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
Arrival
[1957]
Newly arrived in Canada, an Italian woman has difficulty adjusting. Her lack of...
The Tree That Remembers
[2002]
Shokoufeh, imprisoned for eight years in Iran, struggles to reconcile her difficult...
The Tree That Remembers
[2002]
Shokoufeh, a former Iranian political prisoner, says that Canadians do not feel...
When Strangers Re-Unite
[1999]
It was grandparents who raised Maricel Guinto in the Philippines. Her mother, Este...
Entire NFB Films
Arrival
[1957]
A discerning study of an immigrant family and the mingled feelings of hope and...
From Harling Point
[2003]
Traditional Chinese belief says that the soul of a person who dies in a foreign...
Shipbuilder
[1985]
Tom Sukanen was an eccentric Finnish immigrant who homesteaded in Saskatchewan in...
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