See everything, hear everything
Watch 60 films, 170 excerpts and over 80 archival artefacts selected by NFB specialists as part of this unique project.
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Excerpts from NFB films
The Tree That Remembers
[2002]
Former Iranian political prisoners talk about adjusting to life in a new country. ...
The Tree That Remembers
[2002]
Shokoufeh, a former Iranian political prisoner, says that Canadians do not feel...
A Sleeping Tree Dreams of Its Roots
[1992]
A woman of Jewish descent describes her immigration interview. It is the filmmaker...
When Strangers Re-Unite
[1999]
It was grandparents who raised Maricel Guinto in the Philippines. Her mother, Este...
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Entire NFB Films
Bamboo, Lions and Dragons
[1981]
Two families, the Changs and the Lims, tell the story of the Chinese community in...
A Sense of Family
[1980]
This one-hour film charts East Indian immigration from the early 1900s to the...
The Tree That Remembers
[2002]
In 1992 a young Iranian student hanged himself on the outskirts of a small Ontario...
My Floating World: Miyuki Tanobe
[1979]
Miyuki Tanobe is a Japanese painter who has chosen to make Québec her home.
She...
Photographs
20 ans après...
[1977]
Since 1956 many Moroccan Jews have immigrated to Quebec drawn by the predominance of...
Examining new arrivals in Immigration Examination Hall.
[1952]
During the peak periods at Halifax's Pier 21 Examination Hall, up to a thousand...
Chinese Canadian children watching a NFB film,1945.
[1945]
After World War II, documentary film continued to be used as a tool to inform and...
Children of Different Races Putting a Jigsaw Puzzle Map of Canada Together, 2000.
[2000]
Her belief that "it takes a lot of people to build Canada" inspired Christine Weera...