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2) Blackout
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Down-and-out Canadian Dane Clark is soused in a London club the night he's approached by a beautiful stranger (Belinda Lee) offering him £500 to marry her. The too-good-to-be-true offer turns sour when Lee goes missing and her wealthy father is found murdered. With only hazy memories of that unusual night, Clark doesn't know himself if he is the killer.
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In an age of social media, when the boundaries between private and public are constantly being redrawn, 50 people share some of their most intimate experiences and thoughts on camera. Self(less) Portrait by Danic Champoux (Mom and Me, Sessions) offers a complex patchwork of intertwining themes, ultimately reflecting a collective spirit we can all identify with. Taken as a whole, these confessions--sometimes sombre, sometimes comical--compose a rich...
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Never, ever give up. Canadian Harry Jerome overcame racism to reach the heights of track-and-field success. When an injury threatened to end his career, Jerome trained diligently and went on to achieve one of the greatest comebacks in sports history. Made especially for elementary and middle-school classes, this film features two young students who guide us through Jerome's life, the challenges he faced and his legacy--which includes the Harry Jerome...
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Episode 4. Who will speak for the fallen when the last World War I veteran has passed away? Eleven men reveal their experiences of enlisting, training and fighting overseas, and tell us about the friends and family they left behind. They also speak about their darkest moments and the horror of being in the carnage of the Great War.
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Episode 1. Who will speak for the fallen when the last World War I veteran has passed away? Eleven men reveal their experiences of enlisting, training and fighting overseas, and tell us about the friends and family they left behind. They also speak about their darkest moments and the horror of being in the carnage of the Great War.
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Episode 2. Who will speak for the fallen when the last World War I veteran has passed away? Eleven men reveal their experiences of enlisting, training and fighting overseas, and tell us about the friends and family they left behind. They also speak about their darkest moments and the horror of being in the carnage of the Great War.
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Episode 3. Who will speak for the fallen when the last World War I veteran has passed away? Eleven men reveal their experiences of enlisting, training and fighting overseas, and tell us about the friends and family they left behind. They also speak about their darkest moments and the horror of being in the carnage of the Great War.
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As dawn breaks and most of the city still sleeps, the long-time merchants of Vancouverś Chinatown are hard at work. They haul out their produce stands and set up their makeshift vendor carts in preparation for what they hope will be a busy day. But, like many ethnic enclaves in urban centres across North America, their clientele is dwindling. This once vibrant and thriving neighbourhood is in flux as new condo developments and non-Chinese businesses...
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"When they were born on May 28, 1934, quintuplets Yvonne, Annette, Cécile, Émilie, and Marie captivated the world, defying medical history with every breath they took. In an effort to protect them from hucksters and showmen, the Ontario government took custody of the quints, sequestering them in a private, custom-built hospital across the road from their family. Here, Sarah Miller reconstructs their unprecedented upbringing with depth and subtlety,...
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In 1916, two Cree Indians enlist in the Canadian Expeditionary Forces and are sent to the western front as sharpshooters.
Set in Canada and the battlefields of France and Belgium, Three-Day Road is a mesmerizing novel told through the eyes of Niska, a Canadian Oji-Cree woman living off the land who is the last of a line of healers and diviners, and her nephew Xavier. At the urging of his friend Elijah, a Cree boy raised in reserve schools, Xavier...
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On any ordinary day in Canada, extraordinary things happen. Canadians have remarkable stories to tell. And for the past 75 years, the CBC has enabled us to share those stories with each other. Join in the celebration of this rich heritage with a special CBC/Radio Canada documentary that gave all Canadians the chance to play a role in a one-day collective self-portrait, coast to coast. For 24 hours, CBC crews spanned the country to follow some of Canada's...
20) Roaming
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"Spring Break, 2009: Five days, three friends, and one big city. Roaming marks a triumphant return to the graphic novel and deft foray into new adult fiction for Caldecott Medal-winning authors Jillian Tamaki (Boundless) and Mariko Tamaki (Cold). Over the course of a much-anticipated trip to New York, an unexpected fling blossoms between casual acquaintances and throws a long-term friendship off-balance. Emotional tensions vibrate wildly against the...
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