dOctober18: That Never Happened

Directed by Ryan Boyko, That Never Happened?reveals the story of Canada’s first national internment operations between 1914-1920, when over 88,000 people were forced to register and more than 8,500 were wrongfully imprisoned in internment camps across Canada, not for anything they had done but because of where they came from. In 1954, the public records…

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Owning The Sins of Our Past: 1on1 with Ryan Boyko (THAT NEVER HAPPENED)

Directed by Ryan Boyko, That Never Happened: Canada’s First National Internment Operations?reveals the story of Canada’s first national internment operations between 1914 – 1920, when over 88,000 people were forced to register and more than 8,500 were wrongfully imprisoned in internment camps across Canada, not for anything they had done but because of their heritage….

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Maudie – Validation of a Life

?The whole of life, already framed, right there.? It?s hard to assign Maudie to any one genre. Certainly it qualifies as biography. But it is also a bit of art history. It?s an inspirational story of finding success and happiness against terrible odds. And at its heart it is a love story?but not the kind…

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Canada150: The Stories We Tell

Caution:? This documentary review contains spoilers.? (Yes, you read that correctly.) Directed by Sarah Polley, The Stories We Tell, in some ways, is the rarest of documentaries: that where the filmmaker turns the camera on themselves.? In a revealing examination of her family history, Polley explores the period in her life when she discovered that…

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David Peck: Shimon Dusan (The Settlers)

Shimon Dutan and Face2Face host David Peck talk about the ?settlement enterprise?, racism, empathy, the West Bank and absolutes, Israel and why there?s reason for hope. IMDB Synopsis Of?the?grievances and grudges that plague?the?Middle East, no issue is more incendiary than?the?Jewish-only settlements that have dotted?the?occupied West Bank for a half-century. Canadian/Israeli Shimon Dotan?s acclaimed documentary?The?Settlers?sets out…

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