Movies: British columbia

  • 1944
    Totems

    Totems (1944)

    Totems

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    For Indigenous peoples the totem pole is the symbol of life, portraying the relationship between humans and animals. Fitting into the landscape of British Columbia, these monuments, witnesses to an ancient and powerful culture, look down at us. The g...

    Totems
  • 2008
    Warrior Boyz

    Warrior Boyz (2008)

    Warrior Boyz

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    To date, more than a hundred young men from the South Asian community have died in gang-related violence in Metro Vancouver. Gangs are a reality of urban life, yet behind the body count and the headlines, a far different battle is being waged. Educat...

    Warrior Boyz
  • 1975
    The Land is the Culture: A Case for BC Indian Land Claims

    The Land is the Culture: A Case for BC Indian Land Claims (1975)

    The Land is the Culture: A Case for BC Indian Land Claims

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    "A documentary film which looks at the issue of British Columbia Native land claims and how the aboriginals link their culture to the land, which has been stolen by the dominant white culture of North America. In the film, the argument is presented t...

    The Land is the Culture: A Case for BC Indian Land Claims
  • 2011
    These were the reasons

    These were the reasons (2011)

    These were the reasons

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    This film takes us into the harsh realm of BC's early coal mines, canneries, and lumber camps; where primitve conditions and speed-ups often cost lives. Then, the film moves through the unemployed' struggles of the '30s, post WWII equity campaigns, ...

    These were the reasons
  • 2023
    Silvicola

    Silvicola (2023)

    Silvicola

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    The human impact on forests is explored through breathtaking vistas and poignant vignettes set in Canada's Pacific Northwest. Those who rely on this precious resource highlight the tensions and dilemmas between commodification and conservation....

    Silvicola
  • 2013
    Let's Go Get Small

    Let's Go Get Small (2013)

    Let's Go Get Small

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    The Canadian Coast Range is a humbling place. The range dwarfs both exceptionally large human beings and egos with its foreboding size. Norseman Productions follows Dave Treadway and Henrik Windstedt as they push into the range on snowmobiles in purs...

    Let's Go Get Small
  • 1977
    Gurdeep Singh Bains

    Gurdeep Singh Bains (1977)

    Gurdeep Singh Bains

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    Gurdeep is a thirteen-year-old Canadian Sikh whose family runs a dairy farm near Chilliwack, British Columbia. They have retained their language and religion. Attendance at the Sikh temple, playing soccer with his schoolmates, and working on the farm...

    Gurdeep Singh Bains
  • 2019
    Haida Modern

    Haida Modern (2019)

    Haida Modern

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    In the 50 years since he carved his first totem pole, Robert Davidson has come to be regarded as one of the world’s foremost modern artists. Charles Wilkinson (Haida Gwaii: On the Edge of the World) brings his trademark inquisitiveness and craftsmans...

    Haida Modern
  • 1994
    Tokyo Cowboy

    Tokyo Cowboy (1994)

    Tokyo Cowboy

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    When a young Japanese man with an affinity towards American western films is fired from his job, he sets out to become a real live cowboy....

    Tokyo Cowboy
  • 1993
    The Lotus Eaters

    The Lotus Eaters (1993)

    The Lotus Eaters

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    Set off the West Coast of Canada in 1965, a hip new teacher with a miniskirt and lots of ideas turns a small town upside down. The soft autumn light of Galiano Island is beautifully rendered in writer/producer Peggy Thompson's The Lotus Eaters, and ...

    The Lotus Eaters
  • 2015
    The Interior

    The Interior (2015)

    The Interior

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    After receiving a distressing medical diagnosis, a listless young man flees the crushing tedium of Toronto city life, trading it all for the wilderness of the British Columbian Interior. When his whims go awry, he is reduced to petty thievery just to...

    The Interior
  • 2020
    Invasion

    Invasion (2020)

    Invasion

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    In this era of “reconciliation”, Indigenous land is still being taken at gunpoint. Unist’ot’en Camp, Gidimt’en checkpoint and the larger Wet’suwet’en Nation are standing up to the Canadian government and corporations who continue colonial violence ag...

    Invasion
  • 2020
    Nuxalk Radio

    Nuxalk Radio (2020)

    Nuxalk Radio

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    A day in the life of 91.1, Nuxalk Radio, a radio station built to help keep the Nuxalk language alive while broadcasting the laws of the lands and waters....

    Nuxalk Radio
  • 2010
    Beyond Gay: The Politics of Pride

    Beyond Gay: The Politics of Pride (2010)

    Beyond Gay: The Politics of Pride

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    Over the course of a year, film follows Vancouver Pride Society president Ken Coolen to various international Pride events, including Poland, Hungary, Russia, Sri Lanka and others where there is great opposition to pride parades. In North America, Pr...

    Beyond Gay: The Politics of Pride
  • 2018
    This Mountain Life

    This Mountain Life (2018)

    This Mountain Life

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    A daughter and her 60-year-old mother embark on a 6 month, 2,300-kilometre ski trek through British Columbia’s rugged terrain....

    This Mountain Life
  • 2006
    Finding Dawn

    Finding Dawn (2006)

    Finding Dawn

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    Métis filmmaker Christine Welsh puts a human face on a national tragedy: the murders and disappearances of an estimated 500 Aboriginal women in Canada over the past 30 years. Explores the deep historical, social, and economic factors that contribute ...

    Finding Dawn
  • 1986
    9B

    9B (1986)

    9B

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    The story of a young idealistic teacher and his struggle with a class of difficult students in a northern British Columbia school....

    9B
  • 2010
    The Beast of Bottomless Lake

    The Beast of Bottomless Lake (2010)

    The Beast of Bottomless Lake

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    Life's a beast...until you find one....

    The Beast of Bottomless Lake
  • 2002
    Memories of Earth

    Memories of Earth (2002)

    Memories of Earth

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    Set against the unforgettable beauty of Haida Gwaii (formerly known as the Queen Charlotte Islands), Memories of Earth takes viewers on a journey guided by traces of the past. The film records the meeting of two artistic worlds: that of the Haida, an...

    Memories of Earth
  • 1999
    Through a Blue Lens

    Through a Blue Lens (1999)

    Through a Blue Lens

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    This documentary, set in the Lower East End of Vancouver's downtown core, is a pretty honest account of life on the streets in urban Canada. It is aimed at educating high school kids on the dangers of addiction to hard drugs and is the brainchild of ...

    Through a Blue Lens