Peter Raymont Movies

Magic in the Sky investigates the impact of television on the Inuit people of the Canadian Arctic. The film also documents the establishment of the...

An extraordinary mother–daughter documentary story, their escape from war-torn Vietnam, a birth on a sinking ship, a heroic rescue at sea, and...

This feature documentary offers an incisive look at Canadian politics at the 1976 Progressive Conservative Party leadership convention. Cape Bretoner...

Made up of excerpts from animation films made at the Cape Dorset animation workshop, interspersed with live-action footage of modern-day Cape Dorset....

The famed painter reinvents representation of the Canadian landscape before disappearing in mysterious circumstances.

A feature documentary about Paul Shaffer, best known David Letterman’s longtime sidekick and Late Show bandleader.

Lumsden, Saskatchewan is a town of 850 citizens on a river called the Qu'Appelle. In the spring of 1974, the river doubled its volume and threatened...

Native control of education is explored in THE LEARNING PATH. Director Todd, a Metis, introduces Edmonton elders Ann Anderson, Eva Cardinal, and...

The James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement of 1975, hailed by governments as a model for future land claims and self-government settlements - is...

This documentary examines the media's coverage of the Canadian federal election of May 1979. Filmed over a 3-week period, it takes a fascinating look...

A legal clinic is formed in inner city Montreal.

Mosha Michael made an assured directorial debut with this seven-minute short, a relaxed, narration-free depiction of an Inuk seal hunt. Having...

This film demystifies the complex but fascinating world of the investment business. We are given a privileged view of one of Canada's largest...

An impressionistic exploration of the spirit that informed the solitary life of one of Canada's most celebrated and irrepressible painters. Emily...

The human side of town planning, as exemplified in Baltimore, Maryland. The Coldspring Project concerned a proposed housing development for lower and...

Filmed at great personal risk, this documentary exposes the plight of "the last tribe of Israel", the Falashas of Ethiopia. They are persecuted by...

This feature film is a documentary portrait of Joseph Idlout, a man who was once the world's most famous Inuit. Unknown to most Canadians today,...

Exploration of the fascinating life of the controversial arctic anthropologist and explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson, this documentary includes the...

Mosha Michael's third film follows six Inuit hunters from Frobisher Bay, N.W.T. setting out on a spring whale hunt. Once again, Michael documents the...

Tomson Highway: Permanent Astonishment, inspired by his award-winning memoir Permanent Astonishment, follows Highway's extraordinary life, from his...