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John Ware Reclaimed

New Release - Retracing Canada’s Black pioneers

John Ware Reclaimed

Explore the mythology and history of John Ware, a Black cowboy and rancher who settled in Alberta prior to the turn of the 20th century, in this imaginative documentary by Cheryl Foggo.


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Black Communities in Canada

  • John Ware Reclaimed
    John Ware Reclaimed
    Cheryl Foggo 
    2020 | 1 h 12 min
  • Kenbe la, Until We Win
    Kenbe la, Until We Win
    Will Prosper 
    2019 | 1 h 20 min
  • Tales of Ordinary Fatphobia
    Tales of Ordinary Fatphobia
    Josiane Blanc 
    2019 | 23 min
  • Into the Light
    Into the Light
    Gentille M. Assih 
    2020 | 1 h 19 min
  • Ice Breakers
    Ice Breakers
    Sandamini Rankaduwa 
    2019 | 15 min
  • I Am Gay
    I Am Gay
    Ajahnis Charley 
    2020 | 10 min
  • Sòl
    Sòl
    Valérie Bah & Tatiana Zinga Botao 
    2020 | 8 min
  • Back To School
    Back To School
    Olivia Coombs 
    2020 | 6 min

Oscar ® winners and nominees

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    Animal Behaviour
    Alison Snowden & David Fine 
    2018 | 14 min
  • Blind Vaysha
    Blind Vaysha
    Theodore Ushev 
    2016 | 8 min
  • Wild Life
    Wild Life
    Amanda Forbis & Wendy Tilby 
    2011 | 13 min
  • Sunday
    Sunday
    Patrick Doyon 
    2011 | 9 min
  • Madame Tutli-Putli
    Madame Tutli-Putli
    Chris Lavis & Maciek Szczerbowski 
    2007 | 17 min
  • The Danish Poet
    The Danish Poet
    Torill Kove 
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  • Ryan
    Ryan
    Chris Landreth 
    2004 | 13 min
  • Strange Invaders
    Strange Invaders
    Cordell Barker 
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New Releases

  • John Ware Reclaimed
    John Ware Reclaimed
    Cheryl Foggo 
    2020 | 1 h 12 min
  • Kenbe la, Until We Win
    Kenbe la, Until We Win
    Will Prosper 
    2019 | 1 h 20 min
  • Martha
    Martha
    Daniel Schubert 
    2020 | 21 min
  • Borealis
    Borealis
    Kevin McMahon 
    2020 | 1 h 30 min
  • The End of Certainties
    The End of Certainties
    Jean-Daniel Lafond 
    2020 | 45 min
  • As the Crow Flies
    As the Crow Flies
    Tess Girard 
    2016 | 1 h 34 min
  • Daughter of the Crater
    Daughter of the Crater
    Nadine Beaudet & Danic Champoux 
    2018 | 1 h 15 min
  • Into the Light
    Into the Light
    Gentille M. Assih 
    2020 | 1 h 19 min

Kenbe la, Until We Win

New Release - Chasing a dream, from Haiti to Montreal
Kenbe la, Until We Win

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Balakrishna

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    Far Away From Far Away
    Bruce Alcock and Jeremy Mendes
    2021 | 30 min
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    Roundup
    Nettie Wild
    2020 | 3 min
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    The Book of Distance
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    Agence
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    Bubble
    Gabriel Turcotte-Dubé, Camille Foisy, Louise Hammouda, Diana Aziz, Marianne Bourdages, Marie-Blanche Rossi, Jonathan Gagnon, Andréa Henry-Etesse
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    Yesterday Today Tomorrow
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    FIRST PHOTO HERE
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    Motto
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    Parliament: The Virtual Experience
    Library of Parliament and the National Film Board of Canada
    2020 | 15 min
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    Perfumed Dreaming
    Kathleen Hepburn
    2020 | 5 min
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    Awake and Still Drowning
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    2020 | 20 min
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