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National Film Board Of Canada

The NFB is recognized as one of the world’s great creative laboratories. As Canada’s public producer and distributor, it produces and distributes distinctive, relevant and innovative audiovisual productions. NFB productions offer special insight into the diversity and vitality of Canadian culture and are an essential part of Canada’s national cultural heritage. NFB creators continue to break new ground in both form and content, in documentary and animated films, pioneering interactive works, including virtual reality projects and mobile content, and immersive, participatory experiences. Since its founding in 1939, the NFB has created over 13,000 productions and won over 5,000 awards, including 18 Canadian Screen Awards, 12 Oscars, 17 Webbys and more than 90 Genies. The NFB is committed to making its films accessible to people who are blind, visually impaired or hearing impaired.

Three beluga whales swimming under water. Caption: Their flippers are used for steering,
23 minutes 30 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 12
Dark hallway lined with lockers stands empty behind text that reads, "Tales of Ordinary Fatphobia."
24 minutes 5 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Closeup of a large black tarantula with orange hairs. Caption: (narrator) Tarantulas aren't everyone's idea of a perfect pet.
23 minutes 49 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 12
Lightweight black text on a baby blue background reads, "Threads," with the S in red.
8 minutes 48 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
2 Inuk children lay on a sled pulled through the snow by 4 Huskies. 2 children follow behind.
14 minutes 3 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Indigenous woman with braided pigtails wears a traditional red costume with glitter and a cape with long multicolored fringe as she dances.
Urban. Indigenous. Proud
Episode 1
8 minutes 47 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Side view of an industrial kitchen counter with 4 women wearing white hair nets while they prepare to mix and bake something in silver mixing bowls and springform pans. 1 woman on the left side takes a paper from a woman on the right.
Urban. Indigenous. Proud
Episode 2
10 minutes 5 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Team of lacrosse players in uniform form a circle on the side of a rainy neighborhood street at dusk. They hold their black and white lacrosse sticks up and together in the center, and some players wear Santa hats.
Urban. Indigenous. Proud
Episode 3
8 minutes 2 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
A bear in a river.
16 minutes 14 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
We look up at a half circle of tall pine trees that reach toward a bright blue sky. Text reads, "The Zoo."
11 minutes 51 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 3
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