Sally Bochner Trailers
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Total trailers found: 22
16 November 1999
This documentary offers a glimpse into the 1997 federal election in the Halifax electoral district. Two strong female politicians, Liberal candidate Mary Clancy and NDP party leader Alexa McDonough, are caught in a tight competition in one of the most contested races in the country.
29 April 2003
Filmed at the Wing Fong Farm in Ontario, this documentary follows the tilling, planting and harvesting of Asian vegetables destined for Chinese markets and restaurants.
01 March 1992
In his crusade for literacy, principal Ray Brown enlisted the help of the community and broke through the cycle of illiteracy in a small Newfoundland fishing village.
30 September 2007
At the edge of the Yangtze River, not far from the Three Gorges Dam, young men and women take up employment on a cruise ship, where they confront rising waters and a radically changing China.
16 October 2002
A riveting account of the tragic adventure of filmmaker Varick Frissell and his filming of "The Viking" (1931) and the tragic events that befell that adventure into early film-making.
02 January 1987
At 16, Tony is an English-speaking high-school drop-out in Montreal. In trouble with the law and at odds with his struggling single parent mother, Tony is sent to Juvie where he realizes that he's neither as tough or as disadvantaged as he thought.
01 January 2001
A Sigh and a Wish tells the story of pioneer folklorist Helen Creighton and of the enduring appeal of her remarkable collections of song and story.
01 January 1997
The life and times of George Johnston, photographer and keeper of memories for the Tlingit nation.
01 February 2002
Based on a local legend and set in an unknown era, it deals with universal themes of love, possessiveness, family, jealousy and power.
01 January 2006
This touching documentary follows a cast of blind and visually impaired actors as they prepare Dancing to Beethoven, a play about blindness.
02 February 2004
In the fall of 2002, it was announced that Benjamin Netanyahu would deliver a speech at Concordia University in Montreal, and reaction from the student body was swift and sudden.
01 January 1998
This feature documentary follows three newly arrived people in Canada and their experiences with the Canadian Refugee process.
07 November 2004
Filmmaker Karen Cho travels from Montreal to Vancouver to uncover stories from the last survivors of the Chinese Head Tax and Exclusion Act, a set of laws imposed to single out the Chinese as unwanted immigrants to Canada from 1885 to 1947.
01 January 2002
This feature documentary takes us back to April 20, 2001, as Quebec City prepares to host the 3-day Summit of the Americas.
07 November 2006
Books are everywhere in Meena's house - in cupboards, drawers, and even piled up the stairs! Her parents love to read, but Meena never even opens a book! When her cat Max accidentally knocks down a huge stack of books, heroes, heroines, and animals with attitude come to life and pandemonium reigns.
01 October 1990
A busload of women become stranded in an isolated part of the Canadian countryside. As they await rescue, they reflect on their lives through a mostly ad-libbed script.
25 September 1998
This documentary focuses on the goose hunt, a ritual of central importance to the Cree people of the James Bay coastal areas.
09 October 2005
Everyone is familiar with certain types of Aboriginal architecture. Traditional igloos and tepees are two of the most enduring symbols of North America itself.
01 January 2001
A tribute to Canadian comedy icon Tommy Sexton (1957-1993). A founding member of the Newfoundland comedy troupe CODCO Tommy died of complications from AIDS on December 13, 1993.
10 February 2000
Walker takes us on a personal journey into a world of myth and imagination that he learned from his grandmother.
01 January 2004
In this feature-length documentary, 8 Inuit teens with cameras offer a vibrant and contemporary view of life in Canada's North.
01 January 2003
The search for paradise is one way we express the human journey, a journey marked by turning points, watersheds.