The Passionate Eye

Available on CBC Gem My Childhood, My Country - 20 Years in Afghanistan Growing up in a land ravaged by war. More »

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My Childhood, My Country - 20 Years in Afghanistan
Harry & William: What Went Wrong?
Are You Scared Yet, Human
Mashkawi-Manidoo Bimaadiziwin Spirit to Soar (English version)
Nike’s Big Bet: Alberto Salazar and the Fine Line of Sport
Mashkawi-Manidoo Bimaadiziwin Spirit to Soar (Anishinaabemowin version)

Episodes

Friday, November 5, only on CBC Gem The Dissident After journalist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered inside the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul, a team of dissidents exposed a global cover up. More »
Friday October 29 Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street In the spring of 1921, hundreds of Tulsa, Oklahoma’s Black residents were murdered in a race massacre that was forgotten for 100 years. More »
Friday October 22 The Return: Life After ISIS Western women who left home to join ISIS explain why they did it. Now, many want to return home but Canada, the U.S. and U.K. won’t let them. More »
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Features

features These Western women left their home countries to join ISIS Why did they do it? And what happened when they got to Syria? More »
features Love, money and betrayal: are Harry and William at war? A new documentary looks at reported tensions and how they may have led Harry to step back from royal duties More »
features ‘With artificial intelligence, we have nowhere to hide. Don’t you think it’s horrifying?’ Chongqing, China has 300,000 CCTV cameras. Liu Hu explains what it's like to live under surveillance. More »
features Canada’s indifference to the deaths of seven First Nations teenagers is ‘just plain racism’: Tanya Talaga The fractured and often violent relationship with Indigenous Peoples started in the past but bleeds into the present, says writer and documentary filmmaker Tanya Talaga More »
features “It is very painful when this happens. When we lose one of our children” : Mother pleads for change Maryanne Panacheese’s son, Paul, died while attending high school in Thunder Bay, Ont. More »
features The world’s most famous running coach pushed the limits with his training — I wanted to find out if he cheated Point of View Coach Alberto Salazar was backed by Nike and produced dozens of champions. He was banned for doping in 2019. But was he truly guilty? More »
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About The Passionate Eye

The Passionate Eye is home to an internationally-renowned playlist of documentaries from Canada and around the world. They are curated to spark curiosity, provide insight and ignite conversation.