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Mordecai Richler: The Writer and His Roots

Appetite always before ambition

Mordecai Richler: The Writer and His Roots

Mordecai Richler discusses his roots and his reasons for writing in this filmstrip adapted doc.


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Dissecting his way to Cannes.
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W.O. Mitchell: Novelist in Hiding

Inspired by his surroundings
W.O. Mitchell: Novelist in Hiding

First Novel

For the love of the art
First Novel

Margaret Atwood: Once in August

On home ground
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Indigenous Cinema

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

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Health and Wellness

  • My Urban Garden
    My Urban Garden
    Polly Bennell 
    1984 | 26 min
  • Shredded
    Shredded
    Richard Gaudio & Douglas C. Taplin 
    2005 | 22 min
  • Age Is No Barrier
    Age Is No Barrier
    Francis Damberger 
    1989 | 24 min
  • Daisy: The Story of a Facelift
    Daisy: The Story of a Facelift
    Michael Rubbo 
    1982 | 57 min
  • A Part of Me
    A Part of Me
    André Roy 
    2016 | 23 min
  • Indigenous Plant Diva
    Indigenous Plant Diva
    Kamala Todd 
    2008 | 9 min
  • Island Green
    Island Green
    Millefiore Clarkes 
    2013 | 3 min
  • Earth to Mouth
    Earth to Mouth
    Yung Chang 
    2002 | 41 min

The Green Channel

  • Crapshoot: The Gamble with Our Wastes
    Crapshoot: The Gamble with Our Wastes
    Jeff McKay 
    2003 | 52 min
  • Steam, Schemes and National Dreams
    Steam, Schemes and National Dreams
     
    1984 | 28 min
  • Island Green
    Island Green
    Millefiore Clarkes 
    2013 | 3 min
  • Treasure Hunters
    Treasure Hunters
    Bruno Baillargeon 
    2002 | 1 h 7 min
  • Indigenous Plant Diva
    Indigenous Plant Diva
    Kamala Todd 
    2008 | 9 min
  • Hinterland Who's Who: The Snowy Owl
    Hinterland Who's Who: The Snowy Owl
     
    1973 | 1 min
  • Hinterland Who's Who: The Raccoon
    Hinterland Who's Who: The Raccoon
     
    1978 | 1 min
  • Hinterland Who's Who: Grizzly
    Hinterland Who's Who: Grizzly
     
    1972 | 1 min

New Releases

  • Bluefin
    Bluefin
    Bluefin campus
    John Hopkins 
    2016 | 53 min
  • Return to Vimy
    Return to Vimy
    Denis McCready 
    2017 | 9 min
  • I Am Here
    I Am Here
    Eoin Duffy 
    2016 | 4 min
  • Mystery of the Secret Room
    Mystery of the Secret Room
    Wanda Nolan 
    2016 | 5 min
  • Free Love
    Free Love
    Aude Picault 
    2017 | 3 min
  • Panoramic Chronicle
    Panoramic Chronicle
    Jean-Matthieu Tanguy & Lewis Trondheim 
    2017 | 3 min
  • The Tooth
    The Tooth
    Guy Delisle 
    2017 | 3 min
  • Sweet Childhood
    Sweet Childhood
    Zviane 
    2017 | 3 min

Recently Added

  • The Cabinet of Doctor Ferron
    The Cabinet of Doctor Ferron
    Jean-Daniel Lafond 
    2003 | 1 h 21 min
  • Life and Radiation
    Life and Radiation
    Hugh O'Connor 
    1960 | 30 min
  • The War of 1812 (1783-1818)
    The War of 1812 (1783-1818)
    Ronald Dick 
    1967 | 58 min
  • The Man in the Peace Tower
    The Man in the Peace Tower
    Roger Blais 
    1951 | 10 min
  • Mozambique: Building a Future
    Mozambique: Building a Future
    Charles Konowal 
    1987 | 27 min
  • Deep Inside Clint Star
    Deep Inside Clint Star
    Clint Alberta 
    1999 | 1 h 28 min
  • Pilgrimage
    Pilgrimage
    Terence Macartney-Filgate 
    1958 | 30 min
  • Test Pilot
    Test Pilot
    Allen Stark 
    1954 | 15 min

Outside the Box

  • Madame Tutli-Putli
    Madame Tutli-Putli
    Chris Lavis & Maciek Szczerbowski 
    2007 | 17 min
  • Sweet Childhood
    Sweet Childhood
    Zviane 
    2017 | 3 min
  • It's a Crime
    It's a Crime
    Wolf Koenig 
    1957 | 12 min
  • The Defender
    The Defender
    Stephen Low 
    1988 | 54 min
  • Project Grizzly
    Project Grizzly
    Peter Lynch 
    1996 | 1 h 12 min
  • Naked Island - Sext Apes
    Naked Island - Sext Apes
    Laurence Vallières 
    2017 | 36 s
  • Instant French
    Instant French
    David Bairstow 
    1965 | 21 min
  • Oh Sure
    Oh Sure
    Richard Condie 
    1977 | 1 min

Captivating Fiction films

  • The Company of Strangers
    The Company of Strangers
    Cynthia Scott 
    1990 | 1 h 41 min
  • The Railrodder
    The Railrodder
    Gerald Potterton 
    1965 | 24 min
  • The Red Dress
    The Red Dress
    Michael Scott 
    1978 | 27 min
  • One Man
    One Man
    Robin Spry 
    1977 | 1 h 27 min
  • A Matter of Survival
    A Matter of Survival
    Bernard Devlin 
    1969 | 25 min
  • The Ernie Game
    The Ernie Game
    Don Owen 
    1967 | 1 h 28 min
  • The Pedlar
    The Pedlar
    Allan Kroeker 
    1982 | 54 min
  • Cold Journey
    Cold Journey
    Martin Defalco 
    1975 | 1 h 15 min

Available to Rent

  • All the Wrong Reasons
    All the Wrong Reasons
    All the Wrong Reasons
    Gia Milani 
    2013 | 1 h 59 min
  • Canada Screens
    Chloe
    Chloe
    Chloe
    Atom Egoyan 
    2009 | 1 h 36 min
  • Canada Screens
    Foreverland
    Foreverland
    Foreverland
    Maxwell McGuire 
    2011 | 1 h 33 min
  • Canada Screens
    Forsaken
    Forsaken
    Forsaken
    Jon Cassar 
    2015 | 1 h 29 min
  • Canada Screens
    Remember
    Remember
    Remember
    Atom Egoyan 
    2015 | 1 h 34 min
  • Canada Screens
    Emile
    Emile
    Emile
    Carl Bessai 
    2003 | 1 h 32 min
  • Canada Screens
    Exotica
    Exotica
    Exotica
    Atom Egoyan 
    1994 | 1 h 43 min
  • Canada Screens
    Major Junior
    Major Junior
    Major Junior
    Éric Tessier 
    2017 | 1 h 54 min
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