A film documenting work shortages during the Depression of the 1930s and the attempts to deal with the unemployed, in particular young men. The film discusses the establishment of relief camps and projects, where men were paid twenty cents per day; the founding of organizations such as the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF), Workers' Unity League, and Relief Camp Workers' Union; general unionization and protest of the unemployed, including the On To Ottawa Trek, Regina Riot, sit-in strike from May to June 1938 at the Vancouver Main Post Office, Vancouver Art Gallery and Hotel Georgia, and the resulting Bloody Sunday of June 19.

In 1924, Oskar Matzerath is born in the Free City of Danzig. At age three, he falls down a flight of...

A dramatic history of Pu Yi, the last of the Emperors of China, from his lofty birth and brief reign...

Documents the race riot of 1921 and the destruction of the African-American community of Greenwood i...

The film looks at men and women of color in the U.S. Merchant Marine from 1938-1975. Through chronic...

Every American who has listened to the radio knows Guthrie's "This Land Is Your Land." The music of ...

Renowned as the richest gold strike in North American mining history, the Klondike Gold Rush (1896-1...

Phil Comeau shines a spotlight on the Ordre de Jacques-Cartier, a powerful secret society that opera...

The story of the rape of Nanking, one of the most tragic events in history. In 1937, the invading Ja...

The documentary project The Term was conceived in May 2012. When the directing trio commenced mappin...

Filmed during the 2016 Standing Rock protests in South Dakota, Sky Hopinka's Dislocation Blues offer...

As part of a six-month investigation, The Times synchronized and mapped thousands of videos and poli...
Otakar Vávra walks through Prague in front of the camera and with the camera, and remembers those wh...

In 1937, during the height of the Second Sino-Japanese War, the Imperial Japanese Army has just capt...

In 1931, three Aboriginal girls escape after being plucked from their homes to be trained as domesti...

A portrait of union leader James R. Hoffa, as seen through the eyes of his friend, Bobby Ciaro. The ...

In 1987, five young men, using brutally honest rhymes and hardcore beats, put their frustration and ...
“Looks at the impact key movements throughout U.S. history have had in shaping our society, laws and...

The extraordinary story of the Melbourne community campaign that put a stop to the $18billion East W...

NiiSoTeWak means “walking the path together.” Tapwewin and Pawaken are 10-year-old brothers trying ...

Depression-era bank robber John Dillinger's charm and audacity endear him to much of America's downt...