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Reggae Legend Leroy Sibbles’ Unsung Contribution to an NFB Landmark | Curator’s Perspective

Reggae Legend Leroy Sibbles’ Unsung Contribution to an NFB Landmark | Curator’s Perspective

I recently made a surprise discovery about Jennifer Hodge de Silva’s Home Feeling: Struggle for a Community (1983): much of this seminal NFB film’s soundtrack was composed by the great Leroy...

Celebrating BHM with a Look Back at Three Pioneering Filmmakers | Curator’s Perspective

Celebrating BHM with a Look Back at Three Pioneering Filmmakers | Curator’s Perspective

To commemorate Black History Month, this instalment of Curator’s Perspective will be shining a spotlight on the films of these three key figures in the birth and evolution of Black filmmaking in Canada and at the NFB.

World Radio Day | Curator’s Perspective

World Radio Day | Curator’s Perspective

A look at 4 National Film Board films on the importance of Canadian radio throughout the years just in time for World Radio Day.

Watch 6 Short Films About Pianists and Pianos

Watch 6 Short Films About Pianists and Pianos

Enjoy 6 short NFB films starring the mightiest of instruments - the piano - and some of the sensitive souls who devoted their lives to mastering it for our enjoyment.

Watch 6 films on Musical Geniuses

Watch 6 films on Musical Geniuses

Enjoy a selection of films featuring six of music's biggest names in six films that will delight your ears. Enjoy the show!

Rush, The Hip, Bryan Adams, and more! Watch 5 films on your favourite Canadian musicians

Rush, The Hip, Bryan Adams, and more! Watch 5 films on your favourite Canadian musicians

Check out 5 documentaries on Canada's most famous contemporary musicians. The radio wouldn't be the same without 'em!

It’s jazz festival season across Canada! Watch 6 must-see jazz films

It’s jazz festival season across Canada! Watch 6 must-see jazz films

In the mood for music? Take a tour through 6 moody and melodic jazz films, just in time for jazz festival season across Canada. Oscar Peterson! Lenny Breau! Jane Bunnett! The music never stops here!

World Radio Day | Our Beloved CBC Circa 1949

World Radio Day | Our Beloved CBC Circa 1949

Celebrate World Radio Day with this short vintage documentary about the CBC and its radio programming in 1949.