2021 marks 150 years since British Columbia joined Confederation and became a part of Canada. Explore 150 films by BC...
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Peeks inside the studios and homes of artisans on Gabriola Island, painting a powerful portrait of their craft, way of...
Three siblings whose mother was from the Musqueam First Nation travel to their father's village in China in order to...
Part geneaology, part biography, this series delves into the history of seven prominent Indigenous Canadians and, in the...
Ten individual short stories, each centered around a different BC building - from the starkly simple to the grandiose.
In this intimate portrait of renowned Haida artist Bill Reid, Alanis Obomsawin weaves together voice recordings of her...
From the Jamaican Maroons who helped to build Halifax to the free Black Californians who settled in British Columbia...
Indigenous, Chinese, Japanese, Punjabi, Black, and European stories are woven together to present an astute look at the...
This documentary traces the life and work of C.D. Hoy, one of Canada's most famous early photographers.
Highlights the unique history of the Great Depression in Vancouver and the influx of transient men that arrived with it.
A unique population of mountain goats live where few other creatures dare, along the vertical walls of Canada's "Grand...
From Los Angeles to Vancouver, this documentary showcases the pioneers of West Coast Modernist Architecture and the...
BC has a history of unique coastal communities and cultures, including Coast Salish wool workers, utopian colonies and a...
A community of researchers and volunteers working on a collaborative mule deer research project in BC are guided by...
Filmmaker Stuart Gillies goes on a journey of discovery through British Columbia to learn what we can do as individuals...
Profiles some of the musicians, deejays, gigs and clubs that have made British Columbians swing and shout since the...
Ten short films celebrate authors, writing and the book culture that has helped shape BC's unique identity.
Nelson filmmaker Amy Bohigian explores the region's history through the stories of people who have lived in the...
Master carver and land defender Joe Martin reconciles his past as a logger by revitalizing the traditional ancestral...
Framed around the pending transfer from the Royal BC Museum back to their rightful Indigenous community, we are taken...
An entrepreneur's obsessive dream of developing an island on Okanagan Lake into a Middle Eastern-themed amusement park...
Mount Edziza, a glacier-capped, semi-active volcano in northwestern BC, is one of the most complex and intriguing...
Emergency Room: Life and Death at VGH follows a dedicated medical team as they face the challenges of working in British...
Using the street photography of Foncie Pulice, this documentary traces a timeline through the heart of Vancouver...
Photojournalist Rita Leistner explores the physical and emotional challenges experienced by a community of BC tree...
The people, places and things that have left their mark on BC's unique design and architecture history.
From BC joining Canada in the 1870s to Vancouver hosting Expo in 1986, we see over a century of British Columbian life...
This docudrama tells the story of an unthinkable act: logger-turned-environmentalist Grant Hadwin's destruction of Kiidk...
In the 50 years since he carved his first totem pole and saw it raised on Haida Gwaii, Robert Davidson has come to be...
In May 1961, two young climbers started up the "unclimbable" Stawamus Chief outside Squamish, BC.
The remarkable story of a unique group of artists who used photography to launch Vancouver into the world of fine art.
Set in the traditional territory of the Tahltan First Nation, director Nettie Wild's film captures beauty and complexity...
On a journey to become his true authentic self, Vancouver-based fashion model Krow transitions from female to male and...
Filmed over a full year at the HOpe Centre in North Vancouver, follow patients and health care providers as they work...
Métis/Dene filmmaker Marie Clements navigates the cultural complexities stemming from American photographer Edward...
Canadian architect Raymond Moriyama overcame injustice and went on to design groundbreaking works, including the Ontario...
The injustice of the Japanese internment is explored through the story of Kyuichi Nomoto, one of the first Japanese...
Haida filmmaker Christopher Auchter revisits a monumental event in 1969, when a visionary young artist, Robert Davidson...
In the midst of a raucous civic election, can this ultra-liberal, hippy, pot-producing oasis deal with an encroaching...
Celebrates thirteen BC First Nations languages and a drive to preserve them for future generations. Directed by Lisa...
Follow paramedics and dispatchers at British Columbia's Emergency Health Services, from the highly pressurized dispatch...
Wolves live in habitats where humans are encroaching, including parts of Vancouver Island. Follow the stories of people...
Artist Carey Newman - Ha̱yałka̱ng̱a̱me’ (Kwakwak'awakw/Coast Salish) creates a piece called the "Witness Blanket" that...
Olympian Spencer O'Brien was on her way to becoming the best female snowboarder in the world when rheumatoid arthritis...
Fuelled by a drive to take the lead, Rach McBride comes out as the first non-binary professional triathlete. Can the...
Follows a group of people whose passions and livelihoods are deeply connected to BC's Salish Sea.
Stories of hope and homecoming intersect as changemakers Ecko Aleck of the Nlaka'pamux Nation (Lytton), Alfonso Salinas...
In the vast wilderness of northern BC, the Sacred Headwaters is one of the largest bear sanctuaries in the world.
Knowledge Original series follows the heroic members of Canada's busiest volunteer search and rescue team as they help...
Acclaimed spoken word artist Shane Koyczan prepares for his most personal poem yet as he embarks on a journey to...
Lesser known stories from BC history, including the Candy Bar Strike of 1947 and the tale of Vancouver's first official...
Two gritty teams of hobbyist cavers attempt to break records for the longest and deepest caves in Canada.
What does home mean to you? For each person, it's different and so personal. Knowledge Network profiles 36 British...
Paralyzed from the waist down, athlete Leo Sammarelli attempts to become the first person to climb Vancouver's gruelling...
A biography of the brazen and controversial industrialist Charles Bedaux, who undertook an outlandish trek over the...
Director Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers (Blood Tribe, Blackfoot Confederacy / Sámi) tells the story of the Musqueam's 200-day...
Nestcam technology gives a bird's-eye view of a breeding pair of bald eagles in a Vancouver suburb, while experts and...
Something astonishing is happening in the city of Vancouver, BC. Largely unnoticed amidst vehicle traffic, industrial...
For over 40 years, society columnist and photographer Malcolm Parry has been chronicling the goings-on in the city of...
High in the snowy peaks of BC, adventurers, nuns, artists and photographers feel the draw of the mountains so strongly...
Follow patients undergoing urgently needed organ transplants in British Columbia and see first-hand the remarkable work...
Curators of community archives across British Columbia are working to create a more inclusive history, bringing to light...
Razed in the late 1960s, Hogan's Alley was once the heart of a thriving Black community in Vancouver, known for its...
An ethnobotanist contemplates her relationship with plants and their role as teachers as she comes to a deeper...
This three-part series shares the stories of workers, industries and events spanning three centuries of BC history.
An exotic species of mountain Stone sheep, found only in the remote wilderness of northwestern BC, is providing...
