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Index of Video Reviews
AUDIO TAPES | CD-ROMS
Alphabetical by Title
 Abegweit - The Confederation Bridge: A Marvel of Canadian Engineering.
- Serge Morin (Director). Pierre Bernier and Diane Poitras (Producers).
- Review by Joan Payzant.
- Grades 9 and up / Ages 15 and up.
- A.J. Casson: The Only Critic is Time.
- Michael Morningstar (Director). Michael Morningstar, Paul Caulfield and Don Haig (Producers).
- Review by Ann Stinner.
- Grades 9 and up / Ages 14 and up.
- All the Right Stuff.
- Connie Littlefield (Director). Mike Mahoney (Producer). Don Haig and Marilyn Belec
(Executive Producers).
- Review by Darleen Golke.
- Grades 6 - 12 / Ages 11 - 18.
- Alternate Route.
- Directed by Denise Withers. Produced by Chantal Bower.
- Review by Katie Cook.
- Grades 10 and up / Ages 14 and up.
- Apeman
Episode Three: It's All in the Mind.
- Review by Duncan Thornton.
- Grades 7 - 13 / Ages 11 - Adult.
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Apeman
Episode Four : Science and Fiction.
- Review by Duncan Thornton.
- Grades 7 - 13 / Ages 11 - Adult.
- Barbed Wire and Mandolins.
- Nicola Zavaglia (Director), Sam Grana (Producer).
- Review by Ian Stewart.
- Grades 9 - 12 / Ages 14 - 18+.
- Beating the Streets
- Lorna Thomas (Director). Tom Jackson (Narrator). Lorna Thomas and Jerry Krepakevich
(Producers).
- Review by Joanne Peters.
- Grades 9 and up / Ages 11 and up.
- Beauty Begins Inside.
- Review by Donna Peters-Small.
- Grades 6 - 7 / Ages 11 - 12.
- The Bomb under the World:
Part One ofThe Human Race: A Species at the Crossroads.
- Review by Duncan Thornton.
- Grades 9 - 13 / Ages 14 - Adult.
- Born Hutterite.
- Bryan Smith (Director), Graydon McCrea, Dale Phillips, Bryan Smith,
Jim Warner, Jerry Krepakevich (Producers).
- Review by Katie Cook.
- Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up.
- Canada Remembers:
- Vol. 1, Turning the Tide: 1939 to D-Day.
- Vol. 2, The Liberators: D-Day to the Rhine.
- Vol. 3, Endings and Beginnings: 1945.
- Review by Ian Stewart.
- Grades: 10 - 13 / Ages 14 - Adult.
- Caught in the Net: Exercising Caution and Critical Thinking on the Internet.
- David Tennant (Director). Nathan Neumer, Lori Roth & George Johnson (Producers).
- Review by Dave Jenkinson.
- Grades 7 and up / Ages 12 and up.
- Champions of the Wild. Part 11: Swift Foxes.
- Christian Bruyere (Director).
- Review by Betsy Fraser.
- Grades 3 - 9 / Ages 7 - 14.
- Champions of the Wild. Part 10: Dolphins.
- Andrew Gardner and Jack Silberman (Directors).
- Review by Betsy Fraser.
- Grades 4 - 7 / Ages 8 - 12.
- Champions of the Wild. Part 5: Humpbacks.
- Anthony Perzel (Director).
- Review by Betsy Fraser.
- Grades 4 - 9 / Ages 8 - 13.
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Champions of the Wild
Series.
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- Part 1: Sharks.
- Part 7: Lemurs.
- Part 13: Orangutans.
- Christian Bruyere & Ian Herring (Producers, Omni). George Johnson
(Producer, NFB). Michael Chechik (Executive Producer, Omni).
- Review by Joan C. Simpson.
- Grades 4 and up / Ages 9 and up.
Champions of the Wild. Part 12:
Right Whales.
Chris Aikenhead (Director).
Review by Betsy Fraser.
Grades 5 - 9 / Ages 10 - 14.
Champions of the Wild. Part 3:
Grizzlies.
Christian Bruyere and Ian Herring (Producers).
Review by Betsy Fraser.
Grades 9 and up / Ages 15 and up.
Children of Jerusalem:Yehuda, Tamara, Asya, Yacoub, Neveen.
Directed by Beverly Shaffer.
Review by Ian Stewart.
Grades 5 - 13 / Ages 10 - 18.
Children Speak.
Bozenna Heczko and Georgine Strathy (Directors and Animators), and Mary Page (Producer).
Review by Katie Cook.
Grades 4 and up / Ages 11 and up.
Children Speak.
Bozenna Heczko & Georgine Strathy (Directors). Barrie McLean and Marcy
Page (Producers).
Review by Brian Rountree.
Grades Preschool and up / Ages 5 and up.
Chimpanzees of Uganda. (Champions of
the Wild Series).
Andrew Gardner (Director). Christian Bruyere (Producer). Michael
Chechik (Executive Producer).
Review by Luella Sumner.
Grades 3 and up / Ages 8 and up.
Chore Wars.
Review by Lorrie Andersen.
Grades 10 - 13 / Ages 15 - 18.
Circles: It's about Justice. It's about
Healing.
Shanti Thakur (Director). Mark Zannis (Producer).
Review by Joanne Peters.
Grade 10 and up / Ages 15 and up.
Creatures of the Sun: A Natural History of the Painted Turtle.
Susan Trow (Director), Tim Latchem & Kent Martin (Producers).
Review by Katie Cook.
Grades 4 and up / Ages 11 and up.
A Cut Above:
My Grandfather Was a Logger.
Directed by Karen Bastgailis.
Review by T.S. Causabon.
Grades 9 and Up / Ages 13 and Up.
The Dancing Game.
Christa Schadt (Director). Elliott Halpern, Simcha Jacobovici and Gerry Flahive (Producers).
Review by Luella Sumner.
Grades 8 and up / Ages 13 and up.
The Danger Tree.
John McGreevy (Director), Janice Tufford & Marilyn A. Belec
(Producers).
Review by Katie Cook.
Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up.
David With FAS.
Directed by Gil Cardinal.
Review by Katie Cook.
Grades 10 - 12 / Ages 14 and up.
Defying the Law.
Marta Nielsen Hastings (Director). Marta Nielsen Hastings, David
Wesley and Michael Allder (Producers).
Review by Luella Sumner.
Grades 8 and up / Ages 13 and up.
Dinner for Two/Dîner Intime.
Janet Perlman (Director), Barrie Angus McLean (Producer).
Review by Deborah L. Begoray.
All grades / All ages.
Drowning in Dreams.
Tim Southam (Director). Michael Allder (Producer).
Review by Luella Sumner.
Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up.
Elephants. (Champions of the Wild
Series).
Christian Bruyere (Director & Producer). Michael Chechik (Executive
Producer).
Review by Gail Hamilton.
Grades 3 - 6 / Ages 8 - 11.
Energy Choices.
Part 2 of Energy: The Pulse of Life.
Review by Lorrie Andersen.
Grades 7-13 / Ages 12-18.
Ernie's Idea.
Claire Maxwell and Peter Vogler (Directors), Svend-Erik Eriksen and Claire Maxwell (Producers).
Review by Katie Cook.
Grades 1 and up / Ages 6 and up.
 Eurokids.
T.H.A. Media Distributors.
Review by Theresa Yauk.
Grades 5 - 9 / Ages 10 - 14.
The Face of Tutankhamun.
Episode One: ``The Great Adventure."
Review by Duncan Thornton.
Grades 10 - 13 / Ages 14 - Adult.
Fat Chance.
Review by A. Edwardsson.
Grades 11 - 12 / Ages 15 - Adult.
First Nation Blue.
Daniel Prouty (Director), Don Haig and Kent Martin (Producers), Graham
Greene
(Narrator).
Review by Joanne Peters.
Grades 10-12+ / Ages 15-17+.
First Nations: The Circle Unbroken, Videos 5-7.
Lorna Williams and Gary Marcuse (Series Directors). Gary Marcuse and Svend-Erik Eriksen
(Producers).
Review by Joanne Peters.
Grade 4 and up / Ages 9 and up.
Forestry. (Perspectives in Science 2 Series).
Julie Stanfel (Producer).
Review by David Colborne.
Grades 9 - 12 / Ages 14 - 18.
Forgotten Warriors: The Story of Canada's Aboriginal War Veterans.
Loretta Todd (Director), Carol Geddes, Michael Doxtater, Jerry
Krepakevich (Producers).
Review by Ian Stewart.
Grades 9-12 / Ages 14-18+.
Freedom Had a Price.
Producer/Director: Yurij Luhovy.
Review by Patricia Maruschak.
Grades 7 - 13 / Ages 11 - Adult.
Ghosts of the Bay: The Forgotten History of Georgian Bay.
Russel Floren and Andrea Gutsche.
Review by Tom Chambers.
Grades 8 and Up / Ages 12 - Adult.
The Gift of the Grandfathers: Saddle Up for a Ride on the First Nations Rodeo Circuit.
Doug Cuthand (Director). June Morgan and Jerry Krepakevich (Producers).
Review by Joanne Peters.
Grades 7 and up / Ages 12 and up.
Glimmer of Hope.
Charles Konowal (Director). Joe MacDonald (Producer).
Review by Katie Cook.
Grades 12 and up / Ages 17 and up.
Great Northern Forest.
Review by Lorrie Andersen.
Grades 7 - 13 / Ages 12 - 18.
Grizzlies. (Champions of the Wild
Series).
Christian Bruyere and Ian Herring (Directors). Christian Bruyere and
Ian Herring (Producers,
Omni Film Productions Ltd.) and George Johnson (Producer, NFB).
Review by Katie Cook.
Grades 3 and up / Ages 8 and up.
Hands of History.
Directed by Loretta Todd.
Review by Adele Case.
Grades 7 - 13 / Ages 11 - Adult.
Hi-Tech Culture.
Review by Duncan Thornton.
Grades 10-12 / Ages 15 - Adult.
If Only I were an Indian.
John Paskievich.
Review by Charmagne de Veer.
Grades 7 and Up / Ages 11 - Adult.
Intelligence.
Kevin McMahon (Director). Michael McMahon & Gerry Flahive (Producers).
Review by Alexander Gregor.
Grades 11 and up / Ages 16 and up.
In the Name of the Emperor.
Christine Choy and Nancy Tong (Directors). Nancy Tong (Producer).
Review by Ian Stewart.
Grades 8 and up / Ages 14 and up.
Jane Rule...writing.
Lynne Fernie (Coordinating Director). Rina Fraticelli (Producer).
Review by Pat Sadowy.
Grades 11 and up / Ages 16 and up.
Journey to Nunavut: Amarok's Song.
Ole Gjerstad & Martin Kreelak (Directors). Lucie Pageau, Malcolm Guy, Janice Epp & Ole
Gjerstad (Producers).
Review by Harriet Zaidman.
Grades 6 - 12 / Ages 12 - 18.
Journey To Nunavut.
- Amarok's Song.
- The Kreelak Story.
Ole Gjerstad & Martin Kreelak(Directors). Lucie Pageau, Malcolm Guy,
Janice Epp, Ole Gjerstad
and for the NFB, Joe MacDonald (Producers).
Review by Joanne Peters.
Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up.
Keyeye: Making Kids Safe.
Review by Theresa Yauk.
Grades 3 - 7 / Ages 8 - 12.
Land of Hope.
National Film Board 1997.
Review by Tom Dercola.
Grades 9 and up / Ages 14 and up
The Last Harvest.
Review by Duncan Thornton.
Grades 9 - 13 / Ages 13 - Adult.
Leonard Maltin's Animated Favorites from the National Film Board of Canada.
Review by Duncan Thornton.
All ages.
Letters, Words and Stories: Films for Early Readers.
National Film Board of Canada.
Review by Dave Jenkinson.
Grades Preschool - 3 / Ages 4 - 8.
Life in Early Canada.
National Film Board of Canada.
Review by Ian Stewart.
Grades 2-6 / Ages 7-12.
The Living Beach.
Review by Lorrie Andersen.
Grades 7 - 13 / Ages 11 - Adult.
Logging By Rail In Algonquin Park. The Fassett Lumber
Corporation's Fossmill, Ontario Operation. Circa 1930.
Review by Tom Chambers.
Grades 7 and up / Ages 12 and up.
Lost Over Burma: Search for Closure.
Garth Pritchard (Director). Katherine Rankin and Jerry Krepakevich (Producers).
Review by Ian Stewart.
Grades 6 and up / Ages 12 and up.
Louisbourg Under Siege.
National Film Board.
Review by Tom Dercola.
Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up.
Moments of History: Canada
Vignettes.
Review by Ian Stewart.
Grade 2 and up / Ages 7 and up.
Mountain Splendour.
Douglas Steele (Director). Albert Karvonen & Jerry Krepakevich
(Producers).
Review by Betsy Fraser.
Grades 7 and up / Ages 11 and up.
Mr. Bear's Song: The Art and Craft of Making a Book.
Elizabeth Walker (Director). George Johnson (Producer).
Review by Luella Sumner.
Grades 3 and up / Ages 8 and up.
Murder Remembered - Norfolk County 1950.
Robert Fortier (Director). Mark Zannis and Robert Fortier (Producers).
Review by Luella Sumner.
Grades 8 and up / Ages 13 and up.
No Turning Back: The Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples.
Greg Coyes (Director), Carol Geddes, Michael Doxtater, Jerry Krepakevich (Producers).
National Film Board.
Review by Katie Cook.
Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up.
Okimah.
Paul M. Rickard (Director). Germaine Ying Gee Wong (Producer).
Review by Luella Sumner.
Grades 8 and up / Ages 13 and up.
One Divided By Two: Kids and
Divorce.
Joyce Borenstein (Director, Producer, Animator). Edeet Ravel (Writer).
Rhona Bezonsky-Jacobs (Consulting Psychologist).
Review by Katie Cook.
Grades 4 and up / Ages 9 and up.
One Man's Paradise.
John Brett (Director). John Brett and Kent Martin (Producers).
Review by Luella Sumner.
Grades 8 and up / Ages 13 and up.
O'Siem: One Man's Powerful Journey of Healing.
Gillian Darling Kovanic (Director). George Johnson (Producer).
Review by Katie Cook.
Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up.
Packing Heat: Does Safety Come From the Barrel of a Gun?
Wendy Rowland (Director). Sally Bochner & Wendy Rowland (Producers).
Review by Luella Sumner.
Grades 7 and up / Ages 12 and up.
Pandas. (Champions of the Wild: Part 6).
Chris Aikenhead (Director). Christian Bruyere and Ian Herring (Producers).
Review by Betsy Fraser.
Grades 4 - 9 / Ages 8 - 14.
Personal Alarm.
Paula Kelly (Director). Liz Jarvis, Paula Kelly & Joe MacDonald (Producers).
Review by Stephanie Yamniuk.
Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up.
The Petticoat Expeditions Series.
- Part 1: Anna Jameson.
- Part 2: Frances Hopkins.
- Part 3: Countess of Aberdeen.
Helena Bonham Carter (Narrator). Pepita Ferrari (Director). Kent Martin (Producer).
Review by Harriet Zaidman.
Grades 5 - 9 / Ages 11 - 15.
Place of the Boss - Utshimassits.
John Walker (Director). Mike Mahoney, Peter d'Entremont and John Walker (Producers).
Review by Katie Cook.
Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up.
Planet Earth: Caring for Our Environment.
Review by Lorrie Andersen.
Grades 1 - 5 / Ages 5 - 10.
Plumbum Conundrum: Weighing the Health Risks of Toxic Substances in the Environment.
Michael Fukushima (Director). David Verrall (Producer).
Review by Liz Greenaway.
Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 - 18.
Polar Bears. (Champions of the Wild: Part 9).
Ian Herring (Director and Producer). Christian Bruyere (Producer).
Review by Betsy Fraser.
Grades 5 - 9 / Ages 9 - 14.
Project Grizzly (Short Version)
Directed by Peter Lynch. Produced by Michael Allder.
Review by Dave Jenkinson.
Grades 8 and up / Ages 13 and up.
Rain, Drizzle and Fog: An Offbeat Look at St. John's, Newfoundland.
Rosemary House (Director). Kent Martin (Producer).
Review by Alison Mews.
Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up.
Referendum: Take Two / Prise 2.
Stéphan Drolet (Director); Adam Symansky & Jacques Vallée (Producers).
Review by Tom Dercola.
Grades 11 and up / Ages 16 and up.
The Reluctant Deckhand.
Written and Directed by Jan Padgett.
Review by Leslie Millar.
Grades 3 - 6 / Ages 8 - 12.
Resolving Conflict Creatively.
Negotiation, Conflict Mediation.
Review by Gary Sova.
Grades 7 - 12 / Ages 12 - 17.
Rosies of the North.
Kelly Saxberg (Director). Joe MacDonald (Producer).
Review by Joan Payzant.
Grades 9 and up / Ages 14 and up.
Round The Twist (Series 1) Cabbage Patch Fib.
Australian Childrens Television Foundation.
Review by A. Edwardsson.
Grades 7 - 9 / Ages 11 - 14.
Run, Sockeye, Run: The Life Cycle of the Sockeye Salmon.
Diana French.
Review by Janice Foster.
Grades 4 - 10 / Ages 9 - 14.
School's OUT! Confronting Homophobia in High Schools.
Directed by Lynne Fernie. Produced by Rina Fraticelli.
Review by Dave Jenkinson.
Grades 7 - 12 / Ages 12 - 18.
Some Kind of Arrangement.
Ali Kazimi (Director). Geeta Sondhi (Producer).
Review by Darleen Golke.
Grades 9 - 12 / Ages 14 - 18.
Spudwrench: Kahnawake Man.
Alanis Obomsawin (Director & Producer).
Review by Joanne Peters.
Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up.
The Story of Rosy Dock.
Written and Directed by Jeannie Baker.
Review by Diane Fitzgerald.
All ages.
Storyteller: Michael Arvaarluk Kusugak.
Written and Directed by Joanne Culley.
Review by Gail Lennon.
All ages.
Strangers in the House:
Television and Our Children.
Marke Slipp and Penny Ritco (Directors). Penny Ritco and Jerry
Krepakevich (Producers).
Review by Elizabeth Greenaway.
Grade 5 and up / Ages 10 and up.
Sunrise Over Tiananmen Square.
Shui-Bo Wang (Director). Donald McWilliams and Barrie Angus McLean
(Producers).
Review by Dave Jenkinson.
Grades 8 and up / Ages 13 and up.
Superior: Under the Shadow of the Gods.
Barbara Chisholm & Andrea Gutsche (Directors). Russell Floren & Barbara Chisholm
(Producers).
Review by Ian Stewart.
Grades 8 and up / Ages 14 and up.
Surviving Death: Stories of Grief.
Elizabeth Murray (Director). Gillian Darling Kovanic (Producer).
Review by Luella Sumner.
Grades 11 and up / Ages 16 and up.
Taking Charge. (Teens Against Violence Collection).
Claudette Jaiko (Director). Chantel Bowen (Producer). Ginny Stikeman and Josee Beaudet
(Executive Producers).
Review by Tom Knutson.
Grades 12 and up / Grades 7 and up.
Tarantulas. (Champions of the Wild
Series).
Andrew Gardner (Director). Christian Bruyere (Producer). Michael
Chechik (Executive
Producer).
Review by Gail Hamilton.
Grades 2 - 6 / Ages 7 - 11 (Tarantulas).
Through Wolf Eyes: The Story of a Gray Wolf.
Review group led by Brian Rountree.
Grades 4 - 6 / Ages 8 - 11.
The Tibetan Book of the Dead.
National Film Board.
Review by Ian Stewart.
International Baccalaureate / Ages 18 and Up.
Toronto: Stories from the Life of a City.
Review by Kathleen Kellet-Betsos.
Grades 8 - 13 / Ages 12 - Adult
Totem Talk.
Anne Frazier Henry (Director). Anne Frazier Henry & George Johnson (Producers).
Review by Joanne Peters.
Grades 5 - 9 / Ages 10 - 14.
Turning Away.
Kenton Vaughan and Craig Chivers (Directors). Kenton Vaughan, Craig Chivers
and Silva Basmajian (Producers).
Review by Tom Knutson.
Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up.
Twixt Heaven and Earth.
Donna Caruso (Director & Producer). Joe MacDonald (Producer).
Review by Betsy Fraser.
Grades 9 and up / Ages 14 and up.
The Un-Canadians.
Len Scher (Director). Joanne Muroff Smale and Michael Allder (Producers).
Review by Katie Cook.
Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up.
Under the Willow Tree: Pioneer Chinese Women in Canada.
Dora Nipp (Director), Margaret Wong (Producer).
Review by Valerie Nielsen.
Grades 9 and up / Ages 14 and up.
Under Wraps. A Film About Going With the Flow.
Teresa MacInnes (Director/Producer), Penny Wheelwright (Producer/Writer), Jennifer Torrance (NFB Producer).
Review by Valerie Nielsen.
Grades 11 and up / Ages 16 and up.
Urban Elder.
Robert S. Adams (Director). Robert S. Adams & Peter Starr
(Producers).
Review by Joanne Peters.
Grades 9 and up / Ages 13 and up.
Voices of Change.
Lyn Wright & Barbara Doran (Directors). Keith Clarkson & Silva Basmajian (Producers).
Review by Stephanie Yamniuk.
Grades 11 and up / Ages 17 and up.
The Washing of Tears.
Written and directed by Hugh Brody.
Review by Thomas F. Chambers.
Grades 11 and Up / Ages 16 to Adult.
When the Dust Settles/Et la Poussière Retombe.
Louise Johnson (Director), Barrie Angus McLean (Producer).
Reviews by Deborah L. Begoray and Katie Cook.
All grades / All ages.
You Can't Beat A Woman!
Gail Singer (Director). Joe MacDonald and Gail Singer (Producers).
Review by Stephanie Yamniuk.
Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up.
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