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
Iceland on the Prairies
[1941]
Icelanders started to build farm communities in the Prairie provinces around 1875....
Poland on the Prairies
[1944]
Newly arrived Canadians of Polish origin embrace the traditions of their former...
Ukrainian Winter Holidays
[1942]
Facing oppression at home, numerous Ukrainians emigrated, bringing their traditions...
My Floating World: Miyuki Tanobe
[1979]
A Canadian painter of Japanese origin, Miyuki Tanobe talks about her Quebec...
Entire NFB Films
From Harling Point
[2003]
Traditional Chinese belief says that the soul of a person who dies in a foreign...
Opre Roma: Gypsies in Canada
[1999]
This documentary celebrates the vibrant culture and tenacious struggle of the...
Canada Vignettes: Easter Eggs
[1978]
A woman of Ukrainian origin who, along with her daughter and granddaughter, paints...
A Song for Tibet
[1991]
A land of snow and mountains, of burgundy-clad monks and prayer wheels--this...
Photographs
Some Kind of Arrangement
[1997]
...
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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