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A locally produced Canadian documentary television show that has been on the air since 1964 (with a brief interruption in the early 1990s).

Documentary | 15 seasons

Land and Sea NFLD

Set in 1980s Newfoundland, the lives of a disillusioned teen girl and a troubled alienated man converge fatefully in this haunting exploration of womanhood, isolation, and toxic masculinity.

Teen | 100 min

Black Conflux

A coming-of-age story set in St. John’s, Newfoundland of 11 year-old Mark, much older on the inside than his 11 years, who uses comedy to win friends and connect with people in his limited world.

Comedy | 2 seasons

Son of a Critch

A collection of short films about the Indigenous experience in communities across Newfoundland and Labrador.

Documentary | 1 season

Mi'kma'ki

Stephen Davis faces a crisis when he discovers his estranged son Chris fleeing a botched drug deal. The two men embark on a violent odyssey that grapples with themes of fatherhood, family and fate.

Crime and Police | 82 min

Hammer

Great short films by filmmakers from Newfoundland and Nova Scotia.

Documentary | 3 seasons

Reel East Coast

CBC Newfoundland & Labrador looks back at some of the inspiring and entertaining stories of 2022.

Current Affairs | 46 min

Here and Now: The Good Stuff (2022)

The Presentation Sisters and Sisters of Mercy have stopped accepting new nuns into their orders in Newfoundland and Labrador. In the years to come, both orders will disappear as we know them. Their orders have transformed into vehicles for social justice and environmental issues but now there are no longer young women who have the calling.

Documentary | 62 min

The Incredible Vanishing Sisters

One Newfoundlander’s obsessive quest to clean up coastal ocean floors and bring attention to an environmental crisis.

Documentary | 1 episode

Hell or Clean Water

CAUGHT (5X60) is a new CBC original series adapted from Lisa Moore's acclaimed novel. Set in 1978, locked up after a drug deal goes wrong, David Slaney (Allan Hawco) makes a daring break from prison.

Drama | 1 season

Caught

The creation of the 3rd annual Merb'ys photography project - a cultural phenomenon in Newfoundland featuring male people in sparkly custom mermaid outfits all in the name of charity and breaking down barriers.

Documentary | 20 min

Merb'ys

A New Age mother and her pragmatic daughter test the limits of their beliefs and their relationship on a quest to prove magic exists.

Drama | 12 min

The Existence of Magic

The beautifully normal absurd story of a man who did everything right, perhaps not quite at the right time. Fine arts student, immigrant, husband, father of two, and owner of his own condom business.

Documentary | 24 min

The Condom King of Newfoundland

An arthritic Nova Scotia woman works as a housekeeper while she hones her skills as an artist and eventually becomes a beloved figure in the community.

Drama | 116 min

Maudie

A beautiful gifted, but mentally ill woman loses her two young children when, caught up in a manic episode, she leaves them unattended on an island near her summer home. Although they are rescued unharmed, her world unravels. Her husband Duncan ends their marriage and takes the children back to his native Scotland. She is left to struggle with her demons and live without sight or sound of her children. Twenty years pass, Maura learns how to live with her loss and her mental illness, and then the miraculous day arrives when she is presented with an opportunity to re-connect with her daughters. This universal story of the redemptive power of a mother's love is adapted from the popular, award-winning novel, "An Audience of Chairs" by Joan Clark.

Drama | 89 min

An Audience of Chairs

How the First World War destroyed a town 4000km from the battlefield. Lieutenant Stephen Norris was the son of a kingpin. His father owned the cannery, the schooners and the general store in the Newfoundland community of Three Arms. When the First World War broke out, the young man volunteered, against the wishes of his parents. He would be killed at Beaumont-Hamel in 1916. With no heir left, and a family gutted, the businesses would shut down. And that spelled the end for Three Arms. The death of officers like Norris, had far reaching effects on post war development because they were usually those sons who would likely become business or political leaders. Stories like it are lore in Newfoundland and have far-reaching implications in other towns across Canada. The best and the brightest were killed, resulting in some communities disappearing. Three Arms is still there - sort of. The ruins of the church. The outline of the cannery. The cemetery still stands, and Lt Norris has a headstone there. His body though was never found, even though a photo exists of his parents searching the French battlefield for their son’s remains. It’s even become a part of a locally-known musical: “A Call To Arms”. It was written by playwright Petrina Bromley. She is now one of the lead actors in the New York production of Come From Away.  Petrinia’s people are all from Conche ( a nearby community). It’s also a small part of the key exhibit on at Newfoundland’s defining museum: The Rooms, where the loss of the island’s best and brightest is mourned for the pivotal impact it would have on successive decades. We can get to Three Arms by fishing boat. People are happy to take us, to tell us about how the war changed their island forever. Historians are pulling photos of the community, of Norris, of others like him.

News | 6 min

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