese men were laid off after the last spike was struck at...
In the Shadow of Gold Mountain
[2004]
In 1947, Alexander Won Cum Yow cast the first vote by a Chinese Canadian marking the...
In the Shadow of Gold Mountain
[2004]
Between 1881 and 1884, over 10,000 Chinese labourers came to Canada to complete the...
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