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3 FACTUAL ENTERTAINMENT 4 NATURE & WILDLIFE 2021 Year English Version CBC / The Nature of Things Original Broadcaster River Road Films Producer climates on the planet. exploration of life inoneof the most intense andchallenging WILD CANADIAN WEATHER isanintimate anddramatic reproduce. power of the weather to migrate, hunt, escape danger, and together stories of how different speciesharness the incredible dangerous weather conditions on the planet. This series weaves and adapted to survive under someof the most extreme and blizzards to raging forest fires, thenatural world has evolved weather elements - Wind, Rain, Cold andSun. From polar vortex landscapes, wildlife andpeoplehave by beenshaped four key WILD CANADIAN WEATHER explores the ways in which wildlife, andpusheshumans to their limits. weather asit forges the landscape, rules the life cycles of comes an epicnew 4k nature seriesfollowingstories of extreme From the award winning natural history filmmaker Jeff Turner Nature & Wildlife |4x524K WEATHER WILD CANADIAN WATCH COMINGSOON COMINGSOON In the summer of 2018, anunlikely group of citizens each took astand against the systems that refused to acknowledge the global Strike for Climate” outside of the Swedish parliament, to Academy Award actresswinning andactivist Jane Fonda’s multiple arrests following her participation insomeof the biggest climate change protests inUShistory, the people’s resistance hasbeenfierce. warming crisis. REBELLIONreveals the moments that sparked aglobalmovement. From 15-year-old Greta Thunberg’s “School Through the streets of Delhi, andup the steps of Congress, REBELLION is the story of ageneration marching inrevolt. REBELLION WATCH Science, Environment |1x52 CBC / The Nature of Things Grand Passage Media Inc. Original Broadcaster Producer English Version 2020 Year
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THE COVIDCRUISE Everything Science, posed protested anonboardquarantinedueto the dangers whether to come. continue several major cruise lines, and how these lessons investigates eyes ofthecruisepassengers, behaviour andnatureof researchers withacrucialearly questions of distancing, ships: rapidinfection, with thecoronaviruspandemichappenedfirstoncruise BLUE Producer CBC /TheNatureo Original Broadcaster En Version Year 2020 glish PE ARL to passengers, these outbreaksprovided Current to quarantineor to affectevery one of PRODUCTIONS the worldexperiencesnow a tragicandheavy toll on the elderly, the sciencebehind the outbreakson how to Affairs |1x52 f Things test and asymptotic COVID-19. not. Whilemany trace, anddilemmasover THE us today, look insidethe transmission, social COVID CRUISE Told through as WATCH and for a long we grapple scientists
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7 CRIME & INVESTIGATION 8 DOCS & SPECIALS 2020 Year French, English Versions Radio-Canada Original Broadcaster Nova Média Producer carbon footprint. will allow manufacturers to keep growing while alsodecreasing their look at the tools, technology, andeven old world farmingmethods that agriculture to new climate conditions, FEEDING THE PLANET takes a promotion of crop diversity, to the range of approaches adapting with the Earth that feeds us. From nature-friendly farming, and the and what agriculturalists are doing to transform our relationship This exciting two-part seriesexplores the state of globalfood security same time. at the maystruggling soon be to feed the planet andprotect the environment disrupting food quality andavailability, scientists are suggesting we With the world’s population growing rapidly,climate and change Science, Environment |2x40or 1x72 THE PLANET FEEDING WATCH Eve), TRIMATES isaprime-time documentary for the whole family. A tale Trimatesonlynot transformedprimatology, theytransformhelped the Over 50 years ago, Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey andBiruté Galdikas each Goodall, Fossey andGaldikas - who set outinto overthe jungles half a Narrated by award-winning actress Sandra Oh(Grey’s Anatomy, Killing century ago, and the generation who followed their articles, transfixed closest ancestors, the Great Apes. Decades later, they’ve made history, by their stories anddetermined to follow the samedistant paths. The mountains of Uganda, BorneoandCongo, as we explore the frontiers endured tragedy andinspired ageneration of young women who’ve footage filmed by one of the world’s most renowned natural history embarked onremote, lonely journeys into the bush to live with our followed them into the rainforests to study oursave originsand a This isastory of two generations of women: the youngpioneers - Featuring anoriginalmusical score, andpersonal andup-close cinematographers, this film takes us deep into and the jungles of exotic lands, intrepid explorers andmajestic creatures. of important research andour humanorigins. WATCH TRIMATES possibilities for women inscience. Nature & Wildlife |2x524K CBC / The Nature of Things Grand Passage Media Inc. Original Broadcaster vanishing world. Producer English Version 2019 Year
9 NATURE & WILDLIFE 10 SCIENCE 2019 Year English Version CBC / The Nature of Things Original Broadcaster Red Trillium FilmsInc. Producer versus-prey, anera when life got dangerous. stunning rate as we explore the dawn of predator- audiences into a time when animalsevolved at a the Cambrian Explosion, FIRST ANIMALS immerses incredible 3Drenderings that reveal life during would’ve looked like andhow they behaved. Featuring interprettrying tobegin scientists animals what these finds are thenbrought back to themuseum where completely brand new to science. The Cambrian Era and his team as they extract the specimens–some Follow renowned paleontologist Dr. Jean Bernard Caron that have rewritten our understanding of evolution. FIRST ANIMALS tells the story of the Burgess Shale fossils later, the fossils of marinelife are beingdiscovered. bottom of anancient ocean. Five hundred million years British Columbia’s mountain peaks were once the Science, Archeology |1x524K FIRSTANIMALS WATCH AN ACCIDENTAL of nature’s restorative will. From coyotes, owls, and beavers, to construction waste landfill hasbecome anincredible example lush urban wilderness andoffers a vivid account of mankind’s turtles, snakes, andseveral hundred speciesof bird andflora; urban landscape, meldinginto the industrial aftermath, and Evolving over the course of 60 years, andminutes from the What started asadumping ground for construction waste AN ACCIDENTAL WILDERNESS explores the evolution of this wildlife and vegetation have reclaimed this five-kilometer became aflourishinggreen space, home to wildlife great center of oneof North America’s largest cities, this urban transformation of the natural world...and areminder of WILDERNESS becoming home to creatures great andsmall. nature’s power when left to itsown devices. WATCH CBC / The Nature of Things Alibi Entertainment Inc. Nature, Science |1x52 Original Broadcaster and small. Producer English Version 2020 Year
11 NATURE & WILDLIFE 12 NATURE & WILDLIFE 2020 Year English Version CBC / The Nature of Things Original Broadcaster Kensington Communications Producer dealing with many deadly diseases. Without them, we would bedrowning inour own refuse and is acast of vital creatures, eachbeautifulin their own right. benefits, simply by sharingour space. NATURE’S CLEAN UP CREW Vultures, ants, foxes, opossumsandothers offer usmany side them so they can do their jobeven better. benefits they can provide us, andhow ushumans can work along way, we learnhow they have evolved for this “messy” job, what what makes scavengers tick. myths Debunkingsome along the come to understand andlove these creatures, we uncover just With the helpof thoughtful andpassionate scientists who have our consumer society leaves behind. critters who share our citiesand recycle the mountains of waste There are somebusy scavengers who live among us—crafty To us, it’s garbage. To them, it’s dinner. Nature, Science |1x52 CLEAN UP CREW NATURE’S WATCH prevent interference in the toads migration, these impassionedcitizens have this issue was not just acause for concern for residents, but acall to action. including the quality of the air, or water -changes which ultimately impact Western toad population inarural Canadian community began to decline, TOAD PEOPLE follows apowerful, community-lead movement to save this Amphibians have longbeenconsidered anessential component of global threatened species. From lobbying for the implementation of endangered made it their mission to protect not just the toad habitat, but to preserve decline inamphibianpopulation can signalchanges in the environment biodiversity. Because of their sensitivity to changes in their environment, the natural world around them that continues to beimpacted by urban amphibians are particularly good indicators of anecosystem’s health. A development. TOAD PEOPLE isastory about hopeandcommunity, and species laws, to makingstructural changes within their communities to the other speciesinhabiting the space,humans. including So when the reminds us that wildlife conservation starts at our doorstep. TOAD PEOPLE WATCH George Faulkner Productions Inc. Nature, Science |1x52or 1x26 Original Broadcaster Producer English Version 2017 Year CBC
13 DOCS & SPECIALS 14 DOCS & SPECIALS 2018 Year English &French Versions CBC /Documentary Channel Original Broadcaster Melbar Entertainment Group Producer movement for victims of all walks of life: #metoo. a complicit culture and the extraordinary message that became a THE RECKONING is the definitive filmabout the abuse of power in With explosive interviews andrare, never-before-seen footage, to beprotected and their secrets hidden at allcosts. irrefutable facts that propelled these seemingly invincible players accounts from adiverse cast andpoints aspotlight on the of the biggest players inshow business. Itfeatures devastating launch of aglobalmovement that led to the evisceration of some Weinstein, once oneof Hollywood’s biggest power brokers, and the The filmbegins withaninsider’s account of the reign of Harvey in Hollywood. most explosive scandal inpopculture’s history: sexual harassment Powerful, personal anduncensored, THE RECKONING explores the Current Affairs |1x52or 1x78 HOLLYWOOD’S WORST KEPT SECRET THE RECKONING: (updated 2020) (updated WATCH THE EXTRAORDINARY WORLD OF BENFERENCZ PROSECUTING EVIL: International CriminalCourt. Now 100 years old, hisfight for justice Nazi concentration camps shortly after liberation, Ferencz became prosecutor andlifelong advocate of “law not war.” After witnessing underscored by asimplemessage: “We must live ina world where The incredible story of BenFerencz—the last survivingNuremberg convicted. Ferencz went on to advocate for restitution for Jewish victims of the Holocaust andlater for the establishment of the the leadprosecutor in the Einsatzgruppen case at Nuremberg, 22 Nazi officials tried for murdering over amillion Jews were which hasbeencalled the biggest murder trial inhistory. All PROSECUTING EVIL explores Ferencz’s anthem to the world, for victims of atrocity crimesisstronger than ever. Best History Documentary Program or Series WATCH the ruleof law replaces the ruleof force.” Canadian Screen Awards Nominee - Melbar Entertainment Group Documentary Channel History |1x52or 1x82 Original Broadcaster Producer English Version 2018 Year
15 HISTORY 16 SCIENCE 2019 Year English Version CBC / The Nature of Things Original Broadcaster Mike Downey andDavid Well Producer know it’s the samerelease.” Perhaps itreally islike Joni Mitchell sang, “...laughing andcrying. You they’re learning that these behaviours have alot incommon. biologists are exploring the worlds ofand crying. laughing Surprisingly, Thankfully, cognitive neuroscientists, psychologists andevolutionary by studying creatures who can only cry or laugh, you know, babies? How uniquely humanare these emotional sounds? What can we learn Why did we develop these unusual vocal communication techniques? behaviour there isnothing aspoorly understood aslaughsand tears. And yet, researchers will tell you when itcomes to studying human moments -births, first words, first loves andfinallosses. interaction. Both are the soundtrack to our lives’ most memorable the world over. They are pillars of humancommunication andsocial The unmistakable soundsof are laughingandcrying recognizable Science |1x52 AND CRYING LAUGHING WATCH biggest celebrities in the world anddebunking their pseudoscience health myths. From Yoni Eggs, to Lotus Births, to... Summer Vagina? to women everywhere. Through her deadpan humourcutting and (thanks Teen Vogue), Jen knows the Age of Information isnow the Age of Misinformation, andit’s her mission to beasource of truth episode isajampacked, bite-sized take down of the exploitative health andbeauty myths that are constantly spewed at women as Gwyneth Paltrow’s worst nightmare) hasbeen takingon the popular products and trends are anything butharmless. Each edge expertise, Jen helpsusunderstand how these massively science. For too long women’s health hasoften beena taboo (and men) from aculture that isobsessed with celebrity over For years, Dr. Jen Gunter, “Twitter’s Gynecologist” (also known JENSPLAINING WATCH Peacock Alley Entertainment Inc. Science, Health |5x26or 10x12 subject, butnot anymore. Original Broadcaster Producer English Version 2019 Year CBC
17 LIFESTYLE 18 DOCS & SPECIALS 2020 Year French &English Versions Radio-Canada Original Broadcaster Trio Orange Producer takes viewers ona voyage unlike any other. to gravity anditsimpacton the humanbrain, EXPEDITION58 of Saint-Jacques’ research surrounding prolonged exposure Featuring highlights from the mission, along with the results team recover anddebrief following their. mission ready for this incredible journey andfindouthow heandhis Saint Jacques, hisfellow cosmonauts, and their families, get intense simulations, to their finallaunchinto space, learnhow 20th NASA astronaut class. From grueling workouts and Saint- Jacquesthe join amongst thousands toselected was A multilingual engineer, family doctor, andastrophysicist, and returns from, this epicfirst trip. (ISS). EXPEDITION58follows Saint-Jacques ashe prepares for, mission aboard the Earth-orbiting International Space Station following asix-and-a-half hour journey, andasix month Astronaut David Saint-Jacques hasjust returned to Earth Space |2x50 EXPEDITION 58 WATCH TOWORLDSTHE doctorsas theythemselves push edge. to the Described as competitive skating meets The Real Housewives, this competitive member. Follow these remarkable women themselves beingpushed to their physical andmental What beganasanopportunity for casual,exercise fun funny, irreverent andpoignant feel-good filmisabout ticks down, and the pressure mounts, the skaters find as they defy their years, gravity andsometimes their much more intense. TO THE WORLDS follows a team of parental expectations. “If you want to get a piece disappointment andconfront the still-powerful pull Entering the competition just six months before the skating enthusiasts at adisadvantage. As the clock Figure Skating Competition inOberstdorf, Germany. of pure gold, you putitinfire”, says the team’s most compete in, the International Skating Union’s Adult games puts this collective of former athletes, and limits, suffer debilitating injuries, endure crushing and female bonding, quickly became something of “mature”’ figure skaters as they train for, and WATCH crazy dreams andsecond chances. Original Broadcaster Bountiful Films Arts |1x44 Producer English Version 2019 Year CBC
19 ARTS & CULTURE 20 ARTS & CULTURE 2019 Year English Version CBC Original Broadcaster White PinePictures Inc. Producer as anartist today. the curtain, revealing what it means to move through the world and breathtaking cinematic visuals, IN THE MAKING... back pulls moments of realization. Shot with amix of hand-held verité in field–gainingaccess to intimate spaces and exhilarating follows artists inreal time –instudio, at home, onstage and have singular approaches andsomething to say. The series visual artists, filmmakers, musicians, andchoreographers – who THE MAKING... showcases anexceptional lineupof creators – offer new ways of seeingourselves and the world around us. IN Artists take risks, imaginefutures, wrestle with conflicts and An immersive journey inside the creative process. Arts |S1-2, 16x22or 5x52 MAKING IN THE WATCH SING ME A LULLABY Armed with apocket translator andacouple of Chinese namesscribbled on she’s still unable to connect the fragmented memories of her childhood. To a napkin, filmmaker Tiffany Hsiung asshe travels to her mother’s to Taipei mothers, this isastory aboutrecovering familial history, inherited healing over time. Masking her pain worked for most of her life, until her youngest Ru Wen, was separated from her parents at the age of five. 40 years later abandoned by her birthfamily, acuriosity that grew into asilent longing her, survival meant buryingher own curiosity to know why shehadbeen searching for answers. What shediscovers there begins to reverberate sacrifice. Told through theintertwined journeys of daughters and their SING ME A LULLABY unravels the complex tensions between love and across her relationships with the women who have come before her. pain, andunderstanding that love comes inmany forms. daughter Tiffany started askingquestions. WATCH Golden Nugget Productions Original Broadcaster Culture |1x29 Producer English Version 2020 Year CBC
21 DOCS & SPECIALS ART, DEATH AND TAXES ART IS MY COUNTRY
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Unpacking the art world’s greatest Artists from different cultural taboo: money. Eight acclaimed backgrounds explore their identity artists explore the economics of through dance, music, poetry, their practice, peeling back the visual and performance art, and curtain on all the work that goes how they are redefining and into the work. reshaping their craft.
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Indigenous tattoo artists connect Men in sparkly mermaid tails with their culture and heal others create a series of playful portraits by resurrecting their ancestors’ that redefine ideas of beauty and practices. masculinity.
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22 LIFE IN THE CITY IN THE SHADOW OF DIRTY WATER OF THE PINES
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Indigenous climate justice activist Filmmaker Anne Koizumi explores Clayton Thomas-Müller embarks the childhood shame she felt about on an intimate storytelling journey, her Japanese immigrant father, who overcoming trauma, addiction, and worked as a janitor at her school. incarceration to become a leader for his people and the planet.
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On the outskirts of Plattsburgh, From brazen beehive heists to New York a taxi industry transports contemporary cattle rustling, this asylum seekers to the Canadian true crime documentary series border. Road to Roxham explores investigates unconventional this closed-off community, and offences in the world of farming follows Mary Ann Ero, the owner of and agriculture. “Spanky’s Taxi”.
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23 NANCY’S WORKSHOP HOLLIE’S DRESS
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Once a month, Nancy Falaise closes As 14-year-old Hollie sews her first the doors of her salon to lead an dress, she faces the decision all intimate workshop for young girls Mennonite girls must make as they of colour struggling with their curly reach adulthood. hair.
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Snowboarder Tamo Campos A Cree filmmaker reaches out to the explores his connection to his strongest and smartest Indigenous Japanese heritage and activist women she knows to get their roots with his grandfather David insight into sexuality, ageing, Suzuki. spirituality and healing.
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