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Focus on Black Filmmakers

Essential films for Black History Month

Focus on Black Filmmakers

Explore our free collection of films by Black filmmakers and discover their unique points of view on the Canada of yesterday and today.


New Releases

  • Heartbeat of a Nation
    Heartbeat of a Nation
    Eric Janvier 
    2022 | 20 min
  • Arctic Song
    Arctic Song
    Germaine Arnattaujuq, Neil Christopher, … 
    2021 | 6 min
  • Alambic: Solid Ground
    Alambic: Solid Ground
    Beatriz Carvalho 
    2022 | 2 min
  • Alambic : Modern Alchemy
    Alambic : Modern Alchemy
    Bren López Zepeda 
    2022 | 2 min
  • Alambic : By Winds and Tides
    Alambic : By Winds and Tides
    Bogdan Anifrani-Fedach 
    2022 | 2 min
  • The Flying Sailor
    The Flying Sailor
    Amanda Forbis & Wendy Tilby 
    2022 | 7 min
  • Meneath: The Hidden Island of Ethics
    Meneath: The Hidden Island of Ethics
    Terril Calder 
    2021 | 19 min
  • Nalujuk Night
    Nalujuk Night
    Jennie Williams 
    2021 | 13 min

Focus on Black Filmmakers

  • Alambic : By Winds and Tides
    Alambic : By Winds and Tides
    Bogdan Anifrani-Fedach 
    2022 | 2 min
  • Stateless
    Stateless
    Michèle Stephenson 
    2020 | 1 h 36 min
  • Tales of Ordinary Fatphobia
    Tales of Ordinary Fatphobia
    Josiane Blanc 
    2019 | 23 min
  • Kenbe la, Until We Win
    Kenbe la, Until We Win
    Will Prosper 
    2019 | 1 h 20 min
  • John Ware Reclaimed
    John Ware Reclaimed
    Cheryl Foggo 
    2020 | 1 h 12 min
  • Tales of Sand and Snow
    Tales of Sand and Snow
    Hyacinthe Combary 
    2004 | 48 min
  • 24 Days in Brooks
    24 Days in Brooks
    Dana Inkster 
    2007 | 42 min
  • MacPherson
    MacPherson
    Martine Chartrand 
    2012 | 10 min

NFB Abroad: Africa On Screen

  • The Girls of Meru
    The Girls of Meru
    Andrea Dorfman 
    2017 | 1 h 27 min
  • Gun Runners
    Gun Runners
    Anjali Nayar 
    2016 | 1 h 29 min
  • Nollywood Babylon
    Nollywood Babylon
    Ben Addelman & Samir Mallal 
    2008 | 1 h 14 min
  • Oliver Jones in Africa
    Oliver Jones in Africa
    Martin Duckworth 
    1990 | 53 min
  • War Hospital
    War Hospital
    David Christensen & Damien Lewis 
    2005 | 1 h 29 min
  • A Time There Was: Stories from the Last Days of Kenya Colony
    A Time There Was: Stories from the Last Days of Kenya Colony
    Donald McWilliams 
    2009 | 1 h 27 min
  • The Magic Lion
    The Magic Lion
    Charles Githinji 
    2004 | 6 min
  • The Lost Pharaoh: The Search for Akhenaten
    The Lost Pharaoh: The Search for Akhenaten
    Nicholas Kendall 
    1980 | 56 min

CURATOR’S PERSPECTIVE

Black cinema by Black filmmakers
CURATOR’S PERSPECTIVE

FILMMAKER IN FOCUS | Martine Chartrand

An epic filmmaker
FILMMAKER IN FOCUS | Martine Chartrand

CLASSICS

Landmark films from our collection
CLASSICS

OUT OF THE VAULT

Newly unearthed gems from our archives
OUT OF THE VAULT

PAUSE

NFB Pause with Bogdan Anifrani-Fedach
PAUSE

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Indigenous Cinema

Discover the NFB’s rich online collection of Indigenous-made films.

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New releases - Interactive works

  • Worlds of Ice (Omni)
    Worlds of Ice (Omni)
    Philippe Baylaucq
    2022 | 11 h
  • Plastisapiens
    Plastisapiens
    Miri Chekhanovich and Édith Jorisch with Dpt.
    2022 | 15 h
  • CHOM5KY vs CHOMSKY: A playful conversation on AI
    CHOM5KY vs CHOMSKY: A playful conversation on AI
    Created by Sandra Rodriguez
    2022 | 1 h
  • Traces : Expo 2020 Dubaï
    Traces : Expo 2020 Dubaï
    Kanva
    2022 | 3 h 37 min
  • Similkameen Crossroads
    Similkameen Crossroads
    Tyler Hagan
    2022 | 6 h
  • Vimy: A Living Memorial – The Digital Pilgrimage
    Vimy: A Living Memorial – The Digital Pilgrimage
    Anne Lagacé, Gonzalo Soldi, Claude Guilmain, Sylvain Bellemarre
    2022 | 15 h
  • The Orchid And The Bee
    The Orchid And The Bee
    Frances Adair McKenzie
    2022 | 5 h
  • Brainstream
    Brainstream
    Caroline Robert
    2021 | 20 h
  • Charity
    Charity
    Parastoo Anoushahpour, Faraz Anoushahpour, Ryan Ferko
    2021 | 12 h
  • Wayfinder
    Wayfinder
    Matt DesLauriers
    2021 | 10 h
  • Otherly
    Otherly
    Mirusha Yogarajah, Em Yue, Jess Murwin, Tristan Angieri, Grace An, Joanne Lam, Jackie! Zhou
    2021 | 10 h
  • Far Away from Far Away
    Far Away from Far Away
    Bruce Alcock and Jeremy Mendes
    2021 | 6 h
  • NFB Blog

    Transmission of Indigenous Knowledge

    • Heartbeat of a Nation
      Heartbeat of a Nation
      Eric Janvier 
      2022 | 20 min
    • Arctic Song
      Arctic Song
      Germaine Arnattaujuq, Neil Christopher, … 
      2021 | 6 min
    • Evan's Drum
      Evan's Drum
      Ossie Michelin 
      2021 | 14 min
    • Nalujuk Night
      Nalujuk Night
      Jennie Williams 
      2021 | 13 min
    • ƛaʔuukʷiatḥ Dugout Canoe
      ƛaʔuukʷiatḥ Dugout Canoe
      Steven Davies 
      2021 | 10 min
    • Travelling College
      Travelling College
      Ernest Benedict 
      1968 | 9 min
    • Red Path
      Red Path
      Thérèse Ottawa 
      2015 | 15 min
    • Stories Are in Our Bones
      Stories Are in Our Bones
      Janine Windolph 
      2019 | 11 min

    Winter Sports

    • First Arctic Winter Games
      First Arctic Winter Games
      Dennis Sawyer & R.C. Gibson 
      1970 | 25 min
    • The Second Arctic Winter Games
      The Second Arctic Winter Games
      Dennis Sawyer 
      1972 | 28 min
    • New Gold for Alaska
      New Gold for Alaska
      Dennis Sawyer 
      1974 | 50 min
    • Schefferville 4th Arctic Winter Games
      Schefferville 4th Arctic Winter Games
      Dennis Sawyer 
      1976 | 26 min
    • Gone Curling
      Gone Curling
      John Howe 
      1963 | 10 min
    • Thunderbirds in China
      Thunderbirds in China
      Les Rose 
      1974 | 57 min
    • The Sword of the Lord
      The Sword of the Lord
      Giles Walker 
      1976 | 57 min
    • The Rink
      The Rink
      Gilles Carle 
      1962 | 10 min

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