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A Canadian nurse in war-torn Iraq uncovers the secret behind a mysterious man and his beloved mint plant.

Documentary | 6 min

Me, Mahmoud and the Mint Plant

A headstrong young girl in Afghanistan disguises herself as a boy in order to provide for her family.

Drama | 93 min

The Breadwinner

Sort Of is a big-hearted series about Sabi Mehboob, a fluid millennial who straddles various identities. New episodes weekly.

Comedy | 3 seasons

Sort Of

Zarqa’s pursuit of a holier-than-thou social influencer backfires when she gets cancelled, sending her life spiralling out of control as she claws her way out of the latest hole she’s dug.

Comedy | Season 2

Zarqa

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

Two best friends trapped in the Za'atari Refugee Camp in Jordan have an undying dream of becoming professional football players.

Documentary | 77 min

Captains of Zaatari

The remarkable story of Payam Akhavan, one of the world’s leading human rights lawyers and his fight for justice for the Rohingya.

Biography | 78 min

In Search of a Better World

A young Canadian poet with Chinese and Persian parents travels to Iran to perform at a poetry festival.

Cartoon | 88 min

Window Horses

Nadiya Hussain is sharing her favourite party dishes, the perfect food to hand around and share. Like melt in the mouth halloumi chips, smoked mackerel pâté choux, and sticky lamb ribs. She also joins a group of school children as they deliver a big thank you to 95-year-old volunteer Jack, lending a hand to Gilly who’s preparing one of her spectacular homemade trifles and helps bake an extra special cake for the surprise birthday party of twin sisters Sonia and Sunita.

Reality | 59 min

Nadiya's Party Feasts

In this new series, Nadiya shows that being a good cook isn’t just about mastering technique, the real secret is knowing just what to muster up for each occasion and creating dishes that will put smiles on everyone’s faces - including the cook.

Reality | 1 season

Nadiya's Family Favourites

The first all-female Muslim softball league in North America is empowering women through sports, in a community where they traditionally don't participate and are often seen as disempowered.

Documentary | 7 min

Sisterhood Softball

Ackley Bridge is a Yorkshire mill town, home to largely divided white and Asian populations. Like the communities, the school systems have also become segregated.

Drama | 1 season

Ackley Bridge

Fatma and her son Majed fled Syria for the safety of Toronto, but their troubles are far from over.  Hockey Mom looks at what happens after "year one" ends.

Season 3 | Hockey Mom

CBC Docs POV

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

Dilveen is a Yazidi. Her people have lived in Northern Iraq since it was called Mesopotamia. For eleven year-old Dilveen, life was good on her family’s farm. She was a normal girl. She played soccer with her friends, went to school and helped her father sell his vegetables in town. When ISIS invaded the region in the summer of 2014, everything changed. Dilveen witnessed the execution of her father, and became one of thousands of Yazidi girls kidnapped and forced into sexual slavery. She was sold to a sixty-five year-old man, who planned to take her to Syria for marriage. Dilveen hatched a daring escape plan that allowed both her and another girl being held captive to flee. She was reunited with her family and now lives in Southern Ontario with her mother, aunts, and siblings. She has just started high school and is learning English. Her story is captured in this harrowing short documentary that juxtaposes haunting hand-drawn animated sequences of the past, with glimpses of Dilveen’s new life in Canada. Through her courage and strength, audiences will come to better understand the atrocities the Yazidi community continues to suffer through.

Documentary | 12 min

Dilveen

A short documentary about Dima Joha, a para-athlete and Syrian refugee who is pursuing her passion for table tennis and has ambitions to represent Canada one day.

Documentary | 24 min

Dima's Game

Food can teach us love and bring people together. But for Tammara Soma, a food professor, food was originally a source of pain. Join her journey to learn about the healing power of food.

Season 23 | Food Is My Teacher

Absolutely Canadian

A collection featuring the stories of Islamic Heritage. 

The final season. Season 3 episodes 5 & 6 now streaming.

Six Muslim women talk about what shapes their identities. 

Stream the Oscar nominated film by Nora Twomey.

The secret behind a mysterious man & his beloved mint plant.

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