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- J.J. Harper, a First Nations chief, is gunned down by police constable Robert Cross on his way home one snowy night in downtown Winnipeg.
- After her mother's sudden death, 12-year-old Juliana (Emma Tremblay) is forced to repair an awkward relationship with her father as well as deal with the impending bankruptcy of the family business: a fishing lodge on majestic Lake of the Woods. In a last-ditch attempt to save the lodge, Dad (Adam Beach) organizes a high-stakes fishing derby. Juliana is powerless to help until she finds a world record Musky lurking in the waters around the lodge. Juliana devises a plan to catch the beast and save the family business. When she seeks the counsel of an old Native Ojibway guide, she learns that this particular Musky is an ancient 'medicine fish' with a spirit-essence crucial to the survival of the lake, and all other Muskies. Will she capture the mythic beast and save the lodge? Or will she allow the Musky to live and sacrifice her home? What medicine does this Magical Musky hold?
- The First Encounter explores an extraterrestrial dimension where colonization never occurred. A multilingual feature length film, The First Encounter is both thrilling and existential of where humankind stands in the universe.
- Of First Nations background originally from central Manitoba, Jon Beardsley, a Ph.D. candidate, dies one week before he was scheduled to embark on his final field trip to complete his dissertation taking spiritual indigenous American teachings, most specifically related to place, and applying them to standard theories of physics relating to questions of the universe. He is survived by his Caucasian wife, Grace Beardsley, a post-doctorate in medicine. At Jon's traditional native memorial service held at Bannock Point on the shores of Lake Winnipeg, Grace is reacquainted with Jon's best childhood friend, Brandon Eckhardt. With Jon having foreseen his own imminent death, Grace learns that Jon has left her a series of pre-recorded video messages which are triggered by GPS coordinates linked to Grace's cell phone. What she quickly learns from those messages is that Jon wants her to complete his dissertation research by taking that final field trip he could not. Brandon decides to accompany her on this trip throughout North America. Beyond the expected emotional toil, they know that the process will not be an easy one being two Caucasians delving into the workings of indigenous culture. And beyond Jon's want for the research to be complete, Grace and Brandon may each have their own goals for this geographic and spiritual journey related to their own lives, Grace's especially in the role of Jon's widow.
- A young artist has devoted her life to keeping the world in harmony between the forces of good and evil.
- A serial killer preys on prostitutes from the mean streets of a small, mid-west city as the police turn a blind eye. With an insatiable sexual appetite, the killer brutalizes his victims and leaves their bodies at Moon Lake outside of town. A voice inside the killer's head commands him to kill, his victims beg for death. John Martin Crawford is only too happy to oblige. But Moon Lake happens to be a spiritual holy ground for the local Native Americans, and soon the victims' ghosts are haunting both family members and complete strangers in desperate pleas for justice so their souls may rest. A supernatural story that reminds us the dead are not powerless.
- Most of us think of the psychopath as a serial killer - a monster like Colonel Russell Williams, Paul Bernardo, or Clifford Olsen. But most psychopaths are not physically violent criminals - they live among us undetected.
- One of the most recognizable elements of Native expression is the Pow-wow. But very few people outside the culture understand it. They do not understand the significance of the songs and the dances behind Pow-wow; they do not understand the rites and ceremonies contained within a pow-wow. They do not understand the meaning of the clans, or why Indian people dance. The Pow Wow Trail series will explore the true meaning, beyond the feathers and beads. Culture lives within the people; it is expressed through those who practice and participate in these celebrations.
- Schneider will play a father who is trying to save his troubled fishing lodge as well as his relationship with his 12-year-old daughter, who uncovers an ancient secret in the waters near the lodge.
- A Canadian soldier and the father of Corporal Mike Seggie, killed in Afghanistan in combat in 2008, join together to honor the memory of Seggie by restoring his 1968 Plymouth Barracuda Fastback.
- An introspective, philosophical and holistic look at how violence against Aboriginal women has touched one Aboriginal family. In setting out to make the film Mr. Soul, writer-director Jeremy Torrie undertakes a cathartic journey to heal wounds going back to his childhood.
- Medicine Land is a documentary told through the eyes of Medicine Man and Chief Sheldon Kent of Black River First Nation. The documentary starts at Black River First Nation in Manitoba, with Chief Kent and his community preparing to make the journey to the forests of Chile to exchange information and ideas with the Williche (Mapuchi) People about how they can preserve what is quickly disappearing: their traditional practices, medicines and ultimately, their way of life. Chief Kent's community is a part of Manitoba's Model Forest Program, designed to sustain the environment and protect it from abuse.
- Winnipeg speed skater Cindy Klassen on the comeback trail for the 2006 Olympic Winter games in Torino, Italy.
- 1996–200743mTV EpisodeAs songwriter and guitarist for Winnipeg's Guess Who and Bachman Turner Overdrive, Randy Bachman is more than a rock n' roll legend, he's a survivor in a fickle industry. Bachman's number one hits have sold more than 40 million records worldwide, and his anthem Takin' Care of Business has become an anthem for corporate America.