Absolutely Canadian Season 20 Episodes
Season 20 Episode Guide
Episode 1 - Quiet TimeA collection of short documentaries by Canadian filmmakers in lockdown in Canada, U.S.A. Bulgaria, Denmark, U.K. and Haiti, Quiet Time delves into personal experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Episode 4 - AbsofreakinglutelyThis fresh sketch comedy from Montreal skewers the absurdities of life in the city. Featuring David Heti, Brad MacDonald, Adina Katz, Heidi Weeks, Rodney Ramsey, Quinn McMorrow, Wassim El-Mounzer, Lise Vigneault, Elizabeth Neale, Leighland Beckman, Walter Lyng, and more.
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Episode 7 - Eagle & Hawk Take The StageEagle & Hawk Take the Stage is a 22-minute documentary that explores the world through the eyes of one of Canada’s longest running Indigenous bands.
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Episode 8 - Graffiti: The art that changes a cityWindsor Graffiti Art changes a City. A rough and tumble city gets transformed by graffiti artists. We’ll discover how their art brings life back into the city’s neighbourhoods.
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Episode 9 - Attachments of LifeAttachments of Life explores how belongings alter our lives: following a person with hoarding disorder, a collector of classic cars, minimalists in a tiny house and a woman who has lost everything (Edmonton, AB)
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Episode 10 - Moonless OasisHundreds of metres beneath the ocean surface and emerald islands of Howe Sound lies a world that was lost in time.
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Episode 11 - Ode To My FatherMonths after losing his father to suicide, Mexican Canadian artist, Jorge Requena Ramos, tries to make peace with his memory, while preparing to become a father himself.
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Episode 13 - The Beacon Project: Stories Along the Qu'Appelle ValleyA remarkable 24,000 kilometre journey across Canada to find wisdom and to reconnect us to the land (Saskatchewan).
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Episode 14 - Shorts Night #1Rhonda Buckley's short, Surrounded by Water, dramatizes the tragic story of Newfoundland singer Joan Morrissey. Wanda Nolan's, Always Going Never Gone, an Irish Banshee clings to the last living soul of a dying Newfoundland community. On Hold is a striking movement piece that distills tenderness, honesty, and grief.
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Episode 15 - Shorts Night #2Madhukar Parab is The Condom King of Newfoundland, a newcomer who immigrated from India in the 1970s. A struggling artist who notably started a condom business. His story is told through interviews with his family and friends (St. John's, NL). MerB'ys follows the creation of the 3rd annual MerB'ys photography project - a cultural phenomenon featuring male people of varying bodies, sexualities, age, race, abilities and gender identities, posing in custom sparkly mermaid outfits against the glorious rocky landscape of Newfoundland in the name of charity and breaking down barriers (St. John's, NL).
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Episode 17 - Into the LightCelebrated Quebec artist Michel Lemieux takes us through the process of creating Cité Mémoire, one of the most innovative digital storytelling experiences in the world (Montreal, QC).
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Episode 20 - Carved in Stone: SanannguaqtitThe Inuit artists who have dedicated their lives to sharing their stories through culture and art. Featuring Nunavut's Goota and Joe Ashoona, George Arlook, and visual artist Kailey Sheppard.
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Episode 21 - Giants of the Boreal ForestGiants of the Boreal Forest explores our relationship with moose and features rare and incredible encounters filmed by world-renowned expert Dr. Vince Crichton.
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Episode 22 - IntertribalStories and music from country singer Armond Duck Chief, blues and rock n roll singer Bebe Buckskin, Powwow singer Darcy Turning Robe, and Indigenous contemporary vocalist Olivia Tailfeathers (Treaty 7 Territory, AB).
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Episode 23 - One Million TreesEvery spring, thousands of Canadians leave the comfort of their homes to live rough in remote bush camps planting hundreds of millions of trees collectively. This is their journey (Northern BC).
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Episode 26 - Meet and Eat at Lee's GardenDay’s Lee looks at the history of the Chinese-Canadian restaurant and its impact on local Montreal culture through her memories of her own family’s restaurant on Parc Avenue and others who ran the city’s scene in the 1950’s.
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Episode 27 - Cain's QuestLabrador’s Cain's Quest is a treacherous 3,100-kilometre snowmobile race that sees competitors whipping through rugged frozen tundra and sea ice, battling whiteouts, dangerously low temperatures, and threatening terrain. Gaining a reputation for being one of the most high risk endurance sporting events in the world, Cain’s Quest 2020 follows the daring racers and plumbs the regional pride of the communities who support them (Labrador City, NL).
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Episode 29 - ChampionsMontreal filmmaker Helgi Piccinin follows his younger brother, Stéphane, who has autism, on a three-year journey to the 2019 Special Olympics World Summer Games in Abu Dhabi. Along the way we get to know Audrey Vincent (QC) and Malcolm Borso (BC) and 20 other Canadian athletes from NL to BC with intellectual disabilities as they pursue their passions to become world champions in their divisions.
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Episode 31 - Vivi's VisionHow does a blind playwright get her vision of the controversial book Passing - about passing as another race - on to the stage? Vivi has the spot in the Fringe Festival...now all she has to do is write it, cast it, and stage it.
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Episode 33 - Borrowed from NatureExploring the complex and enduring history of Japanese gardens in western Canada through the life of famed garden designer Roy Tomomichi Sumi, with gardens in Lethbridge, Vancouver and New Denver.
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Episode 34 - Creatures of ConvenienceThis solutions-focused film explores the challenges our convenience culture is placing on our environment and gives us doable actions anyone can adopt to curb our waste in our daily lives (Vancouver, BC).
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Episode 35 - Justice DawningFollow lawyer and former CBC/Massey Lecturer Payam Akhavan on his mission to create a special tribunal to prosecute multiple players for crimes against humanity (Montreal, QC).
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