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We see a young Leonard Cohen giving poetry readings, alone, and with family and friends. Donald Brittain's 1965 portrait of the Montreal poet was made before he released his first album.
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With its cheap land and cheap labour, Nicaragua has attracted people from all over the world - all looking to get their own little piece of paradise. It all plays out against a backdrop of yo-yoing land reforms and Daniel Ortega's mutable politics.
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This visually spectacular series explores the newly recognized area in Ontario, Canada, that many people are calling The Land Between
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- May 26, 2013 - 12:00pm
- June 2, 2013 - 12:00pm
The hilarious domestic chaos of an all-too human elephant family with big dreams, high hopes and enormous piles of laundry.
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- May 26, 2013 - 1:00pm
- June 2, 2013 - 1:00pm
Remaining true to the original, warmth and values that Lassie has represented over the years, Lassie, the world's most famous dog stars in adventures that will appeal to a new generation of children and families.
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This five-year odyssey captures two acrimonious ownership battles, stalled development plans, an emotional staff and the eviction of vulnerable longtime tenants on the way to the dramatic transformation of Toronto's oldest working hotel.
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Last Call at the Gladstone Hotel interview with directors Derreck Roemer and Neil Graham.
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Actor and comedian Stephen Fry and naturalist Mark Cawardine seek out the most vulnerable animals species across the world in this beautifully shot, fascinating and entertaining exploration.
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The explosive and emotional story of one of the most important days in history: over 11,000 casualties occurred during the final hours of the First World War - many after the Armistice had actually been signed.
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An emotional odyssey about a man in search of the truth about what happened to his brother and what has happened to society in a post-9/11 world where heightened national security fears has lead to biometric ID cards, passenger profiling at all major tran
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The generation of Nazis that fought during WWII is almost gone, their lives, their actions and their crimes soon to be consigned to history forver. This trilogy of doumentary films tells three compelling stories: the hunt for the most wanted Nazi criminal
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A grandfather writes to his grandchild about his journey to the North Pole in search of the world's last polar bears. He takes with him a golf-bag full of their equipment and a travelling companion, Roo - a dog of character and strong opinions. Bas
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- May 23, 2013 - 3:54pm
- May 30, 2013 - 3:55pm
A blend of the comic book super hero world with real life problems helping the viewer to learn how to become a true "Super Citizen", a better person in a better world.
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On June 22, 1985 Air India Flight 182 out of Toronto bound for Bombay exploded just off the coast of Ireland. Filmmaker Shelley Saywell explores the painful aftermath of the deadliest act of aviation terrorism in Canadian history.
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In a parallel format to Meerkat Manor series, Lemur Street is an animal reality 'drama' exploring two warring gangs of lemurs who live as neighbours on the tropical island paradise of Madagascar. Each gang consists of 20 ring-tailed lemurs, both ruled by
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- May 29, 2013 - 10:00pm
Photographers Jeff and Andrew Topham return to Liberia to revisit and re-shoot their childhood Eden.
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"Reptiles and amphibians," comments David Attenborough, "are sometimes thought of as primitive, dull and dimwitted. In fact, of course, they can be lethally fast, spectacularly beautiful, surprisingly affectionate and very sophisticated." Using the very l
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A powerfully rendered take on art and artists, creativity and our own mortality - exploring dancer and choreographer Tanja Liedtke.
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A powerfully rendered take on art and artists, creativity and our own mortality - exploring dancer and choreographer Tanja Liedtke.
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The Madness of the Arts Festival features the work of mentally ill performers from seven countries.
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An intimate portrait of a group of homeless people who congregate on a heating vent near the Department of National Defence building in Ottawa. They reveal the cycle of poverty, addiction, disease, and death they face on daily basis, and the sense of
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He barks, spits and shakes. He's also funny and brilliant. Duncan McKinlay has Tourette Syndrome.
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Set in the years immediately following the first World War, Lilies tells the tough, funny and sometimes heart-breaking story of three sisters, coming-of-age in a vivid, sensual and sometimes savage world.
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Thanks to the help of an arcane book, a special amulet and her new-found witch powers, Lilly can travel to places, times and myths she has only dreamed of. But magic is not all abracadabra, especially when the bumbling dragon Hector interferes.
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Award winning filmmakers Steve Bognar and Julia Reichert follow five families over six years - each with a child fighting cancer. The result is a deeply compassionate, moving story of hope, love and human resilience. The film explores the medical staff wh
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Pianist Thompson Egbo-Egbo starts a music program at a school in an inner city neighbourhood.
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- May 21, 2013 - 11:50am
- May 22, 2013 - 11:50am
A toddler bear and his animal friends explore the world, get into mischief, try new things, solve their problems and celebrate their differences, all under the watchful eye of mother bear. Based on the "Little Bear" books written by Else Holmelund Mi
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Many of the students who attended Canada's all-black schools look back on the experience with conflicting feelings: fondness for the dedication of their black teachers, and outrage at being denied a right fundamental to democracy, equal access to edu
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A victim of her father's debts, Little Dorrit has spent her childhood behind the heavy, iron doors of the Marshalsea Prison in London. Will a chance meeting change her future? Timely and topical adaptation of Dickens' tale of debt and financial corruption
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The Little Prince travels from planet to planet, braving danger and discovering vast and enchanted worlds.
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- May 26, 2013 - 7:43am
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In this animated series, based on the books by Tony Ross, the Little Princess is curious, confident, full of energy and prone to the odd tantrum when things don't go her way.
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One Christmas Eve, a young boy finds a special present on his rooftop - a little reindeer! They quickly become secret friends.
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- May 21, 2013 - 12:30pm
- May 22, 2013 - 12:30pm
Little Wilfey Bear is a playful, gentle fun-loving little bear on his adventures discovering the world.
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Set in the heart of the East End amid horrific danger and poverty, this drama based on the lives and case notes of doctors, nurses and patients at the Royal London Hospital a century ago resonates today. Some issues, like funding crises, terrorist threats
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Twins fascinate us. But what happens when one of them dies? Having lost her franternal twin brother at age 20 in a tragic accident, filmmaker Anna Van der Wee explores the impact of being a lone twin for most of her life.
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TVO's acclaimed series of social issue documentaries acquired from around the world. The films are controversial, hard-hitting and provocative. Some are bizarre. All are exceptional.
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Lonesome George is the last remaining Pinta Island giant tortoise; when he dies, his race will be extinct. He has become a symbol of the battle to preserve the unique wildlife of his native Galapagos Islands which are under threat from illegal fishin
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Russia has one of the largest migrant populations in the world, and its illegal migrant workforce is estimated at 12 to 16 million. Alisher (18) from Kyrgystan leaves his pregnant wife Dildora and travels 3,5000 km to Moscow to find work. As an illeg
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A respected politician stakes his name and career to campaign for a notorious serial killer. Jim Broadbent and Samantha Morton star. Based on a true story.
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Life doesn't stop when Dad gets testicular cancer, either for him or the people around him. Work still has to be done, the boss placated, clients handled, bills paid and family cared for. But in the end, things can't carry on as normal when they're n
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For over 100 years, the most significant 20th century artists and performers have lived and worked in the 165 landmark Studios atop Carnegie Hall - this film documents the history of this building from the inside.
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A boy journeys to the South Pole to help his lost friend get home.
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TVO's Gemini award-winning series features the best in provocative and often controversial point-of-view documentaries commissioned from Canada's independent filmmakers.
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A thoroughly modern heroine threatens to ruin one of the world's greatest literary love stories in this ingenious re-invention of Jane Austen's Pride & Prejudice.
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Home to nearly a billion people, Africa has an incredible diversity of communities and cultures, yet we know little of its past. But researchers and archaeologists are uncovering a range of histories as impressive and extraordinary as anywhere else i
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Timbuktu: once a desert trading post, grew into a golden city with three "universities" and huge manuscript libraries founded some decades before Oxford and Cambridge in England. This was the seat of an African literary tradition that the West didn't
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Alan Zweig explores the searches for love, relationships and belonging, and all the things that get in the way of finding them. The third in an autobiographical mirror trilogy (with Vinyl and I, Curmudgeon).
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In September 2008, capitalism looked like it was on the brink of collapse. This is the story of how the crash was caused, how it developed, and what the long-term consequences will be; featuring exclusive interviews with many of the major players, key com
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Lucian Freud may be best known for his portrait of Queen Elizabeth II. The artist is seen through the eyes of those best placed to study him - his sitters. They range from the aristocracy to fellow painters David Hockney and Celia Paul, from ex-lover










