
Episodes (43)
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Ep 1
Air India 182
2008-06-22•60m
The bombing of Air India. Recounts the days and hours leading up to the most lethal act of terrorism Canada has ever experienced.
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Ep 2
The Girls of Summer
2008-07-31•60m
They are young teenagers dreaming of a trip to New Zealand in the fall of 2008. But only a handful of them will be chosen to represent Canada at the FIFA Under 17 World Cup. To make the team they've endured a year of gruelling training camps, countless tournaments and exhibition games. It all comes down to a fateful call from their coach to learn if they've made the cut.
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Ep 3
Toxic Legacy
2008-09-07•60m
On a sunny morning in September 2001, more than twenty seven hundred people died violently in events of unimaginable horror. Another killer was unleashed that day. A slow silent poison that now threatens thousands of lives. The toxic dust and gases created by the disintegrating towers. An enormous compression wave pushed through the streets and into buildings with the force of a hurricane.
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Ep 4
The Museum (1)
2008-09-11•60m
Toronto's Royal Ontario Museum needs a facelift, and its director William Thorsell is thinking big - a bold public building that will revitalize the whole city. Enter Daniel Libeskind, the celebrity architect linked to the Ground Zero reconstruction and other prestigious projects. The Museum charts their audacious scheme in an entertaining tale of steel beams, flamboyant personalities and public art.
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Ep 5
The Museum (2)
2008-09-18•60m
Toronto's Royal Ontario Museum needs a facelift, and its director William Thorsell is thinking big - a bold public building that will revitalize the whole city. Enter Daniel Libeskind, the celebrity architect linked to the Ground Zero reconstruction and other prestigious projects. The Museum charts their audacious scheme in an entertaining tale of steel beams, flamboyant personalities and public art.
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Ep 6
Mystery of Champlain
2008-09-25•60m
Samuel de Champlain—sailor, explorer, adventurer, military man and mapmaker. He’s one of Canada’s mythic founders and remains a man of mystery to many Canadians.
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Ep 7
The U.S. vs Omar Khadr
2008-10-16•60m
Canadian Guantanamo Bay prisoner Omar Khadr goes to trial this fall. Will he get a fair trial?
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Ep 8
Dolphin Dealer
2008-10-23•60m
A haunting film about the largest capture and export of wild dolphins in history, perpetrated by the world's most notorious dolphin dealer, Canadian Christopher Porter.
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Ep 9
The Bush Years
2008-10-26•60m
Terence McKenna's Gemini award winning retrospective of President George W. Bush, arguably one of the most controversial public figures of recent memory.
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Ep 10
Rude: Where are Our Manners?
2008-10-30•60m
A journey through the past and into our present while asking difficult questions - are we more uncivil, where did we go wrong, did we go wrong, and is it possible to change?
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Ep 11
Mississipi Cold Case
2008-11-02•60m
CBC filmmaker, David Ridgen, and Thomas James Moore investigate a 40 year-old case to confront the Klansmen who murdered Moore's brother and his friend and to seek justice long denied.
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Ep 12
The Disappearing Male
2008-11-08•60m
An investigation into the worldwide decline in the male birthrate and the toxic threat to the male reproductive system. The cause? Chemicals used in everyday plastics, from drinking bottles to soft toys for infants.
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Ep 13
The Sky's the Limit
2008-11-13•60m
Can the aviation industry overcome crises of higher fuel prices, congested airports, expanding markets and pollution or will it be grounded?
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Ep 14
Web Warriors
2008-11-20•60m
Web Warriors is a one-hour documentary that offers an unprecedented glimpse into the world's newest and most vulnerable frontier: cyberspace. We enter the world of hackers like Mafia Boy - a 15 year old high school student who rose to infamy in 2000 by causing millions of dollars in damage after single-handedly shutting down internet giants - including Yahoo, Amazon, eBay, Dell, eTrade, and CNN.
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Ep 15
How To Divorce and Not Wreck the Kids
2009-01-08•60m
Parents, governments and courts now all recognize how high conflict divorce damages children. Our cameras follow divorcing couples as they employ positive alternatives - from do-it-yourself kits and mediation to the groundbreaking approach known as collaborative divorce. And we get feedback from the kids themselves.
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Ep 16
Forever Plastic
2009-01-15•60m
Durable, high-tech, sexy and see through...we just can't seem to resist its glossy appeal. Over the years plastics have quietly permeated all parts of our lives. But what do we do with something that doesn't go away when we throw it way?
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Ep 17
Fly Me to the Moon
2009-01-22•60m
From Frank Sinatra's refrain to the Apollo mission, from the rituals of the ancients to sci-fi dreams of colonization, we explore the complex and lyrical relationship between man and moon.
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Ep 18
Battle for the Arctic
2009-01-29•60m
The battle for the Arctic with its rich reserves of oil and gas is the new Cold War. But is it a battle Canada can win?
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Ep 19
The Truth About Liars
2009-02-05•60m
The truth is...we are all liars. Scientists say that by the age of four we have all learned to lie. We lie to protect ourselves and others, and to get what we want and need. Most of us fib in one of every four conversations that last more than ten minutes. Featuring the latest science, psychology, and technology, this entertaining documentary tells us how lying is a part of our everyday lives and is integral to our survival.
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Ep 20
Love Interrupted
2009-02-12•60m
Couples reunite with their first loves after decades of separation, with exhilarating but at times damaging results.
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Ep 21
Bio-Dad
2009-02-26•60m
A man born of artificial insemination searches for his biological father - and takes a look at the brave new world to come.
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Ep 22
Shock Wave
2009-03-05•60m
Surviving the next big quake/tsunami predicted to hit Canada's west coast.
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Ep 23
Wild Horse Redemption
2009-03-12•60m
At a Colorado prison, hard-core criminals are taught the training methods of 'horse whisperers' and given ninety days to break and train mustang horses. Can two wild creatures tame each another?
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Ep 24
The Great Food Revolution
2009-03-19•60m
Our grand love affair with food. We'll show you how and why diners in the Western world have gone from "Yuk! I'm not eating that!" to "Guess what I ate last night!"
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Ep 25
The Battle to Get on Your Plate
2009-03-19•60m
Last year alone, a staggering 18,000 new products were developed for North-American supermarket shelves. Nine out of ten didn't make it. The fierce competition to tempt your taste buds and win your loyalty.
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Ep 26
24 Hours, 24 Million Meals: Feeding New York
2009-03-26•60m
A fast and furious slice of organized chaos as one of the biggest cities on earth feeds its citizens.
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Ep 27
Food of the Future
2009-03-26•60m
What will we be eating in the next five years? From the assembly lines of the world's biggest food company to the kitchen of a Vancouver chef,serving jellyfish to his upscale diners.
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Ep 28
China's Earthquake
2009-04-02•60m
Dramatic stories from the 2008 Sichuan earthquake - tales of endurance and hope, sorrow and rage, of life extinguished and life reborn
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Ep 29
Porndemic
2009-04-02•60m
Porndemic puts faces and personalities to the extraordinarily profitable business of pornography today.
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Ep 30
This Can Happen to You
2009-04-09•60m
Rubin Hurricane Carter, takes on the justice system for how it treated Ronald Dalton, a 30-year-old banker, in Gander, Nfld., who went to prison for strangling his wife-a crime he didn't commit.
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Ep 31
India Reborn: Might and Myth
2009-05-23•60m
An array of charismatic characters introduces you to the world's newest superpower. Experience the rich tapestry of India's ancient myths played out against the modern might of this sprawling, diverse democracy.
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Ep 32
India Reborn: Manufacturing Dreams
2009-05-30•60m
Through the prism of Bollywood, Manufacturing Dreams pulls back the curtain on the new India, revealing a cast of diverse characters caught in a world of bright spectacle... and stark divisions.
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Ep 33
India Reborn: India on the Move
2009-08-13•60m
Capture the excitement of cities pulsating with new wealth from a surging economy. Experience the despair of a countryside rife with loss and longing. The Indian giant has awakened.
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Ep 34
India Reborn: Mother India
2009-08-13•60m
Tradition and modernity collide and merge in a spicy and delicious episode about the land of a thousand dishes during a time of unparalleled change.
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Ep 35
Malls R Us
2009-08-20•60m
What do Al Gore, the Tower of Babel, science fiction, gothic cathedrals, artichokes and roller coasters have in common? All come together in one of North America's most popular suburban institutions - the enclosed shopping center.
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Ep 36
The Beat Goes On (1)
2009-08-27•60m
A jukebox full of Canadian classics from Gordon Lightfoot's "Sundown" to Troopers "Raise a Little Hell".
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Ep 37
The Beat Goes On (2)
2009-09-03•60m
A jukebox full of Canadian classics from Gordon Lightfoot's "Sundown" to Troopers "Raise a Little Hell".
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Ep 38
The Spies Who Came From the Sea
2009-08-20•60m
The untold story of German spies who landed on our shores during WWII, and of a mysterious submarine landing that remained secret for more than 35 years.
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Ep 39
Battle for a Continent
2009-09-10•60m
An epic recreation of the Battle of the Plains of Abraham, a dramatic and defining event that determined the fate of Canada and the continent.
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Ep 40
Rise Up (1)
2009-09-10•60m
Big hair, bigger shoulder pads mark the 1980s Canadian music scene - a time documents when Canadian music explodes internationally.
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Ep 41
Rise Up (2)
2009-09-17•60m
Big hair, bigger shoulder pads mark the 1980s Canadian music scene - a time documents when Canadian music explodes internationally.
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Ep 42
Pedal Power
2009-09-24•60m
From bicycle-mad Paris to rush-hour New York and the back alleys of Toronto, Pedal Power takes a ride through the changing world of bike culture.
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Ep 43
Dubai: Miracle or Mirage?
2008-08-16•60m
Dubai is home to the biggest, the richest, the best, but will it be crushed by its own excess?