Donald Brittain Movies
- 1980
The Lost Pharaoh: The Search for Akhenaten
The Lost Pharaoh: The Search for Akhenaten01980HD
Ancient pharaoh Akhenaten was almost lost to history. Canadian archaeologist Donald Redford, who uncovered the foundation of one of the...
- 1983
The Accident
The Accident31983HD
Everything seems normal at a hockey arena until the roof, straining under the weight of the ice and snow that has built up, finally gives way,...
- 1966
Stravinsky
Stravinsky7.71966HD
This documentary is an informal portrait of the great modern composer Igor Stravinsky. Proudly American, though still very much an Old World figure...
- 1981
The Running Man
The Running Man01981HD
A middle-aged family man and high school teacher struggles in silence as he accepts the fact that he is gay.
- 1964
Bethune
Bethune51964HD
A film biography of Dr. Norman Bethune, the Canadian doctor who served with the loyalists during the Spanish Civil War and with the North Chinese...
- 1968
Saul Alinsky Went to War
Saul Alinsky Went to War61968HD
In this feature documentary, American community organizer and writer Saul Alinsky goes to war against the conditions that keep the poor in poverty....
- 1986
Mobility
Mobility01986HD
This short documentary examines the complex range of issues affecting urban transport in developing countries. After examining cost and available...
- 1961
Everybody's Prejudiced
Everybody's Prejudiced01961HD
Examples of prejudice that can be seen everyday
- 1978
The Champions, Part 1: Unlikely Warriors
The Champions, Part 1: Unlikely Warriors01978HD
In Part 1 of this 3-part documentary series, director Donald Brittain chronicles the early years of Pierre Elliott Trudeau and René...
- 1986
The Champions, Part 3: The Final Battle
The Champions, Part 3: The Final Battle01986HD
The final instalment of this 3-part documentary series about Pierre Elliott Trudeau and René Lévesque spans the decade between 1976 and...
- 1974
King of the Hill
King of the Hill01974HD
This feature documentary follows one of the greatest Canadian baseball players of all time, Ferguson Jenkins, through the 1972-1973 season. From the...
- 1967
Creative Person: Leonard Cohen
Creative Person: Leonard Cohen01967HD
Canadian poet Leonard Cohen, who now resides on the island of Hydra in Greece, is shown in his native city of Montreal. The program explores Cohen's...
- 1975
Scoggie
Scoggie01975HD
This short documentary profiles 27-year-old Scoggie Watson, a Cape Breton stalwart who clings to the things he cherishes most: the waters of Lake...
- 1978
Small Is Beautiful: Impressions of Fritz Schumacher
Small Is Beautiful: Impressions of Fritz Schumacher01978HD
This film is a short documentary portrait of economist, technologist and lecturer Fritz Schumacher. Up to age 45, Schumacher was dedicated to...
- 1979
Paperland: The Bureaucrat Observed
Paperland: The Bureaucrat Observed01979HD
Bureaucracy shapes our lives and guides us from the cradle to the grave. This documentary lays bare the idiosyncrasies of bureaucracy, whether in...
- 1985
First Stop, China
First Stop, China01985HD
First Stop, China is a record of the choreographed performances and the unrehearsed moments of Les Grands Ballets Canadiens ballet company on the...
- 1958
Setting Fires for Science
Setting Fires for Science01958HD
This film shows the scientific study of fires set to buildings in Aultsville, Ontario, a town evacuated for flooding by the St. Lawrence Seaway....
- 1979
Canada Vignettes: Wop May
Canada Vignettes: Wop May51979HD
This short animated film is about Wop May, one of Canada's leading bush pilots in the 1920s.
- 1991
Family: A Loving Look at CBC Radio
Family: A Loving Look at CBC Radio01991HD
Family offers a candid look at CBC Radio in action and the unique cast of characters who make up Canada's coast-to-coast radio family. The film...
- 1974
Thunderbirds in China
Thunderbirds in China01974HD
In this documentary, the members of the University of British Columbia's Thunderbirds hockey team travel to China to demonstrate their skills to the...