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Broadcast date:
Saturday, July 16 at 7pm on CBC Television
Radio-Canada's Studio 12, hosted by Rebecca Makonnen, welcomes Jorane (with guests). Jorane is a singer-songwriter and cellist who crosses musical and language barriers in Canada and internationally with her enigmatic words and soulful performances.
Broadcast Date
Saturday, August 27 at 7 p.m on CBC Television
Cooking is a family affair for Stefano Faita and much of it revolves around a family-owned Italian cookware store called Dante in Montreal's Little Italy. As Stefano chases down the key to making a perfect pizza, you meet the chef, food writer and TV celebrity in his own world, along with his mother, Elena Faita and other important people in his food-centric life. And discover the pizza, allla Stefano!
And, beginning September 19 at 3:30 pm, Stefano Faita comes to CBC Television with his own show, In the Kitchen with Stefano Faita. The show will blend Stefano's fun, casual and informative approach to cooking, inspired by his family's traditions and rich food history.
Related Links
Mezza Luna Cooking School
Quincaillerie Dante
Cité-Amérique Production Company
Broadcast date:
Saturday, July 23 at 7pm on CBC Television
Radio-Canada's Studio 12, hosted by Rebecca Makonnen, welcomes this year's Polaris-award winning band Karkwa (with guests) to a special music session. Karkwa is riding a wave of critical and popular acclaim across the country, bringing French and English music audiences together wherever they perform.
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Broadcast date:
Saturday, August 20 at 7pm
This playful documentary follows the journey of a young Montrealer of Italian origins as she seeks to uncover the truth about the origin and power of the Evil Eye. The journey takes her from her mother's kitchen in Montreal to New York and to the small village in Italy where her family comes from. Agata De Santis creates a charming and humourous portrait of the enduring strength of this cultural belief. Learn more about Mal'occhio here.
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Broadcast date:
Saturday, August 6 at 7pm
This documentary follows a young theatre troupe as they work tirelessly to put together a play under extraordinary circumstances. All twenty members of the cast face intellectual and developmental disabilities. They must work through their personal struggles, hopes and fears under the creative and therapeutic direction of a charismatic mentor and trained theatre director at The Centre for the Arts in Human Development at Concordia University. Let the drama begin.
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Broadcast date:
Saturday, July 30 at 7pm
Available online on Monday, August 1
Young Quebec natives tell their own funny, poignant and moving stories through a series of short films about important aspects of their lives; their land, culture, music and identity. We meet the filmmakers in their own homes and on their own terms.
Airdate
Saturday, August 28, 2010 at 7 p.m on CBC Television.
Synopsis
A quirky documentary portrait of the disk jockeys of K103.7 FM, the radio station that broadcasts from Kahnawake, Quebec, the Mohawk reserve that sits twenty minutes away from downtown Montreal.
Blake, the main daytime radio host, aka DJ Budda Blaze by night, is a hip-hop scientist extraordinaire and a founding member of FBI. He is an angry young man with razor-sharp wits and humour, who came of age during the Oka crisis, among tanks, hip-hop and speedmetal. His father and brothers all worked high steel in New York, but Blake's only passion has been music, since age eleven. It always kept him active and out of trouble. Nowadays he breathes hip-hop, eats vinyl records and churns out tons of beats from his home-made studio in his small house. He grooms his (hair) mohawk carefully, and is one of the few young people in town who still speak the Mohawk language. You can check him out at www.myspace.com/buddablaze. 
Sonny Joe is a retired steelworker-turned DJ who plays vintage jazz and country to a mesmerized audience on anything from vinyl to eight-track cassettes. He is in his seventies, has Duke Ellington class, humour, charm, and a house filled with thousands of records. His life went from a happy childhood in a traditional home on the St-Lawrence River, to forced residential school in Ontario and to losing the family home when the Canada Seaway was built in the sixties. After years of high steel work in Manhattan and some heavy drinking, he conquered it all back with music. He hasn't touched a drop of alcohol in decades, and from the backdoor of the studio at the K he can see the land where his house once stood. Huge boats go by to the sounds of Benny Goodman and Hank Williams, as Sonny Joe taps his foot. 
Andy, self-proclaimed "shmoehawk", a Jewish professional wrestler of 230lbs and country DJ at The K. Andy was cheered along by all of Kahnawake as he defeated the legendary King-Kong Bundy (350lbs) on the local wrestling ring .
Christine, community worker extraordinaire, mother and TV host, paddles across the St-Lawrence in her canoe and has been the host of Friday night's Radio Bingo since she was sixteen, for a total of twenty-three years of radio. She's a hero in town and a lucid, intelligent, deeply involved citizen.
Don Smooth, the host of Street Sounds, dispenses daily hip-hop knowledge to Montreal's Black community from the heart of native land. He is also heard via internet by his aunts in Barbados. Don, a consummate professional, aims to find work in a big commercial station but so far he is the star of The K, the only radio station that caters nightly to a young black urban audience. 
Airdate
Saturday, July 17, 2010 at 7 p.m on CBC Television. .
Synopsis
A documentary special exploring the culinary culture of Quebec through the eyes and experiences of chef Danny St. Pierre, as he participates in the 11th edition of Montreal's famous Highlights Festival.
Related Links
Visit Danny's restaurant website at www.auguste-restaurant.com.
Visit Brian's restaurant website at www.galatoires.com.
Check out Lesley Chesterman's article on À Table in Québec in the Montreal Gazette
Listen to Danny St-Pierre's interview on CBC's Quebec AM from Friday, July 16, 2010
Learn more about local cuisine: 
Canadian Dishes are a Hit in France!The Tourtière Debate
Airdate
Saturday, September 4, 2010 at 7 p.m on CBC Television. .
The special will also be available for streaming online as of Tuesday, September 7.
Synopsis
Hosted by Rebecca Makonnen, Studio 12 is a music special featuring some of Quebec's freshest talent and their guests in a jam session recorded in front of a studio audience at La Maison Radio-Canada. This shocase will feature the Grammy-nominated techno-soul duo BEAST, with special guests Martin Léon and Deweare.
Related Links
Visit BEAST's website at www.beastsound.net. Or follow them through their MySpace!.
You can also learn more about Radio-Canada's Studio 12 program at radio-canada.ca/studio12.
Airdate
Saturday, July 31, 2010 at 7 p.m on CBC Television.
Synopsis
This special drama showcase will feature 3 critically-acclaimed short films by Quebec-based filmmakers who have made their mark on the national and international festival and awards circuit:
Crowd-favorite Zackary Samuel, Illusionist by Ben Levine (Fadola Productions)
Canada's Top Ten's Mon nom est Victor Gazon by Patrick Gazé (Facteur 7 Productions)
Multiple international award-winning Next Floor by Denis Villeneuve (PHI Group).
Related Links
Zackary Samuel, Illusionist
http://www.stinkdigital.tv/work/zackary-samuel:-illusionist-excerpts
Mon nom est Victor Gazon
http://www.topten.ca/shortfilms/monnomestvictorgazon/default.aspx
http://www.facteur7.com/
Next Floor
http://www.nextfloor-film.com/
http://phi-montreal.com/
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Airdate
Saturday, August 7 at 7 p.m on CBC Television.
Synopsis
This special will feature a selection of documentaries written, directed and produced by film, communications and journalism students in colleges and universities in Montreal. These compelling short stories are the result of an intensive talent development initiative organized by the NFB in collaboration with CBC. Several films from previous editions of Doc Shop have gained critical acclaim and have won prizes at festivals around the world. The documentaries presented in the special are:
Stride to Succeed - Marley Sniatowsky - Dawson College
Four Places Called Home - Melanie Godoy and Simone Viger - Concordia University
One Couch at a Time - Rebecca Lessard - Concordia University
Mind, Body, Hips - Yasmine El Ashmawi - Concordia University
Igniting the Imagination - Barbato Martiniello - Dawson College
Over the Top - Shanna Roberts-Salée - Concordia University
Hedonic Iconic - Elizabeth Familiar da Silva and Philip Fortin - Vanier College
First Nations, New Images - Roxane Hudon - Concordia University
It's all about the Music - Colin Riendeau - Vanier College
Related Links
For more information on the Doc Shop series, visit nfb.ca
Airdate
Saturday, July 24, 2010 at 7 p.m on CBC Television. Check out The Hungry Italian's review of Al Dante!
Synopsis
Filmed in the heart of Montreal's Little Italy, this documentary special captures the daily life of culinary celebrity Stefano Faita, highlighting the power of family ties, and the inspiration that comes from a close-knit community.
Profile
Stefano Faita was born of Italian parents in Montreal. He works at the 55-year-old family business, Quincaillerie Dante, in Montreal's Little Italy. He also gives cooking classes along with his mother Elena Faita at Mezza Luna Cooking School, and is the author of two successful cookbooks "Entre Cuisine and Quicaillerie", published in 2007, and the winner of Best Cookbook in Canada 2008, and 2009's follow-up " Entre Cuisine et Bambini". Faita writes a weekly food column for Montreal's Journal de Montreal, and has appeared on many cooking shows. He can be seen each week on the Radio-Canada program Kampaï.
Related Links
Mezza Luna Cooking School
Quincaillerie Dante
Cité-Amérique Production Company
How did you get involved in Doc Shop 6?
To get involved with Doc Shop, you submit a proposal with a project idea. I had been exploring the underdeveloped-developing neighborhoods of St. Henri and Point St. Charles and was very inspired by the neighborhood. So I got involved in Doc Shop 6 because I knew from teachers at Concordia University that it was a great program for young, student filmmakers. It was the perfect opportunity to share a specific perspective of domestic spaces.What was the best part about participating?
The best part about participating was the grant money! My partner, Melanie Godoy and I were able to use the budget to rent equipment that we had not yet used as students. We had a lot of fun with lens attachments, especially gradient filters!What's next for you?
I am creating a series of marketing videos for a wonderful local theater company, Imago Theater. The testimonial style portraits will be of Montrealers whose lives reflect some of the dilemmas that the fascinating characters in the play War Zones (Champs de Mars) must face. They will be posted online daily leading up to the opening night of the play. Melanie is doing very well at Concordia in the Communication Studies department still producing student works. She is always working on creative projects and has really gotten into Photoshop and still photography.