Photo Friday | Inside the Blood Indians’ Sun Dance
Directed by the one and only Colin Low in 1960, Circle of the Sun is a rare invitation to a gathering of the Blood Indians of Alberta. The doc features...
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Photo Friday | High Tide in Newfoundland
Photo Friday! Discover a series of stunning black-and-white photographs documenting the fishing industry in Newfoundland in the mid-1950s.
Photo Friday | First Day of School, Montreal, 1962
Take a stroll around a Montreal working-class neighbourhood on the first day of class with these photos from September Five at Saint-Henri (1962.)
Photo Friday | Inside Ontario’s Tobacco Harvest in the Late Fifties
The Back-breaking Leaf // Celebrate World Photo Day with this stunning series of black-and-white photos documenting the tobacco harvest in Ontario in the late fifties.
Photo Friday | Gone (Herring) Fishing
Herring stocks on the B.C. coast are making a comeback after a catastrophic collapse in the 1980s, but the harvest remains controversial. B.C. First Nations, who have long been advocating for sustainable...
Celebrate the Year of the Pig With 20 Gorgeous Images from 1973 China
Happy New Year! A lucky and prosperous year to all. A bit of context before you feast your eyes. In the summer of 1973, a small NFB crew was granted permission...
Photo Fridays| Check Out 20 Vintage Ski Pics From the 1940s
Take a trip down memory slope with these rare and incredible ski and après-ski photographs taken from the archives of Ski in the Valey of the Saints, and Ski Skill, two short documentaries from the mid-1940s.
What’s Black and White and Shocking All Over?
Either you’re cutting edge or you’re not. A full 10 years (ten years!) before Hollywood deigned to tackle the hot-button issue of interracial marriage with Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner,...