Barry Cowling

Most Popular Barry Cowling Trailers

Total trailers found: 16

The Author of These Words: Harold Horwood Trailer (1982)

15 September 1982

Newfoundland writer Harold Horwood has been called many things, but his own opinion of himself is undiminished.

Margaret Perry: Filmmaker Trailer (1987)

09 September 1987

Margaret Perry, now in her eighties, is the unsung heroine of the Nova Scotia film industry. For over a quarter of a century, she shot, directed, wrote and edited all the tourist films for the province.

The Strangest Dream Trailer (2009)

19 October 2009

The Strangest Dream tells the story of Joseph Rotblat, the history of nuclear weapons, and the efforts of the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs - an international movement Rotblat co-founded - to halt nuclear proliferation.

Where the Bay Becomes the Sea Trailer (1985)

31 December 1985

This is a documentary about the fragile and complex marine ecosystem in the Bay of Fundy. The film traces relationships within the food chain - from tiny plankton to birds and seals and finally to whales and humans.

The Forests and Vladimir Krajina Trailer (1978)

01 January 1978

Visually seductive, this film uncovers a few hard truths under the packaging. Dr. Vladimir Krajina, botanist and teacher, is waging a successful battle in British Columbia for the creation of ecological reserves.

Blackwood Trailer (1976)

01 January 1976

This short film studies the works of one of Canada's greatest contemporary etchers - Newfoundland-born David Blackwood.

Empty Harbours, Empty Dreams Trailer (1976)

31 December 1976

The film explores how the three British colonies of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island became provinces of Canada and charts the subsequent decline of their economies after Confederation.

An Unremarkable Birth Trailer (1978)

01 January 1978

A growing number of parents are concerned about the impersonal approach to childbirth seen in many hospitals.

Deadly Betrayal: The Bruce Curtis Story Trailer (1992)

02 February 1992

A "true crime" docu-drama: in July 1982, Al and Rosemary Podgis were shot dead in their home in New Jersey.

The Last Days of Okak Trailer (1985)

01 January 1985

This short documentary tells the story the once-thriving town of Okak, an Inuit settlement on the northern Labrador coast.

Singlehanders Trailer (1982)

01 January 1982

Follow two Canadians, Bob Lush and Mike Birch, aboard their yachts during the 1980 Observer Singlehanded Transatlantic Race.

I Like to See the Wheels Turn Trailer (1981)

30 December 1981

To anyone outside the Atlantic provinces, K. C. Irving is virtually unknown. Yet he is reputed to be the richest man in Canada, patriarch of a New Brunswick-based industrial empire involving oil, transportation, newspapers, lumber and much more.

Portrait: Gerald Squires of Newfoundland Trailer (1980)

01 January 1980

Newfoundland painter Gerald Squires has referred to his portraits as "confrontations," though not intending the hostility that word can convey.

Change by Degrees Trailer (1975)

01 January 1975

From the flat roof of his old house, a young Nova Scotian turns and takes a 360o look at life in Sambro, Nova Scotia, the small coastal village where he now lives.

In Love and Anger: Milton Acorn - Poet Trailer (1984)

01 January 1984

This feature documentary profiles poet Milton Acorn, who left his home in Prince Edward Island in the late 1940s to earn his living as an itinerant carpenter, and wound up in Toronto as one of Canada's most highly regarded poets and one of its most outrageous literary figures.

The Unbroken Line Trailer (1979)

01 January 1979

A historical survey of the office of the Canadian governor general, from its inception through the inauguration of Edward Schreyer to office.