John N. Smith

In 1969, a visiting geologist from Newfoundland arouses scandal in a small Irish village when he romances a local girl who’s destined for the convent.

Russell, un padre soltero, equilibra su trabajo como abogado con el cuidado de su hijo de cinco años después de que su esposa los abandonara. Cuando ella reaparece creando confusión, él debe lidiar con su nuevo interés amoroso y la oportunidad laboral de su vida.

The true story of a love affair between mob boss Sam Giancana and singer Phyllis McGuire.

Una inexperta maestra es contratada como profesora de un grupo de chicos difíciles, cada uno de los cuales es un problema social en sí mismo. Pero aunque la tarea es difícil y la rigidez de la dirección del centro no ayuda, la voluntariosa maestra intentará que los chicos lleguen a graduarse.

A dramatization of the failed World War II raid which became the most serious defeat of Canadian forces in the war.

La primera película, The Boys of St. Vincent, abarca el abuso sexual y físico de un número de huérfanos de hermanos encabezados por el hermano Peter Lavin (Henry Czerny). La segunda película, The Boys of St. Vincent: 15 años después, se refiere al juicio de los Hermanos.

La primera película, The Boys of St. Vincent, abarca el abuso sexual y físico de un número de huérfanos de hermanos encabezados por el hermano Peter Lavin (Henry Czerny). La segunda película, The Boys of St. Vincent: 15 años después, se refiere al juicio de los Hermanos.

La primera película, The Boys of St. Vincent, abarca el abuso sexual y físico de un número de huérfanos de hermanos encabezados por el hermano Peter Lavin (Henry Czerny). La segunda película, The Boys of St. Vincent: 15 años después, se refiere al juicio de los Hermanos.

Dramatización que sigue la lucha desesperada de jóvenes residentes de un orfanato católico para escapar de la pesadilla del abuso físico y sexual. Sus gritos de ayuda son desatendidos, aunque un portero y un policía tratarán de descubrir la verdad y poner fin al sufrimiento. Por muchos años, funcionarios de la Iglesia, la policía y altos funcionarios del gobierno conspiran para frenar a la justicia y silenciarla. Para las víctimas, sólo hay vergüenza y amargura. La segunda parte del film retoma la historia 15 años después. Por una investigación, se vuelve a abrir el caso. Ahora, las víctimas tienen que enfrentarse cara a cara con sus agresores y revivir el pasado.

Dramatización que sigue la lucha desesperada de jóvenes residentes de un orfanato católico para escapar de la pesadilla del abuso físico y sexual. Sus gritos de ayuda son desatendidos, aunque un portero y un policía tratarán de descubrir la verdad y poner fin al sufrimiento. Por muchos años, funcionarios de la Iglesia, la policía y altos funcionarios del gobierno conspiran para frenar a la justicia y silenciarla. Para las víctimas, sólo hay vergüenza y amargura. La segunda parte del film retoma la historia 15 años después. Por una investigación, se vuelve a abrir el caso. Ahora, las víctimas tienen que enfrentarse cara a cara con sus agresores y revivir el pasado.

Newfoundlanders share their food, culture, and homes with a group of Tamil refugees found off the coast.

Newfoundlanders share their food, culture, and homes with a group of Tamil refugees found off the coast.

Newfoundlanders share their food, culture, and homes with a group of Tamil refugees found off the coast.

At 16, Tony is an English-speaking high-school drop-out in Montreal. In trouble with the law and at odds with his struggling single parent mother, Tony is sent to Juvie where he realizes that he's neither as tough or as disadvantaged as he thought. Then he comes home on a weekend pass only to find his younger brother following in his footsteps.

At 16, Tony is an English-speaking high-school drop-out in Montreal. In trouble with the law and at odds with his struggling single parent mother, Tony is sent to Juvie where he realizes that he's neither as tough or as disadvantaged as he thought. Then he comes home on a weekend pass only to find his younger brother following in his footsteps.

At 16, Tony is an English-speaking high-school drop-out in Montreal. In trouble with the law and at odds with his struggling single parent mother, Tony is sent to Juvie where he realizes that he's neither as tough or as disadvantaged as he thought. Then he comes home on a weekend pass only to find his younger brother following in his footsteps.

The National Film Board of Canada was one of the guiding forces behind Sitting in Limbo. Fabian Gibbs plays a black Montreal college student forced to leave school when his girlfriend Pat Dillon becomes pregnant. Gibbs resents this interruption in his plans, but he becomes a very good provider. The responsibilities of parenthood, alas, irreparably damage the boy-girl relationship. Filmed in a quasidocumentary manner, Sitting in Limbo seems predestined to win film festival awards--as indeed it has.

This feature-length drama explores the changing role of men in today's society by delving into the stories of 4 men and their relationships with women.

This feature-length drama explores the changing role of men in today's society by delving into the stories of 4 men and their relationships with women.

This feature-length drama explores the changing role of men in today's society by delving into the stories of 4 men and their relationships with women.

First Winter is a 1982 Canadian short film directed by John N. Smith. With the father away, an Irish immigrant family struggle to survive their first winter in the Canadian wild. The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film.

This short documentary takes us to St. John's Cathedral Boys' School, at Selkirk, Manitoba, one of the most demanding outdoor schools in North America. As the school can’t accommodate every student wishing to enroll, boys of 13 to 15 years old are put through an initiation tougher than they have ever faced. They paddle canoes through some 500 kilometers of wilderness in 2 weeks, portaging and camping all the way, thereby learning vital outdoor lore, cooperation and self-confidence.

This short documentary takes us to St. John's Cathedral Boys' School, at Selkirk, Manitoba, one of the most demanding outdoor schools in North America. As the school can’t accommodate every student wishing to enroll, boys of 13 to 15 years old are put through an initiation tougher than they have ever faced. They paddle canoes through some 500 kilometers of wilderness in 2 weeks, portaging and camping all the way, thereby learning vital outdoor lore, cooperation and self-confidence.

This short documentary takes us to St. John's Cathedral Boys' School, at Selkirk, Manitoba, one of the most demanding outdoor schools in North America. As the school can’t accommodate every student wishing to enroll, boys of 13 to 15 years old are put through an initiation tougher than they have ever faced. They paddle canoes through some 500 kilometers of wilderness in 2 weeks, portaging and camping all the way, thereby learning vital outdoor lore, cooperation and self-confidence.

This short documentary zooms in on Churchill, Manitoba, on the western curve of Hudson Bay. The town boomed for a while after it became the railhead seaport for the shipment of Prairie grain. It also changed the way of life of the Native Indian and Inuit population.

The title of this Canadian documentary may have some relation to Canadian Marshall McLuhan's theories. It combines interview with famous U.S. militants of the '60s, such as Jerry Rubin and Abbie Hoffman, with reenactments of their Chicago trials (i.e., the "Chicago Eight," etc.). Other figures of cultural interest from the time, including Alan Ginsberg and Buckminster Fuller, are interviewed or featured. The filmmaker indicates his belief that powerful forces in the U.S. government worked together to suppress American radicals. This view, widely disbelieved at the time, has since been confirmed.