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WEST WIND: The Vision of Tom Thomson

How did an illustrator, whose favourite pastime was fishing, find within himself the passion and confidence to portray Ontario’s lakes, rivers, trees and skies with glorious colour and energy as no one had before?
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Genius Within: The Inner Life Of Glenn Gould

An enigmatic musical poet, Glenn Gould continues to captivate audiences, twenty-six years after his early passing. This film casts a new light on a man whose ideas were as controversial, and his private life as passionate, as his music.
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Prosecutor

As Chief Prosecutor of the world's first criminal court, the flamboyant and controversial Luis Moreno-Ocampo struggles to bring his first case to trial. An intimate, exploration of human rights law, the film asks: Can there be peace AND justice?
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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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Winds Of Heaven: Emily Carr, Carvers & The Spirits Of The Forest

In the brooding mystery of British Columbia’s towering rain forests, painter Emily Carr set out alone to capture native artistry before it disappeared. Ignored and belittled in her time, Carr's work is now celebrated around the world.
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