In 1755, ten thousand French Canadian settlers were thrown off their land, loaded on ships, and exiled. Island Memories explores the past in a small Acadian community in Nova Scotia where the last survivor of this great deportation is reputedly buried. A lively film full of adventure, people, and history.
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When an extraordinary new resident – Balakrishna, an Indian elephant – arrived in the town of East River, Nova Scotia, in 1967, no one...
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In March 1943, twenty-year-old Ovadia Baruch was deported together with his family from Greece to Auschwitz-Birkenau. Upon arrival, his extended...
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Zachary Richard takes a voyage to l'Acadie and Louisiana to learn about his ancestors and the history of the Acadian people.
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On January 10th, the investigative editorial team of CORRECTIV published research into a secret meeting of right-wing extremists, which no one was...
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Documentary about Finnish Jews during WWII and their unique position as German allies.
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The dramatic story of two youths--one French and one Indigenous--who share a pivotal time in Canada's history: the first contact between European and...
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In the late 1960s, with the triumph of bilingualism and biculturalism, New Brunswick's Université de Moncton became the setting for the...
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Feisty, fiercely independent and firmly rooted in place, 90 year-old Mabel Robinson broke barriers back in the 40s when she became the first woman in...
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Switzerland still carries out special flights, where passengers, dressed in diapers and helmets, are chained to their seats for 40 hours at worst....
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June 14, 1941, 3 a.m. Over 40000 people from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are deported by Soviets to Siberia. Among them is a philosophy student...
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The 14th of June 1941, Soviet-occupied Latvia: Without warning, the authorities break into the house of Melanie and her husband Aleksandr and force...
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In the Warsaw ghetto in 1943, Jews rise against the Nazis.