Jacques Drouin Movies

An anthology of sequences from the best films that the National Film Board of Canada produced since its beginnings. Divided by themes and presented...

In this animated short, a woman, taking on her lover's fantasies, adorns herself in her finest feathers and assumes a seductive but demeaning role....

Australian pediatrician Helen Caldicott delivers a lecture on the potential medical and societal consequences of a nuclear war, and advocates for...

When Canada was preparing to welcome the world to Expo 67 in Montreal, two artists who contributed their talents were Inuit stonecarvers Kumukluk...

A summer river sequence documenting stone-weir fishing, communal labor, and domestic life.

An early-autumn sequence documenting domestic life and a coordinated communal caribou hunt at a river crossing camp.

A late-autumn seasonal sequence documenting camp building, fishing, tool-making, and preparation for winter as a Netsilingmiut family travels...

A spring sea-ice sequence documenting travel, camp construction, domestic labor, and seal hunting among Netsilingmiut families.

A late-winter sea-ice sequence documenting camp building and seal hunting under extreme Arctic conditions.

A woman plays out her existence on the screen of her life. Alcohol is the essence of her being. She imbibes her youth and becomes completely absorbed...

Beginning with Noam Chomsky's response to a college student who role-plays "Jane U.S.A."--someone who naively believes she lives in a democratic...

A study of life at Christmastime in Moose Factory, an old settlement mainly composed of Cree families on the shore of James Bay, composed entirely of...

An animated film created from pastel drawings by Clorinda Warny, Premiers Jours traces the complete cycle of life, from birth to adulthood, in four...

A late-spring sequence documenting domestic life, craft production, and a coordinated seal hunt on the sea ice.

In Penticton, BC, most students graduating from the only high school in town know that job opportunities and higher education lie elsewhere, most...

When a man becomes blind, his life is all turned around. He can only use his touch to get around in his house. The objects become enemies. But an...

The undertaking of an enthusiastic group of scientists to transform an indoor cycle racing-track built for the 1968 Montréal Olympics into an...

A late-spring coastal sequence documenting seal hunting and processing on the sea ice.

A summer sequence documenting the communal construction of a kayak and associated domestic and subsistence practices.