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Bodyguard: The Immune System
Length - 1 hour program or 3 X 1/2 hoursHosted by Megan Follows, star of Anne of Green Gables. This fast-paced medical program discusses the immune system, sexually transmitted diseases, and the mind and spirit. Great educational program for the whole family to watch.
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Chasing the Cure
Documentary Length - 1 hourBefore the discovery of antibiotics, tuberculosis was an epidemic - contagious and incurable. The only hope for recovery was rest for months or even years, isolated in sanatoria. This is a story of the human spirit in adversity.
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Eli's Lesson
Documentary Length - 1 hourEli Hoffer (Robbie Bowen) is a young boy who dreams of one day becoming a pilot. But the strict confines of his traditional Hutterite culture and an uncompromising uncle (Kenneth Walsh) leave little hope of those dreams ever coming true. Also stars Jack Palance.
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Evolution of a Wildlife Artist
Documentary Length - 1 hourThis dynamic documentary focuses on the wonderful artistic creativity of wildlife artist Desmond McCaffrey as he travels to his natural workshop habitat where inspiration and subject matter abound.
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The Fir Tree
Documentary Length - 30 minutesThe touching fable of a young fir tree who longs to leave the forest in hopes of becoming a glorious Christmas tree, but who finds loneliness and disparity when he is left to wither away in the barn. A charming turn-of-the-century Christmas portrait.
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Gardenias and Warlords
Documentary Length - 30 minutesAs the warring factions of Mao Tse-Tung and Chaing Kai-Shek battled, robbers strung Alice up over a doorway while searching her home for valuables. Now 83, Alice Jenner looks back on that time of her life - a time of danger, romance, gardenias and warlords.
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Ladies in Waiting
Documentary Length - 1 hourA poignant, witty tale of four women and the bonds of friendship they share. Madeleine (Michele Palermo) has come home for the wedding of her best friend after a disappointing year in Hollywood; Sarah (Holly Fulger) is the matron of honour who is in turmoil after witnessing an encounter between the groom and another woman; married and a first time mom, Kate (Diana Castle) offers some incisive wit and an unconventional take on her life; and Julie (Lisa Chess) is the nervous bride who beholds this step in her life with the realism of a woman who finally talked him into it."
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Laure Rièse
Documentary Length - 1 hourAt 84, after decades of correspondence with literary icons such as Samuel Beckett and Simone de Beauvoir, and a pioneering academic career, Laure Riese tells of her life of a woman who demanded her independence and a career long before the emergence of feminism.
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My Father's Legacy
Documentary Length - 30 minutesDr. R.G. Ferguson tested the new BCG vaccine on his own six children before approving its use on native babies. Robert, his eldest son, now 77, paints an intimate and fascinating portrait of his father - a man who has never ceased to be the measure for Robert's own success or failure.
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Never Say Die, The Story of Sister Yvonne Toucanne
Documentary Length - 30 minutesAfter a rich life of service to the church, sister Yvonne Toucanne brought Sofia House into existence - a safe secure home for women and children.
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Skating on Thin Ice
Documentary Length - 1 hourAn intimate profile of one small town's struggle to build a new hockey arena.
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To Have a Child
Documentary Length - 1 hourThis documentary follows the experiences of people dreaming to have a child. Also available, the patient education program - " Infertility - To Have a Child", which won the Award of Merit at the Yorkton Film Festival in 1993.
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