Docs

Aired Friday Sep 23 32 Pills: My Sister’s Suicide She’s beautiful, artistic, loved and can’t stand to be alive. 32 PILLS traces my efforts to piece together the life, mental illness, and suicide of my sister Ruth. More »
Available on CBC Gem Toxic Beauty A whistle blower, her lawyer, world class scientists, cancer survivors and those who have lost their lives, strip a dominant pharmaceutical company of all credibility in this powerful documentary film, while exposing the hard truths about dangerous, unregulated chemicals and toxins in cosmetics and care products. More »
Available on CBC Gem The River of My Dreams Multi-award-winning actor Gordon Pinsent is one of Canada’s most beloved performers, directors and writers, and after an illustrious six decade career, he shows no signs of slowing down. More »
Available on CBC Gem Met While Incarcerated The provocative and touching love story of 3 successful, strong, intelligent women who've shocked themselves and their loved ones by falling for a man who is in prison for a violent crime. More »
Available on CBC Gem 9/11 Kids It's the most famous whisper in American history. President Bush learns of the 9/11 attacks while sitting in front of 16 schoolchildren. This is the untold story of those kids. Today, they are in their mid-20s and offer a fascinating window into post 9/11 America. More »
Aired Thursday Sep 8 Losing Our Religion A feature length documentary about preachers who are not believers, and what atheists do when they miss church. More »
Available on CBC Gem After Munich Four women revisit the Munich Massacre, the moment that changed their lives forever. More »
Available on CBC Gem Coral Ghosts An impassioned marine biologist uses his family’s extensive archive as the catalyst to save the world’s reefs. More »
Available on CBC Gem The Walrus and the Whistleblower A whistleblower is sued for $1.5 million for plotting to steal a walrus and falls down the rabbit hole of a personal quest while calling for an end to marine mammal captivity. More »
Available on CBC Gem The Devil’s Trap He was 18 years-old when he was excommunicated from a fundamentalist Protestant cult. At 24, a young ex-cult member takes a three week leave from the Navy to embark on a cross-Country journey to re-unite with his estranged family. More »
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