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...
Ukrainian Winter Holidays
[1942]
Facing oppression at home, numerous Ukrainians emigrated, bringing their traditions...
Some Kind of Arrangement
[1997]
Shots of traditional Hindu marriage rituals are interspersed with interviews...
The Hutterites
[1964]
Hutterites believe popular entertainment threatens the morality of youth. ...
Entire NFB Films
Ukrainian Winter Holidays
[1942]
Ukrainian communities of the Canadian prairies still follow the Julian calendar and...
Poland on the Prairies
[1944]
The film opens with the traditional Easter ceremony of the Polish-Canadian...
Iceland on the Prairies
[1941]
This film tells the inspiring story of the rise of the Icelandic communities in...
A Sense of Family
[1980]
This one-hour film charts East Indian immigration from the early 1900s to the...
Photographs
Me and the Mosque
[2005]
In North America, many converts to Islam are women, believing that the religion...
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