NFB - Across Cultures

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Watch 60 films, 170 excerpts and over 80 archival artefacts selected by NFB specialists as part of this unique project.

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Films with closed captions
Films with described video

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	1950-1959			1990-2000
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Aboriginal people
Adolescents
African Canadians
Agricultural communities
Animated materials
Arab people
Artists
Asian Canadians
Atlantic provinces
Black Canadians
Black people
British Columbia
Children
Children's materials
Chinese Canadians
Crafts
Cultural differences
Customs and traditions

Dance
Deportation
Domestic workers
East Africa
Eastern bloc
Economic development
Education
European Canadians
Families
Family businesses
Family violence
Festivals
Filipino Canadians
Filmmakers
Food and Meals

Gender roles
German Canadians
Halifax
Hong Kong
Hungarian Canadians
Identity
Immigration
Internment camps
Italian Canadians

Japanese Canadians
Jewish people
Job hunting
Korea
Labour exploitation
Landscape
Languages
Latin American Canadians
Leadership
Lebanese Canadians
Lebanon

Marriage
Memories
Middle Eastern people
Military forces
Montreal
Multiculturalism
Music
Muslim people
Neighbourhood life
North Africa
Northern Europe
Ontario

Persecution
Police
Polish Canadians
Political prisoners
Portuguese Canadians
Prairie provinces
Prejudice
Professional training
Psychological aspects
Quebec (Province)
Quebecois
Racism
Recreation
Refugees
Religion
Roma

Sexuality
Shows
Social action
Social integration
Social isolation
Social values
Solidarity
South Asian Canadians
Sports
Stereotypes
Stories
Toronto
Ukrainian Canadians
Unions

Vancouver
Vietnamese Canadians
Voting
Wealth
West Africa
West Indian Canadians
Winnipeg
Women
Work
Working conditions
World War I
World War II
Writers

Excerpts 1-4 of 8

Excerpts from NFB films

Excerpt - 2:16

The Hutterites
[1964]
Hutterites immigrated to Canada in the early twentieth century. They live in farm...

Excerpt - 2:46

The Hutterites
[1964]
Hutterites believe popular entertainment threatens the morality of youth. ...

Excerpt - 4:47

The Hutterites
[1964]
Hutterites have lived in religion-based communities since the 16th century. ...

Excerpt - 2:22

Strangers for the Day
[1962]
Emigrating from Syria to Canada, a man and his daughter are on a train heading for...

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Films 17-8 of 17

Entire NFB Films

Film - 28:35

Teach Me to Dance
[1978]
Lesia convinces her English-Canadian friend Sarah to perform a Ukrainian dance with...

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Photographs

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Ukrainian Winter Holidays
[1942]
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Portrait of the Artist--As an Old Lady
[1982]
Russian-born Paraskeva Clark-artist, socialist and feminist-holds a unique place in...

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Quelques arpents de neige
[1977]
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White Star Line - Canada's Call to Women, 1920/30.
[1920]
Women immigrants to Western Canada, enticed by colourful posters depicting...