Dorothy Courtois

The Concert Man

This documentary short is a portrait of violinist, composer and dreamer Maurice Zbriger, who shared his music with Montrealers for over half a century. He hired musicians and singers and conducted them in free concerts financed with income from his ownership of Schwartz's, the famous smoked meat restaurant. The Concert Man looks at Zbriger's life, his passion for music and the people who were a part of his dream.

Canada Vignettes: Under the Pole

A team of divers to the Arctic Ocean places a Canadian flag at the North Pole.

Canada Vignettes: Canada's Snowbirds

This installment in the Canada Vignettes series depicts the Canadian Forces Air Demonstration Aerobatics team at work.

Canada Vignettes: Dancing Dolls

An animated vignette. A lively dance of painted wooden dolls that twirl, swing and sway to gay music.

Canada Vignettes: Arctic Seascape

A vignette exploring the depths of the Arctic Ocean.

Canada Vignettes: Arctic Mission

A team of divers assemble a big bubble in the Arctic Ocean.

The Mystery of Bay Bulls

A film on the "SAPPHIRE", the oldest identified wreck in Canadian waters. Parks Canada's underwater archaeology team is responsible for the excavation of the three-hundred-year-old frigate.

No Apple for Johnny

This animated short is the visual enactment of the year-long obstacle course run by a teacher trainee. Rich in humor and anecdote, it is a comedy of educational manners seen through the autobiographical and unflinching eye of the trainee-turned-filmmaker.

Amisk

A performing arts film by Alanis Obomsawin, it documents efforts to raise funds for the James Bay Cree and was made at a time when Cree territory was threatened by hydro-electric projects. Amisk represents early work by Obomsawin, a trailblazer in Canadian Aboriginal film.

Perspectrum

In this animated short, simple geometric forms as thin and flat as playing cards constantly form and re-form to the sound of the koto, a 13-stringed Japanese instrument.

About V. D.

A non-narrated, animated film presenting and illustrating how syphilis and gonorrhea are contracted, their symptoms and effects, and how they can be treated. Resource person advised.

Matrioska

A dance of painted wooden Russian dolls (hollow inside and of graded sizes so that the largest holds all the rest). They twirl, swing and sway to gay Russian tunes, never losing their fixed reserve. As the dance ends they hop up in turn into the mother figure, who then hurries off the scene.