NFB - Health and Social issues
Nomad's Land
They're civilians, yet the military runs their lives. By marrying a member of the Armed Forces, these women inherited a lifestyle they hadn't necessarily chosen. A film by Claire Corriveau.
Sexy Inc
Sophie Bissonnette's documentary uses experts' hard-hitting criticism to analyze the hypersexualization of our environment and its noxious effects on the young.
Blood and Water
When the 2004 tsunami hit the coast of Sri Lanka, 65-year-old Anton Ambrose's wife and daughter were killed. “In five minutes,” he says, “I lost everything.” A year later, Anton returns to Sri Lanka. With him is his nephew, award-winning filmmaker Rohan Fernando. Blood and Water is the story of one man's search for meaning in the face of overwhelming loss.
Filmmaker-in-Residence
The Filmmaker-in-Residence program is an alternative model of media-making. This collaborative initiative is the National Film Board of Canada's effort to reach out to communities and places media creation into the hand of citizens - the agents of true social change.
A Day in the Life of a Sketchbook
Animator Shira Avni guides a group of artists who have Down syndrome through intensive animation workshops. Follow her blog.
River of Life
This is the Yukon River Quest, the world's longest annual canoe and kayak race. From around the world, athletes come to test their endurance, racing day and night along 740 kilometres of rugged river shoreline. Directed by Werner Walcher.
Damage Done: The Drug War Odyssey
Meet a group of maverick cops with varying political ideals who discuss the question: Is the war on drugs doing more damage than the drugs themselves?
It's a Girl's World
It's a Girl's World takes us inside the tumultuous relationships of a clique of popular 10-year-old girls. Playground bullying captured on camera shows a disturbing picture of how these girls use their closest friendships to hurt each other. Directed by Lynn Glazier.
Winning
Even though lotteries offer the worst gambling odds, Canadians spend $7 billion a year on them, Americans $38.9 billion. But is winning the jackpot all that it's cracked up to be?Directed by Catherine Annau.
The Gift of Diabetes
Director O. Brion Whitford's journey is a moving account of a man coming to grips with diabetes, while trying to re-establish balance in his life.