First Nations

The Experimental Eskimos

In the 1960s, in an extraordinary act of social engineering, three 12-year-old Inuit boys were shipped from the Canadian arctic to attend school in Ottawa. Struggling to grow up, these three boys and their people come to terms with a new identity.
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Tar Sands: The Selling of Alberta

Washington lobbyists, Newfie pipefitters and Chinese Investors descend on tar-soaked “Fort McMoney”, a modern-day Eldorado, where rents are sky high and cocaine is rife. The stakes: a $100 billion energy bonanza and Canada’s economic sovereignty.
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I, Nuligak: An Inuvialuit History Of First Contact / Worlds Collide: The Saga Of Herschel Island

A century ago Herschel Island was a frontier boomtown, a place of contact and conflict that was branded “the Sodom of the Arctic.” Here a young boy, Nuligak, comes of age, while today his grandchildren’s seek to overcome their troubled past.
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Arctic Dreamer: The Lonely Quest Of Viljhalmur Stefansson

A notorious 20th Century explorer, Vilhjalmur Stefansson was obsessed by fame. Best known for having “discovered” the “Blond Eskimos,” Stefansson was among the first anthropologists to adopt the lifestyle of the people he observed.
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Invisible Nation: Policing The Underground

All industrialized countries today have an "immigration problem,” which divides public opinion on how to deal with the illegals. Invisible Nation is a riveting journey into the cat and mouse world of immigration police and illegal immigrants.
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