Selwyn Jacob Trailers
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Most Popular Selwyn Jacob Trailers
Total trailers found: 12
Obâchan's Garden Trailer (2003)
21 March 2003
Peeling back the layers of her grandmother's life, filmmaker Linda Ohama discovers a painful, buried past in this feature-length documentary.
Holy Angels Trailer (2017)
18 October 2017
Documentary about the Holy Angels Residential School in Alberta, where hundreds of First Nations children were imprisoned.
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.
Button Blanket Trailer (2009)
22 October 2009
This short impressionist documentary looks at the creation of a Button Blanket by integrating the performance of a traditional dance with the art of the West Coast Heiltsuk Nation.
This Land Trailer (2009)
01 January 2009
This short documentary recounts a 2000-km expedition undertaken by 7 rangers (both Inuit and non-Native) and a female filmmaker to raise a flag on the northernmost tip of Canadian soil, 412 km from the North Pole.
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.
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.
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.
The Road Taken Trailer (1996)
12 September 1996
Black sleeping-car porters who worked on Canada's railways from the early 1900s through the 1960s were proud men and well-respected by their community, but harsh working conditions prevented them from being promoted to other railway jobs until 1955 when porter Lee Williams took his fight to the union.
When Hockey Came to Belfast Trailer (2004)
01 January 2004
This documentary tells the moving story of Northern Irish teenage hockey players Andrew and Paul, best friends in a city divided by religion.
Now Is the Time Trailer (2019)
06 September 2019
When internationally renowned Haida carver Robert Davidson was only 22 years old, he carved the first new totem pole on British Columbia’s Haida Gwaii in almost a century.
Carol's Mirror Trailer (1991)
01 January 1991
Carol is interested in playing the lead in her school's annual play. The only problem is that the school puts on "Snow White" every year, and Carol is black.
