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Radioactive Vampire Teeth

A short documentary exploring Calgary noise-rock band, Radioactive Vampire Teeth.

2023

Going to Blazes!

This Theatre of Life series short, produced with the cooperation of the Los Angeles Fire Department, emphasizes fire safety and fire prevention. It gi

1948

Look at Life: Fire over London

The film Fire Over London is about the operation of the London Fire Brigade. In an office's switchboard room we see one of the hideous T&N green and i

1966

Answer the Call

When a firefighter comes to your house, chances are that their lives were just like yours not too long ago. 70% of all firefighters in Canada are volu

2024

Kainai

On the Kainai (Blood) First Nations Reserve, near Cardston, Alberta, a hopeful new development in Indigenous enterprise. Once rulers of the western pl

1973

Water for the Prairies

This 1950s' film looks at the measures to preserve water flow from the Rocky Mountains. With the steady falling of the water table, the exploitation o

1951

Apache 8

This is the story of the courageous all-female Apache 8 firefighting unit which has protected their reservation and responded to wildfires around the

2011

Orphaned

Through the eyes of ex-engineer, now filmmaker Gillian McKercher, Orphaned explores the huge task of cleaning up thousands of idle oil and gas wells i

2021

Digging in the Dirt

A documentary about the psychological costs of working in Alberta's oil sands and the mental health crisis that's been ignored for a decade.

2019

Notre-Dame: Our Lady of Paris

This ABC documentary special provides a detailed look into the disastrous fire that ravaged Paris' revered Notre-Dame Cathedral in 2019. Firsthand acc

2020

Fires of Kuwait

After Saddam Hussein had the Kuwait Oil wells lit up, teams from all over the world fought those fires for months. They had to save the oil resources,

1992

Woman on Fire

Woman on Fire follows Brooke Guinan, the first openly transgender firefighter in New York City. A character-driven documentary, the film follows Brook

2016

The Hutterites

A look at the Hutterites, an Anabaptist religious community similar to the Amish or the Mennonites in rural Alberta.

1964

Anchor Point

A feature documentary about badass women that rely on each other as they fight fire and gender-based discrimination.

2021

Fire Engine of 1788

All hands to the pump! This demonstration of a 125 year old fire engine shows it can still be useful when the need arises.

1913

The Lebanese Burger Mafia

The heir to a Burger Baron franchise, the filmmaker chases clues through rural Alberta, capturing the trials and tribulations of Arab immigrants while

2023

Aitamaako'tamisskapi Natosi: Before the Sun

An intimate and thrilling portrait of a young Siksika woman and the deep bonds between her father and family in the golden plains of Blackfoot Territo

2023

The Crying Fields

A deep dive into the history of the Canadian Government and the Department of National Defence leasing First Nations reserves as practice bombing rang

2019

No Visible Trauma

Deftly upending the popular assertion that Canadian law enforcement agencies differ from those in the US, this provocative exposé fixes a sharp lens o

2020

Guardians of Machu Picchu

This documentary, an output of an ITTO Fellowship award, conveys compelling efforts to improve fire management in the Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picc

2022