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The Road Taken

Discrimination in motion

The Road Taken

Learn about the story and struggle of Canada's Black sleeping-car porters with this doc that combines interviews and archival footage with the music of jazz musician Joe Sealy.


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Directors

  • Charles Officer Charles Officer
  • Marie Clements Marie Clements
  • Julie Kwan Julie Kwan
  • Tasha Hubbard Tasha Hubbard
  • Alanis Obomsawin Alanis Obomsawin
  • Gil Cardinal Gil Cardinal
  • Loretta Todd Loretta Todd
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New releases

  • Birth of a Family
    Birth of a Family
    Birth of a Family campus
    Tasha Hubbard 
    2016 | 1 h 19 min
  • The Road Forward
    The Road Forward
    The Road Forward campus
    Marie Clements 
    2017 | 1 h 41 min
  • The Mountain of SGaana
    The Mountain of SGaana
    Christopher Auchter 
    2017 | 10 min
  • To Wake Up the Nakota Language
    To Wake Up the Nakota Language
    Louise BigEagle 
    2017 | 6 min
  • Bluefin
    Bluefin
    Bluefin campus
    John Hopkins 
    2016 | 53 min
  • Return to Vimy
    Return to Vimy
    Denis McCready 
    2017 | 9 min
  • Hand.Line.Cod
    Hand.Line.Cod
    Justin Simms 
    2016 | 13 min
  • Waseskun
    Waseskun
    Waseskun campus
    Steve Patry 
    2016 | 1 h 21 min

Short Docs

  • Home Cooked Music
    Home Cooked Music
    Mike Maryniuk 
    2014 | 9 min
  • Debris
    Debris
    John Bolton 
    2015 | 14 min
  • Mabel
    Mabel
    Teresa MacInnes 
    2016 | 20 min
  • 19 Days
    19 Days
    Asha Siad & Roda Siad 
    2016 | 26 min
  • True North E9 - Finale: Making It
    True North E9 - Finale: Making It
    Ryan Sidhoo & Ryan Sidhoo 
    2018 | 15 min
  • True North E8 - Cordell II: For My Family
    True North E8 - Cordell II: For My Family
    Ryan Sidhoo & Ryan Sidhoo 
    2018 | 15 min
  • True North E7 - King Nation III: Bright Lights
    True North E7 - King Nation III: Bright Lights
    Ryan Sidhoo & Ryan Sidhoo 
    2018 | 23 min
  • True North E6 - Elijah II: Defend Your Crown
    True North E6 - Elijah II: Defend Your Crown
    Ryan Sidhoo & Ryan Sidhoo 
    2018 | 15 min

Classic Docs

  • Ladies and Gentlemen... Mr. Leonard Cohen
    Ladies and Gentlemen... Mr. Leonard Cohen
    Donald Brittain & Don Owen 
    1965 | 44 min
  • King of the Hill
    King of the Hill
    Donald Brittain & William Canning 
    1974 | 56 min
  • Nahanni
    Nahanni
    Donald Wilder 
    1962 | 18 min
  • Nails
    Nails
    Phillip Borsos 
    1979 | 13 min
  • Lonely Boy
    Lonely Boy
    Wolf Koenig, Wolf Koenig, … 
    1962 | 26 min
  • Action: The October Crisis of 1970
    Action: The October Crisis of 1970
    Robin Spry 
    1973 | 1 h 27 min
  • Corral
    Corral
    Colin Low 
    1954 | 11 min
  • The Stratford Adventure
    The Stratford Adventure
    Morten Parker 
    1954 | 39 min
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