Behind the Facade

There are over 100 Aboriginal Friendship Centres across Canada. A Place to Belong celebrates Christmas at the very first Friendship Centre in East Vancouver.

The sumptuous Casa Mia mansion hides a dirty secret. Newspaper headlines reveal connections between rum running money and some of Vancouver's most iconic landmarks.

An impressionistic moment in time at the Hastings Racecourse, Vancouver's oldest sporting facility.

Joseph R. Selsey's belongings were discovered in a shoebox by a dumpster in 2015. The provide us with a rare glimpse into life as a gay man in Vancouver in the 1950s.

In 1930, Indar Singh traveled from India to Abbotsford and was forced to leave his wife behind. During their 22-year separation, Indar wrote letters to his wife, Katar Kaur, and Katar wrote letters to Indar.

A day in the life of 91.1, Nuxalk Radio is a radio station built to help keep the Nuxalkmc language alive, broadcasting the laws of the lands and waters.

Spoken word artist Sol Diana shares a poem inspired by the origin stories of the Igarot people of northern Luzon, Philippines.

Temple Emanu-El is Canada's oldest surviving synagogue building that is still in use as a synagogue.

The fine line between kitsch and caricature is examined in this quirky short about the Tomahawk Restaurant - the oldest family run restaurant in BC.

Lyana Patrick (Stellat’en First Nation) shares her story of her family's powerful story of love and survival at Lejac Indian Residential School in northern BC.

Stories centred around ten different BC buildings - from the starkly simple to the grandiose - told by acclaimed local directors.