Bruce Hagerman Movie Trailers

From Harling Point Trailer (2003)

01 January 2003

This documentary tells the story of a Chinese cemetery in BC that became a National Heritage site. For Chinese pioneers who died in Canada, Victoria's Chinese Cemetery at Harling Point was a temporary resting place until their bones could be returned home.

In Bed with an Elephant Trailer (1987)

30 October 1987

This feature documentary provides a gripping retrospective of United States-Canada relationships through a study of successive presidents and prime ministers.

How People Got Fire Trailer (2009)

12 February 2009

This introspective short animation takes place In the village of Carcross, in the Tagish First Nation.

Writing the Land Trailer (2007)

31 December 2007

In this short documentary, a Musqueam elder rediscovers his Native language and traditions in the city of Vancouver, in the vicinity of which the Musqueam people have lived for thousands of years.

Turnaround: A Story of Recovery Trailer (1984)

02 January 1984

The women who seek help at Aurora House share a common illness: they are physically and psychologically dependent on alcohol, prescription drugs, street drugs, or a combination of these.

I Thought of You Often Trailer (2006)

01 January 2006

Translated from a self-reflexive Chinese saying, Yun Lam Li's I thought of you often, this film is a visual poem about the meaning of aging within a culture that is not one's own.

Gathering Storm Trailer (2003)

01 January 2003

A hauntingly beautiful film about the world's flight into chaos. Rimmer has taken McLaren's camera-less technique to new heights.

Blossom Trailer (2010)

01 January 2010

As a young woman journeys to a new country, the promise and possibility of her life spills out like the petals of a flower, unfurling into full and glorious bloom.

Yuxweluptun: Man of Masks Trailer (1998)

01 January 1998

This short documentary serves as a portrait of Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun, one of Canada's most important painters.

Cold Fronts Trailer (2010)

01 January 2010

Director Murray Siples' love/hate letter to Vancouver weather captures both the mundane and the thrilling experience of living on the West (wet) Coast.

Sayonara Super 8 Trailer (2006)

01 January 2006

Pia Yona Massie's Sayonara Super 8 uses personal archival footage to ask questions about the fragile nature of memory, human relationships and the foibles of the medium itself.

Indigenous Plant Diva Trailer (2008)

01 February 2008

Kamala Todd's short film is a lyrical portrait of Cease Wyss, of the Squamish Nation. Wyss is a woman who understands the remarkable healing powers of the plants growing all over downtown Vancouver.

Being Caribou Trailer (2005)

02 May 2005

Wildlife biologist Karsten Heuer and his wife, environmentalist Leanne Allison follow a herd of 120,000 caribou on foot across 1500 km of Arctic tundra, hoping to raise awareness of the threats to the caribou's survival.

The Intertidal Zone Trailer (1985)

01 January 1985

This documentary explores the ecosystems of the intertidal zone in British Columbia. An "intertidal zone" is an area that is covered by the highest tides and exposed during the lowest.

Spirit of the Kata Trailer (1985)