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FILM CATALOGUE

Search the Winnipeg Film Group's Film Catalogue for independent Canadian films dating back to 1973.

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Overburden

By Neil McArthur, Warren Cariou | 00:14:57 | Documentary | 01/03/2009

Underneath the woods and the muskeg of northern Alberta lie roughly two trillion barrels of oil, fifteen percent of the world's known reserves and six times more than what's left in Saudi Arabia. The oil fields are also the homeland of two small aboriginal communities, Fort Mackay and Fort Chipewyan, which lie along the Athabasca…

FM Youth

By Stphane Oystryk | 00:01:30 | Documentary | 01/01/2009

Three Franco-Manitoban youths wander the lifeless streets of Winnipeg's "French Quarter", St. Boniface, in search of cheap thrills. Their boredom soon turns into frustration towards a community that's too uptight and a culture that's struggling to define itself.

Land of Oil and Water

By Neil McArthur, Warren Cariou | 00:43:25 | Documentary | 01/01/2009

This sensitive and nuanced documentary follows the journey of Warren Cariou, a writer from Northern Saskatchewan, who learns that oil companies from Alberta are expanding into his homeland. Warren travels back to the Cree and Dene community of La Loche and to the nearby MÃ©tis village of Buffalo Narrows to ask the people what they…

Grand Rapids

By Gregory Zbitnew | 01:15:00 | Documentary | 01/01/2011

Grand Rapids, Manitoba, is situated where the Saskatchewan River flows into Lake Winnipeg. For thousands of years, indigenous people fished for sturgeon along the shoreline of the rapids. Misapawistik was the Cree name for the rapids. The energy of the swiftly moving water provided spiritual power, as well as increased strength in body and endurance.This…

Art City

By Anita Lebeau, Scott Collins | 00:40:03 | Documentary | 01/04/2012

The film documents Art Cityâs Body Movinâ Parade, as well as the history of the cutting edge community arts center located in the heart of Winnipegâs West Broadway neighbourhood. With tons of archival photographs and interviews, including Wanda Koop, founder of Art City, this documentary captures the essence of the Art City legacy.

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The Winnipeg Film Group is located on Treaty 1 Territory and on the ancestral lands of the Anishinaabeg, Cree, Oji-Cree, Dakota and Dene Peoples and in the homeland of the Métis Nation. We offer our respect and gratitude to the traditional caretakers of this land.

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