Browse documentary movie and series in Canada
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Community members tell the histories, experiences, outlooks, and aspirations of 11 different First Nations, illuminating the cultures, the stories, and the resilience of Indigenous peoples whose homelands now host Canada.
Telling Our Story (2023 )
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Discover the true story of one of the greatest counterfeit U.S. currency coups of all time... in Trois-Rivières!
Frank Bourassa's Fake Millions (2023 )
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Negotiators record harrowing conversations with criminals who have taken people hostage. In each terrifying standoff, hear their conversations with criminals, and negotiators will break down their psychological tactics. Will the hostages get out alive?
Hostage 911 (2023 )
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Démasqués (2023 )
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When we sleep, we are at our most vulnerable. Sometimes crimes occur when a few or even all key characters are fast asleep. These stories tap into the primal fear, present since childhood, of what happens once we shut our eyes.
Does Murder Sleep (2023 )
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From the Viking invasions to the great sieges of Richard the Lionheart, the history of the Dukes of Normandy is an incredible military epic spanning more than 300 years. Take a deep dive into the great armed conflicts that made the Normans one of the world’s most powerful dynasties.
Normandy, Land of Warriors (2023 )
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John Wayne Gacy is confident that he cannot be caught, even as he begins dumping bodies in the Des Plaines River outside of Chicago; one of Gacy's victims survives and returns to track him down.
John Wayne Gacy: Killer Clown's Revenge (2023 )
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In each episode, TV personality and actor Will Mellor is joined by a panel of experts, including ex-Detective Superintendent Julie McKay, psychologist Serena Simmons and ex-Murder Detective Howard Groves. They will try to unravel how and why a police officer can switch from law enforcer to lawbreaker, as well as tell the story of how they were brought to justice for their horrendous actions.
Cops Who Kill With Will Mellor (2023 )
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Life at the Military Corrective Training Centre with soldiers who've broken the law.
Court Martial: Soldiers Behind Bars (2023 )
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Dissects all the ways humans have transformed the planet. Earth has never experienced anything like us: a single species dominating and transforming the planet. Biologist Shane Campbell-Staton travels the globe to explore our Human Footprint and to discover how the things we do reveal who we truly are.
Human Footprint (2023 )
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A team trek onto the second largest ice sheet in the world to investigate the impact of a warming climate.
Greenland: Survival at the Edge (2023 )
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An up close and personal look at some of the deadliest animals in the wildlife kingdom. This series showcases the methods, tactics, and weapons animals use to find their next meal, or to avoid becoming one.
Wild Assassins (2023 )
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Traveling the Roman Empire is a matchless grand tour covering an astonishing range of landscapes, cultures, and history. Even if you have explored many of these places before, Darius will give you fresh insights and a new appreciation for the remarkable achievements of a single-minded city on the Tiber that had the vision, discipline, and institutions to conquer the known world and make it prosper.
Traveling the Roman Empire (2023 )
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True crime documentary series with unique access to the video footage that leads to the conviction of killers around the world. Experts explain how the latest technology builds a visual montage of evidence.
Killers: Caught on Camera (2023 )
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Enquêtes Collisions (2023 )
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The inside story of Prince Andrew's infamous Newsnight interview of 2019, exploring the chain of events leading to a royal disaster on TV.
Andrew: The Problem Prince (2023 )
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In a refreshingly in-depth, day-in-the life format, 24X24 chronicles the 24 hour life cycle of real women, capturing her habits, her hobbies, her hacks, her personal style, her daily challenges, her little victories, her intimate relationships, and her professional networks, as presented in the show's 24-minute timeline.
24x24 (2023 )
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A brazen sexual assault shocks a small town, but goes unsolved for 20 years, until a nearby murder produces a suspect with matching DNA.
Devil in the Ozarks (2023 )
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Anne-Sophie Mutter - Vivace (2023 )
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Misterios de los antiguos rituales (2023 )
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Three stories about gold, from a working mine in the Philippines, a proposed mine in a Greek forest, and a laboratory in Belgium. Together, they form a meditation on the possible meanings of value.
For What It's Worth (2023 )
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Les Virtuoses (2023 )
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Meet a diverse group of men, real men across the globe all sharing the same name: James Bond. Australian director Matthew Bauer's energetic exploration of masculine identity features a gay New York theatre director, a Swedish 007 super-fan with a Nazi past, an African American Bond accused of murder, the ornithologist whose name was stolen by author Ian Fleming to name his fictional secret agent, and two resilient women caught up in it all.
The Other Fellow (2023 )
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These are true stories told by men who were shot down behind enemy lines and taken prisoner during WWII, their attempts to escape, and their harrowing experiences, perseverance, and determination to survive in the POW camps during the deadliest conflict in human history.
Angels of the Sky (2023 )
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A Rally for Rangers follows the story of the Rally for Rangers movement and its work empowering under-equipped and often under appreciated rangers around the world with new motorcycles and equipment. The film highlights the difficulties and dangers in these rangers' work and how the rallies are delivering critical tools to these front-line conservation heroes that help them do their jobs protecting some of the world's most valuable, vulnerable, and sometimes life-sustaining natural and cultural resources for the benefit of us all.
A Rally for Rangers (2023 )
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If you are an avid reader of New York Social Diary, you already know David Patrick Columbia. If you just enjoy gossip about the powerful, the rich, the famous, and all those who aspire to be part of 'society,' he is the man for you.
Last Night in New York (2023 )
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"Truelove: The Film" is a documentary feature film following Callie Truelove, a teenager with Williams syndrome who was blessed with the superpower of love. On this journey, Callie travels across America to meet other individuals with Williams syndrome who get to tell their stories and showcase the wondrous effects of this rare genetic disorder. Callie's goal is to spread her unique brand of unconditional love and awareness for Williams syndrome, while shining a light on these very pure and precious souls, so that together they can help to heal this fractured world. With the help of some recognizable faces, audiences will get a glimpse of what it's like to see life through Callie's unburdened eyes, while humans of this planet get to realize that there is no better medicine for all the negativity and darkness in life - than a dose of Truelove.
"Truelove: The Film" (2023 )
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A reflection on eighteen years of being a girl.
eighteen (2023 )
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Imad, who comes from Syria, has been living in Warsaw for many years. In order to show his children their second homeland, he organizes an assistance expedition to the country of his ancestors. In an ambulance, which is to be donated to the local health service, they set off to war-torn Syria.
War at Home (2023 )
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"COMPLEXion is a documentary that aims to unpack the hegemony of skin color globally and challenge the archaic notions that exist surrounding it. Our mission is to defy toxic beauty standards through raw human stories."
COMPLEXion (2023 )
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It’s a documentary (sort of). We loved performing for so many beautiful souls this year and wanted everyone who couldn’t join us to experience this too. Enjoy the 5 Seconds of Summer Show (Live & Backstage In Amsterdam).
The 5 Seconds of Summer Show (Live & Backstage In Amsterdam) (2023 )
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A thought provoking documentary feature film providing a comprehensive exploration of the evolution of signals intelligence over the past century. Whether you're intrigued by the secretive world of intelligence agencies or concerned about the implications of digital surveillance, this film will leave you with a deeper understanding of the role signals intelligence plays in society.
Intercept: A Century of Signals Intelligence (2023 )
