Graydon McCrea Movie Trailers

Amarok's Song - The Journey to Nunavut Trailer (1998)

01 January 1998

In this feature-length documentary, three generations of the Caribou Inuit family come together to tell the story of their journey as Canada's last nomads.

Cure for Love Trailer (2008)

27 May 2008

A full-length documentary about a controversial evangelical movement that purports to convert gay people into heterosexuals.

Radiant City Trailer (2007)

30 May 2007

Since the end of World War II, one of kind of urban residential development has dominate how cities in North America have grown, the suburbs.

How the Fiddle Flows Trailer (2002)

26 April 2002

How the Fiddle Flows follows Canada's great rivers west along the fur-trading route of the early Europeans.

Totem: The Return of the G'psgolox Pole Trailer (2003)

12 September 2003

This feature-length documentary traces the journey of the Haisla people to reclaim the G'psgolox totem pole that went missing from their British Columbia village in 1929.

Truckers: A Road Well Traveled Trailer (2001)

01 January 2001

Documents the lives of three long-haul truck drivers whose routes take them throughout North America - even to the Arctic.

24 Days in Brooks Trailer (2007)

01 January 2007

Over the course of a decade Brooks, Alberta, transformed from a socially conservative, primarily white town to one of the most diverse places in Canada as immigrants and refugees flocked to find jobs at the Lakeside Packers slaughterhouse.

Through These Eyes Trailer (2004)

04 September 2004

A 1970s American elementary school program encouraging students to figure out for themselves the universal building blocks of human community — family, work, faith, etc.

Between: Living in the Hyphen Trailer (2005)

01 October 2005

Anne Marie Nakagawa's documentary examines what it means to have a background of mixed ancestries that cannot be easily categorized.

The Pacifist Who Went to War Trailer (2002)

01 January 2002

This documentary is the story of two Mennonite brothers from Manitoba who were forced to make a decision in 1939, as Canada joined World War II.

Rosies of the North Trailer (1999)

10 November 1999

They raised children, baked cakes... and built world-class fighter planes. Sixty years ago, thousands of women from Thunder Bay and the Prairies donned trousers, packed lunch pails and took up rivet guns to participate in the greatest industrial war effort in Canadian history.

The Road Taken Trailer (1996)

12 September 1996

This 1996 documentary takes a nostalgic ride through history to present the experiences of Black sleeping-car porters who worked on Canada's railways from the early 1900s through the 1960s.

Aboriginality Trailer (2007)

04 June 2007

Follow Dallas Arcand, an urban youth, as he heads down the mystical Red Road to re-connect with new and traditional elements of First Nations culture.

No Turning Back Trailer (1996)

01 January 1996

This film follows the aftermath of the Oka crisis, which brought Indigenous rights into sharp focus. After the barricades came down, the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples was created, and travelled to more than 100 communities and heard from more than 1,000 representatives.

Tikinagan Trailer (1991)

01 January 1991

Tikinagan is a no-holds-barred account of the difficulties along the path to Native self-determination.

Letters from Karelia Trailer (2004)

26 September 2004

Story of Aate Pitkänen, a idealistic Canadian-Finn who went to Soviet Karelia.

The Pill Trailer (1999)

11 March 1999

Chronicles little known chapters in the history of the birth control pill. Examines how far the pharmaceutical industry was willing to risk women's health.

Crapshoot: The Gamble with Our Wastes Trailer (2003)

01 January 2003

A hazardous mix of waste is flushed into the sewer every day. The billions of litres of water - combined with unknown quantities of chemicals, solvents, heavy metals, human waste and food - where does it all go? And what does it do to us? Filmed in Italy, India, Sweden, the United States and Canada, this bold documentary questions our fundamental attitudes to waste.

The Story of the Coast Salish Knitters Trailer (2000)

01 January 2000

For almost a century, the Coast Salish knitters of southern Vancouver Island have produced Cowichan sweaters from handspun wool.

From Harling Point Trailer (2003)

01 January 2003

This documentary tells the story of a Chinese cemetery in BC that became a National Heritage site. For Chinese pioneers who died in Canada, Victoria's Chinese Cemetery at Harling Point was a temporary resting place until their bones could be returned home.

Yuxweluptun: Man of Masks Trailer (1998)

01 January 1998

This short documentary serves as a portrait of Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun, one of Canada's most important painters.

Death of a Skyline Trailer (2003)

05 August 2003

A group of citizens lobbied to save the landmark Alberta Wheat Pool grain elevator, one of the defining features of Mayerthorpe’s landscape, from being torn down in 2003 - as thousands of others had been.

Prairie Women Trailer (1987)

01 January 1987

This film illustrates the struggles of Canadian prairies women to achieve a more just and humane society within the farm movement and at large.

Women on Patrol Trailer (2004)

01 January 2004

Two Canadian police officers take on a tour of duty in East Timor.

Where I Belong Trailer (2007)

01 January 2007

This documentary tells the story of a young man’s struggle to balance his African traditions and new Canadian home.

Movie Showman Trailer (1989)

01 January 1989

This short film portrays the NFB's itinerant projectionists during the ’40s and early ’50s who travelled throughout Canada, bringing films and discussions to rural communities.

Two Worlds Colliding Trailer (2004)

22 October 2004

This documentary chronicles the story of Darrell Night, an Indigenous man who was dumped by two police officers in a barren field on the outskirts of Saskatoon in January 2000, during -20° C temperatures.

Forgotten Warriors Trailer (1997)

01 January 1997

This documentary introduces us to thousands of Indigenous Canadians who enlisted and fought alongside their countrymen and women during World War II, even though they could not be conscripted.

Cactus Swing Trailer (1995)

01 January 1995

The West. A prospector is awakened by the sound of music outside his cave to see an animal band and a chorus line of dancing cacti.

Foster Child Trailer (1987)

08 March 1987

Gil Cardinal searches for his natural family and an understanding of the circumstances that led to his becoming a foster child.

The Sterilization of Leilani Muir Trailer (1996)