The Power Of Music - Darrell's Story (2022)

Originally called White Thunder, American producer Varick Frissell's 1931 film was inspired by his love for the Canadian Arctic Circle. Set in a beautifully black-and-white filmed Newfoundland, it is the story of a rivalry between two seal hunters that plays out on the ice floes during a hunt. Unsatisfied with the first cut, Frissell arranged for the crew to accompany an actual Newfoundland seal hunt on The SS Viking, on which an explosion of dynamite (carried regularly at the time on Arctic ships to combat ice jams) killed many members of the crew, including Frissell. The film was renamed in honor of the dead.

Tickel Head é um pequeno povoado na costa canadense cujos habitantes são obrigados a viver de irrisórios subsídios do governo. Um dia, politicos chegam ao local com a proposta de instalar ali uma pequena fábrica. A ideia parece boa, mas a população só irá aceitar com uma condição: é necessário que a cidade tenha pelo menos um médico residente. Percebendo que não vão chegar a lugar algum, contentam-se com a promessa de que um médico ficará na cidade por apenas um mês. Assim o povo se une para tornar aquele o local mais agradável do mundo a fim de seduzir o médico a permanecer ali para sempre.

A Newfoundland fishingboat comes to the aid of a wrecked Danish sailing ship and tows it to a small village, but eventually the captain of the fishingboat realises that it's a U-boat supply ship in disguise, loaded with torpedoes. So, together with his crew and a group of villagers he sets about a plan to blow the ship as well as any U-boats that approach it. Based on the novel "The Gaunt Woman" by Edmund Gilligan.

The story of Ruby, 13, determined to grow up fast after her mother runs away to become a movie star, leaving Ruby with her hopelessly rural father.

The true story of boys being sexually abused at their orphanage, run by a religious community in Newfoundland.

Um jornalista volta com a filha à sua cidadezinha natal depois de viver uma experiência traumática no casamento, descobre segredos da sua família e se envolve com uma mãe solteira que também tem o próprio segredo a guardar.

Orca, uma baleia assassina, testemunhou a trágica morte de sua companheira prenha por Nolan, capitão de um navio pescador. A intenção era capturar um tubarão branco, mas o arpão acabou atingindo com tudo o animal. Inconformado, o macho levará toda a sua fúria e poder de morte para o porto de pescadores. Sob a pressão dos aldeões, Nolan terá que fazer alguma coisa para expulsar o animal das redondezas.

Sharon and her ten year old son Bayo live in Tickle Cove on the shores of Bonavista Bay, Newfoundland like generations of their family have before them. Sharon hates her life there. She dreams of moving to Toronto - where her now deceased mother was from - to eke out a better life for her and Bayo. She even leaves her big black packed trunk in the middle of the foyer as a symbolic gesture that that move will soon be happening. She equally hates her fisher father, Phillip Longlan, for subjecting her and her mother to life there. Phillip, who spends most of his time on a commercial fishing boat, only provides Sharon enough money to survive but not to achieve that dream of leaving. Bayo, however, doesn't want to leave, especially leave his grandfather behind. He wants to live and die by the sea, much like his deceased father, who he never knew.

A conservationst, stranded with his family at a Newfoundland coastal resort, flies in the face of custom and fights an entire community to prevent a trapped whale's slaughter with only the support of his wife and one of the locals.

Oscar é um adolescente emocionalmente instável e traumatizado, porém muito criativo que deseja fugir das memórias de sua infância complicada e dolorosa. Certo dia, algo extraordinário muda sua vida por completo e o ajuda a descobrir sua identidade.

This feature-length documentary paints a lively portrait of Father of Confederation and first premier of Newfoundland Joseph Roberts Smallwood, or "Joey," as he is known to most Canadians. Following one of Canada’s most colourful political figures during a two-and-a-half-month period that included a stormy Liberal leadership convention, the film reveals a man misunderstood even by his close associates.

With simple ceremony on Parliament Hill, Ottawa, Newfoundlanders are welcomed as fellow-Canadians. Prime Minister St. Laurent starting off the carving of Newfoundland's coat of arms in the tenth and formerly blank shield over the entrance to the Parliament Buildings, writing in stone another chapter of Confederation. So begins this survey of Canada's tenth province, Newfoundland, its resources and how its people live. The film takes us to St. John's, Corner Brook, Bell Island, and includes a visit to Labrador where we see the giant airport at Gander.

A portrait of Newfoundland that records a way of life that has all but disappeared.

This documentary records the journey undertaken by Jacques Cousteau, his 24-member team, and an NFB film crew to explore the Grand Banks of Newfoundland, one of the world's richest fishing areas. They discover shipwrecks, film icebergs and observe beluga whales, humpback whales and harp seals. The film also includes a fascinating sequence showing Calypso divers freeing a calf whale entrapped in a fishing net.

Maura Mackenzie believes the world is hers to conquer. With her career as a concert pianist gaining momentum, it seems her beauty and talent will be strong enough to mask the demons that threaten to engulf her. But with an absent husband and two young daughters at home, her precarious sanity begins to unravel until one summer day, burning with manic energy, she makes a terrible mistake — a mistake that will change her life forever. The consequences for Maura are catastrophic: her ambitious husband runs for his life, taking the children with him, leaving Maura to lapse into a full-scale breakdown. Life as she knew it is now over. With the help of her father, Ian, Maura works to reclaim her life and waits for a miracle to bring her daughters home. But when the fates align, can the past be forgiven?

Um sussurro entre as florestas e cidades do centro da Terra Nova. Um corpo encontrado na lateral de um rio reúne um caçador de peles recluso e uma futura mãe doente. Scott está solitário e desesperado para se dar sentido. Mona é forte, mas frustrada por sua fragilidade. À medida que uma dependência relutante floresce, o casal se encontra mergulhando em violência, respondendo pelas dívidas de um homem morto. Perseguidos por foras-da-lei, eles planejam uma saída.

A woman is forcibly placed in Priory, as the filmmakers follow her struggles to adapt.

The big whale round-up at Trinity Bay, Newfoundland, is brought to the screen with a realism not often found in fish stories. Cameras are on hand to record the annual sea drama as herds of pothead whales are driven inshore by fishing boats and killed in shallow water. There is tense excitement as, their escape cut off, the marine monsters fight for their lives. Reporter Fred Davis is told about the commercial uses of whale meat and whale products, particularly in mink farming.

This short documentary features Newfoundland fisherman Billy Crane, who speaks frankly on the state of the inshore fishery and how the lack of government support has contributed to the industry’s downfall. He is being forced to leave home to seek employment in Toronto. This film was made with the Challenge for Change program.

A small Canadian town is devasted when a local mine--the town's only source of income--is closed. One man incurs the wrath of the townsmen when he stubbornly refuses the small amount of settlement money offered by the government.