Exploring the personal and heartfelt story of the Navajo code talkers, this documentary tells the stories of the young Navajo men recruited from harsh government boarding schools into the Marines during World War II. From 1942-1945, the code talkers devised an unbreakable code in their native language and transmitted vital messages in the midst of combat against the Japanese.

Georgia O'Keeffe appears on camera for the first time to talk candidly about her work and her life i...
This documentary portrait is the first to celebrate the only American member of the French Impressio...
Janet Adler's moving 1970 short documentary about dance therapy illustrates a therapeutic approach u...

A short 1977 documentary about the originator of the ragtime rhythm.
While many GDR opposition activists emigrated to West Germany at the beginning of the 1980s, the wel...

At the border between Navarre and Aragon we find the moors known as the Bardenas Reales, characteriz...

Bolivia's Climbing Cholitas - a group of indigenous women scaling the Andes Mountains, some of the h...

Refuge(e) traces the incredible journey of two refugees, Alpha and Zeferino. Each fled violent threa...

The filmmaker delves into her family's past and the seemingly intact world of childhood begins to fa...

Follow professional climber Sasha DiGiulian as she rises from child prodigy to a champion sport clim...

Vale do Jaguaribe, Ceará. Following the route of the Aracati wind, the film moves from the beach to ...

Focusing on three women from vastly different backgrounds this film weaves together powerful moments...

A farming community organizes to obtain hydro power under Manitoba's rural electrification plan. Ene...

This feature documentary is an exploration of the concept of dirt and impurity. From the slums of Ko...

One of the greatest neuroscience breakthroughs is having discovered that babies are far more than a ...

A fluid documentary in which director Luostarinen interviews fifty women on birth, body image, and t...

In her quest to uncover the wrongdoings of the Russian authorities, Anna Politkovskaya inspired awe ...

"This feature documentary is considered to be the forerunner of the NFB's Challenge for Change Progr...

Six years in the making, this documentary film follows outspoken indie-rock hero Bob Forrest, throug...