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Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (75 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Meet the fascinating felines and the people who pamper them in this whimsical look at the ins and outs of Canada's competitive cat show circuit, where the claws come out when a Turkish Angora and an adorable fluffy red Persian face off to take home the national award for Best in Show.
2) Hyena Road
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Hyena Road is a taut war action film about Canadian troops in Afghanistan as seen through the eyes of three very different men: A sniper who has never allowed himself to think of his targets as human and becomes implicated in the life of one; an intelligence officer who has never contemplated killing and becomes the engine of a plot to kill; and a legendary Mujahideen warrior who had put war behind him and is now the center of the battle zone.
3) Little Bird
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (360 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In 1968, five-year-old Bezhig Little Bird was forcibly removed from Long Pine Reserve and adopted into a Jewish family in Montreal, and renamed Esther Rosenblum. Eighteen years later, she embarks on a journey to unravel her history.
Publisher
Level 33 Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
After the bombing of his father's chocolate factory, a charming young Syrian refugee struggles to settle into his new Canadian small-town life, caught between following his dream to become a doctor and preserving his family's chocolate-making legacy. Based on the incredible internationally recognized true story.
Series
Publisher
TOPICS Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2013
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (ca. 330 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
There's a lot undiscovered about Canada's vast landscape- lakes and mountains that are still unknown. But the places known are worth exploring. See all of Canada's beautiful provinces in this exclusive set featuring more than five hours of spectacular scenery and destinations. Directed by Travelscope and Daval Productions. 12 Specials that Capture the Spirit of Canada.
7) Love and war
Publisher
Questar Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Edition
Full screen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 107 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Lily is a vivacious war bride and new mother who leaves war-torn London, where her husband, Charlie, is stationed. She is going to begin a new life on Charlie's family's farm in Canada. The spirited Lily finds herself at odds with her remote, rural surroundings, and struggles to be accepted by Charlie's embittered mother and resentful sister. As the three strangers struggle to become a true family, their faith and love are put to the supreme test...
Publisher
Greenwich Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An exploration into the career, music and influence of the iconic musician. With unprecedented access to the artist and featuring interviews with Sarah McLachlan, Alec Baldwin and more, this intimate documentary follows Lightfoot’s evolution from choirboy in rural Canada to troubled troubadour to international star with hits including “If You Could Read My Mind”, “Sundown”, “Carefree Highway”, and “Rainy Day People”. Official Selection...
Publisher
Far and Wild Productions
Pub. Date
c2003
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 84 min.) : sd., col. ; $ 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Award-winning wildlife cinematographer John Wilson and environmentalist/naturalist Denice Wilkins explore western Canada's waters and mountains, meadows and grasslands, its wild creatures, its cultural heritage, its cityscapes and tourist meccas.
10) Double happiness
Publisher
Distributed by Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (87 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Jade must choose between family and personal happiness. Her parents want her to marry a successful Chinese man and she wants to make her own decisions. When she falls in love with a white university student, the facade of the perfect Chinese daughter begins to crack. A story about pursuing your dreams while living up to everybody else's.
11) Tusk
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A wickedly funny modern-day monster movie that will hold you in terror as it keeps you in stitches. A podcaster looking for a juicy story is plunged into a bloodcurdling nightmare after he travels to the backwoods of Canada and meets an eccentric recluse with a lifetime of adventures, and a disturbing fondness for walruses.
Publisher
Zeitgeist Films
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (132 min.) : sound, color and black & white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"The German-Jewish philosopher Hannah Arendt caused an uproar in the 1960s by coining the subversive concept of the "Banality of Evil" when referring to the trial of Adolph Eichmann, which she covered for the New Yorker magazine. Her private life was no less controversial thanks to her early love affair with the renowned German philosopher and Nazi supporter Martin Heidegger. This thought provoking and spirited documentary, with its abundance of archival...
13) Sabah
Publisher
KimStim, Inc
Pub. Date
c2007
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Sabah is a 40-year-old Arab woman living in Toronto. One day, when Sabah least expects it, she falls in love with the wrong man: she's Muslim, he's not. Keeping him a secret from her family, she embarks on a whirlwind affair before both culture and love collide.
Publisher
Distributed exclusively in Canada by Alliance Atlantis
Pub. Date
[2002]
Edition
Deluxe two DVD set.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (172 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Inuktitut
Description
Evil in the form of an unknown shaman divides a small community of Inuit. Twenty years later, two brothers emerge to challenge the evil order: Amaqjuag, the Strong One, and Atanarjuat, the Fast Runner. Atanarjuat wins the hand of the lovely Atuat away from the boastful son of the camp leader, Oki, who vows to get even. Oki ambushes the brothers in their sleep, killing Amaqjuaq, as Atanarjuat miraculously escapes running naked over the spring sea ice....
Publisher
Frontier Productions
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"When Calls the Heart" tells the captivating story of Elizabeth Thatcher (Erin Krakow), a young teacher accustomed to her high society life, who receives her first classroom assignment in Coal Valley, a small coalmining town where life is simple, but often fraught with challenges. Lori Loughlin plays Abigail Stanton, a wife and mother whose husband, the foreman of the mine, along with a dozen other miners, has just been killed in an explosion. The...
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (98 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Burt Gummer and his son Travis Welker find themselves up to their ears in Graboids and Ass-Blasters when they head to Canada to investigate a series of deadly giant-worm attacks. Arriving at a remote research facility in the arctic tundra, Burt begins to suspect the Graboids are secretly being weaponized, but before he can prove his theory, he is sidelined by Graboid venom.
Publisher
Distributed by Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 77 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A young girl that uses fantasy to help deal with life goes on a desperate attempt to find her 7-year-old brother, who wanders away while in her care.
Publisher
Total Content
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 80 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Join veteran traveloger Doug Jones for a breathtaking journey from Toronto to Vancouver aboard the magnificently restored 'Canadian'. Includes Toronto, Winnipeg, Saskatoon, Edmonton, Banff, Lake Louise, the Canadian Rockies, Vancouver, and Victoria.
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