Nanook of the North

From the lower St. Lawrence, a picture of whale hunting that looks more like a round-up, with a corral, whale-boys and all. In 1534, when he stopped...

This film joins a hunting-party of inhabitants of the Frobisher Bay Correctional Centre. The stalking, killing and skinning of seal and caribou are...

Bear (10 minutes, 35 seconds) was Steve McQueen's first major film. Although not an overtly political work, for many viewers it raises sensitive...

A man stranded in the Arctic is finally about to receive his long awaited rescue. However, after a tragic accident, his opportunity is lost and he...

Two men who have been friends for quite some time and who live in different cities maintain a correspondence with Super 8 film reels that they...

A documentary about some of the comedians of the silent era featuring clips from their films and biographical information.

This feature documentary examines its own genre, which has often been called Canada's national art form. Released in the year of the NFB's 75th...

Madrid, Spain, 1949. The Circo Americano arrives in the city. While the big top is pitched in a vacant lot, the troupe parades through the grand...

A drama about the contents of a last will and testament left behind by an African-American sharecropper who was lynched after being falsely accused...

Janette Bertrand, 96, is at the time of the balance sheets. Where are the women, where is the fight for gender equality? An hour of History with a...

The film tells the story of a man and woman who don't know each other. After being matched by a matchmaker, after going through a series of red tape,...