British Columbia Movies

  • 2010
    British Columbia: Canada's Olympic Wilderness

    British Columbia: Canada's Olympic Wilderness

    British Columbia: Canada's Olympic Wilderness

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    Graham Bell and Ed Leigh journey southwards through the frozen province of British Columbia, Canada, towards the home of the 2010 Winter Olympic...

    British Columbia: Canada's Olympic Wilderness
  • 2022
    The Haida in Canada

    The Haida in Canada

    The Haida in Canada

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    Haida Gwaii, an archipelago off the west coast of Canada, is home to Skil Jaadee and her family. They live in harmony with nature and have made it...

    The Haida in Canada
  • 2023
    s-yéwyáw: Awaken

    s-yéwyáw: Awaken

    s-yéwyáw: Awaken

    02023HD

    Stories of hope and homecoming intersect as Indigenous multimedia changemakers learn and document the teachings of their Elders. Ecko Aleck of the...

    s-yéwyáw: Awaken
  • 1977
    Gurdeep Singh Bains

    Gurdeep Singh Bains

    Gurdeep Singh Bains

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    Gurdeep is a thirteen-year-old Canadian Sikh whose family runs a dairy farm near Chilliwack, British Columbia. They have retained their language and...

    Gurdeep Singh Bains
  • 2016
    Toad People

    Toad People

    Toad People

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    Toad People introduces audiences to the stories of people like Steve Clegg who make up a community-led movement to save this threatened species. In...

    Toad People
  • 2007
    Tears for April: Beyond the Blue Lens

    Tears for April: Beyond the Blue Lens

    Tears for April: Beyond the Blue Lens

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    In the late 1990s, some officers at Vancouver Police Department made a documentary film (THROUGH A BLUE LENS) about the everyday lives of six drug...

    Tears for April: Beyond the Blue Lens
  • 1918
    Oblin: The Switzerland of British Columbia

    Oblin: The Switzerland of British Columbia

    Oblin: The Switzerland of British Columbia

    01918HD

    Travelogue produced by Burton Holmes. Released on May 20th, 1918.

    Oblin: The Switzerland of British Columbia
  • 2018
    White Ravens: A Legacy of Resistance

    White Ravens: A Legacy of Resistance

    White Ravens: A Legacy of Resistance

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    Filmed on the island of Haida Gwaii, this documentary depicts the ongoing resistance and resurgence of the Haida people and their culture against the...

    White Ravens: A Legacy of Resistance
  • 2023
    Slides on the Mountain

    Slides on the Mountain

    Slides on the Mountain

    02023HD

    Two young brothers from the Lil'wat Nation set out to ski the sacred mountain they were raised beneath, pushing both themselves and their culture to...

    Slides on the Mountain
  • 1914
    In the Land of the Head Hunters

    In the Land of the Head Hunters

    In the Land of the Head Hunters

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    In the Land of the Head Hunters is a 1914 silent film fictionalizing the world of the Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl) peoples of the Queen Charlotte Strait...

    In the Land of the Head Hunters
  • 2013
    Let's Go Get Small

    Let's Go Get Small

    Let's Go Get Small

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    The Canadian Coast Range is a humbling place. The range dwarfs both exceptionally large human beings and egos with its foreboding size. Norseman...

    Let's Go Get Small
  • 2024
    The Stand

    The Stand

    The Stand

    12024HD

    On a misty morning in the fall of 1985, a small group of Haida people blockaded a muddy dirt road on Lyell Island, demanding the government work with...

    The Stand
  • 1979
    For Twenty Cents A Day

    For Twenty Cents A Day

    For Twenty Cents A Day

    01979HD

    A film documenting work shortages during the Depression of the 1930s and the attempts to deal with the unemployed, in particular young men. The film...

    For Twenty Cents A Day
  • 2006
    Finding Dawn

    Finding Dawn

    Finding Dawn

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    Métis filmmaker Christine Welsh puts a human face on a national tragedy: the murders and disappearances of an estimated 500 Aboriginal women...

    Finding Dawn
  • 1970
    The Yoho Valley

    The Yoho Valley

    The Yoho Valley

    01970HD

    Travelogue released on the 5th of March, 1917. Produced by Burton Holmes.

    The Yoho Valley
  • 2022
    Nomoto: A BC Tragedy

    Nomoto: A BC Tragedy

    Nomoto: A BC Tragedy

    02022HD

    The injustice of the Japanese internment is explored through the story of Kyuichi Nomoto, one of the first Japanese Canadians to graduate from UBC,...

    Nomoto: A BC Tragedy
  • 1963
    The Water Dwellers

    The Water Dwellers

    The Water Dwellers

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    This short documentary introduces us to a town where no one pays rent: Simoom Sound in central British Columbia, where loggers live on sturdy river...

    The Water Dwellers
  • 2005
    Why Thee Wed

    Why Thee Wed

    Why Thee Wed

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    This documentary profiles the eight couples who challenged marriage laws in British Columbia in court until same-sex marriage was recognized in 2003....

    Why Thee Wed
  • 2003
    From Harling Point

    From Harling Point

    From Harling Point

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    This documentary tells the story of a Chinese cemetery in BC that became a National Heritage site. For Chinese pioneers who died in Canada,...

    From Harling Point
  • 2011
    A Life Ascending

    A Life Ascending

    A Life Ascending

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    This multiple-award winning documentary chronicles the life of acclaimed mountaineer Ruedi Beglinger. Living with his wife and two young daughters on...

    A Life Ascending