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Absolutely Canadian is a national one-hour series showcasing documentaries and performance programs that tell unique stories from communities across Canada. All programs are produced locally.

Documentary | 13 seasons

Absolutely Canadian

Run the Burbs follows the Phams, a young, bold Vietnamese-South Asian-Canadian family taking a different approach to living life to the fullest, while changing the way we think about contemporary family values and life in the burbs.

Comedy | 2 seasons

Run The Burbs

Three young adults with roots in four different cultures attempt to navigate adulthood. They deal with embarrassing incidents, uncertainty, and uncomfortable situations in everyday life.

Comedy | 1 season

Norwegian-ish

Tireless activist, journalist, and single mother of two, Hodan Nalayeh returns to her birth country of Somalia on a mission to spread light, in a world where many only see darkness.

Documentary | 30 min

Hodan's Story

Filmmaker Saïda Ouchaou-Ozarowski sat down with six Muslim Canadian women eager to talk about what shapes their identities. In Full Voice offers an intimate perspective on their journey.

Documentary | 53 min

In Full Voice

Tommy (a.k.a. 張麟發, Jason, Timmy, Tammy, Tim Tam, Lan Phat and T Truong)  reveals the story of his many names.

Biography | 11 min

My Name is 張麟發 Tommy Lan Phat Truong

Hundreds of years in the future, in the last living colony on earth, a city called New Babyl, twenty-four teenage candidates are chosen to take part in an annual musical competition known as The Exemplar. For all of them it's a chance to write their names in the history books, but for Aliyah, the independent and adventurous daughter to a city government official, it’s the beginning of an incredible adventure.

Drama | 1 season

Utopia Falls

Hijabistas explores the growing industry of hijabi fashion, and in it we meet young Australian Muslim women who are breaking stereotypes and expressing themselves with style.

Documentary | 6 seasons

Hijabistas! With Yassmin Abdel-Magied

Based on the novel by Shyam Selvadurai and set in Sri Lanka in the 1970s and 80s, Deepa Mehta's FUNNY BOY explores the sexual awakening of a boy named Arjie set against the backdrop of the civil war.

Drama | 109 min

Funny Boy

What does it mean to be an up-and-coming, stand-up comedian who isn’t white? Stand Up Toronto explores the experience of three comics from diverse cultural backgrounds as they navigate Toronto’s comedy circuit. As these comics chronicle their attempts to break through in the industry, as well as break the mold of the comedians who came before them, will they find a place to speak their truth in the complicated world we live in?

Documentary | 52 min

Stand Up Toronto

Jade Li is a feisty, 20-something Chinese Canadian, trying to achieve that happy medium between giving in to her parent's wishes and fulfilling her own needs and desires - double happiness. Naturally, something's got to give and when love beckons in the shape of Mark, a white university student, the facade of the perfect Chinese daughter begins to slip.

Drama | 87 min

Double Happiness

There are no clear guidelines on how to describe yourself as a mixed-race person in a world that wants people’s identities to fit neatly into boxes. Being half one thing and half another can feel like you’re not enough of either - a confusing and unsettling place to navigate. In His Nose, Her Eyes, Whose Face? three mixed-race women talk about what it’s like to have a hybrid identity, while their families share their opinions - sometimes supportive, sometimes contradictory. Allie tells her unknowing parents that her Muslim and Jewish background meant double the racism from her peers. She explains how comedy became a means of coping with the confusion surrounding her identity. Sapphira reflects on her lack of awareness about her own mixed identity, and talks about how she will raise her young mixed son differently. Madi shares how her pride as a black woman was shattered when she went to university, while her parents disagree about how she should define herself. His Nose, Her Eyes, Whose Face? is a conversation about who has the power to influence how you define yourself, when determining your identity is a deeply personal journey.

Documentary | 7 min

His Nose, Her Eyes, Whose Face?

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