Donald Brittain Movies

  • 1976
    Volcano: An Inquiry into the Life and Death of Malcolm Lowry

    Volcano: An Inquiry into the Life and Death of Malcolm Lowry

    Volcano: An Inquiry into the Life and Death of Malcolm Lowry

    5.71976HD

    This feature-length Oscar®-nominated documentary focuses on Malcolm Lowry, author of one of the major novels of the 20th century, Under the...

    Volcano: An Inquiry into the Life and Death of Malcolm Lowry
  • 1965
    Buster Keaton Rides Again

    Buster Keaton Rides Again

    Buster Keaton Rides Again

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    In the fall of 1964, just over a year before his death, Buster Keaton traveled to Canada to make The Railrodder, a short subject that now enjoys a...

    Buster Keaton Rides Again
  • 1978
    Secrets of the Bermuda Triangle

    Secrets of the Bermuda Triangle

    Secrets of the Bermuda Triangle

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    Part documentary/part dramatization, this film details several of the highest-profile unsolved cases of disappearances, mysterious changes in...

    Secrets of the Bermuda Triangle
  • 1968
    Juggernaut

    Juggernaut

    Juggernaut

    01968HD

    In 1968, a convoy set off to transport a Calandria, the 70-ton core of a Canadian nuclear reactor, to Rajasthan in India. Even the largest...

    Juggernaut
  • 1974
    King of the Hill

    King of the Hill

    King of the Hill

    01974HD

    This feature documentary follows one of the greatest Canadian baseball players of all time, Ferguson Jenkins, through the 1972-1973 season. From the...

    King of the Hill
  • 1966
    Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr. Leonard Cohen

    Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr. Leonard Cohen

    Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr. Leonard Cohen

    7.21966HD

    A 1964 documentary portrait of Cohen in his pre-musician days as a poet and stand-up comedian.

    Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr. Leonard Cohen
  • 1978
    The Champions, Part 1: Unlikely Warriors

    The Champions, Part 1: Unlikely Warriors

    The Champions, Part 1: Unlikely Warriors

    01978HD

    In Part 1 of this 3-part documentary series, director Donald Brittain chronicles the early years of Pierre Elliott Trudeau and René...

    The Champions, Part 1: Unlikely Warriors
  • 1981
    The Running Man

    The Running Man

    The Running Man

    01981HD

    A middle-aged family man and high school teacher struggles in silence as he accepts the fact that he is gay.

    The Running Man
  • 1978
    The Dionne Quintuplets

    The Dionne Quintuplets

    The Dionne Quintuplets

    01978HD

    In 1934, Elzire Dionne delivered five identical girls. The Dionne Quintuplets follows Cecile, Emilie, Marie, Yvonne and Annette through twenty-one...

    The Dionne Quintuplets
  • 1989
    The Magical Eye

    The Magical Eye

    The Magical Eye

    01989HD

    Features clips from 21 documentary and animation film classics, interviews with NFB filmmakers past and present, and incisive commentary from film...

    The Magical Eye
  • 1986
    Mobility

    Mobility

    Mobility

    01986HD

    This short documentary examines the complex range of issues affecting urban transport in developing countries. After examining cost and available...

    Mobility
  • 1967
    Memorandum

    Memorandum

    Memorandum

    7.21967HD

    A Jewish Holocaust survivor travels through Germany recalling scenes from his memory. This documentary follows a Holocaust survivor in 1965 on an...

    Memorandum
  • 1966
    A Trip Down Memory Lane

    A Trip Down Memory Lane

    A Trip Down Memory Lane

    5.91966HD

    A Trip Down Memory Lane is a 1965 experimental collage film by Arthur Lipsett, created by editing together images and sound clips from over fifty...

    A Trip Down Memory Lane
  • 1983
    The Accident

    The Accident

    The Accident

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    Everything seems normal at a hockey arena until the roof, straining under the weight of the ice and snow that has built up, finally gives way,...

    The Accident
  • 1967
    What on Earth!

    What on Earth!

    What on Earth!

    6.21967HD

    The Martians speculate on the nature of Earth's apparent dominant life form, automobiles.

    What on Earth!
  • 1978
    The Champions, Part 2: Trappings of Power

    The Champions, Part 2: Trappings of Power

    The Champions, Part 2: Trappings of Power

    01978HD

    Part 2 of this 3-part documentary series about Pierre Elliott Trudeau and René Lévesque covers the years between 1967 and 1977, a...

    The Champions, Part 2: Trappings of Power
  • 1971
    The Apprentice

    The Apprentice

    The Apprentice

    4.31971HD

    In Montréal, Jean-Pierre is fired on the set of a TV commercial where he's an apprentice technician. He's penniless, behind on his rent, with...

    The Apprentice
  • 1966
    Never a Backward Step

    Never a Backward Step

    Never a Backward Step

    01966HD

    This feature documentary is a profile of Canadian press tycoon Roy Thomson, whose single-minded attention to business brought him riches, power, and...

    Never a Backward Step
  • 1976
    His Worship, Mr. Montréal

    His Worship, Mr. Montréal

    His Worship, Mr. Montréal

    81976HD

    This feature documentary is a fascinating and spirited portrait of the life and times of the legendary Quebec politician and four-time mayor of...

    His Worship, Mr. Montréal
  • 1975
    Whistling Smith

    Whistling Smith

    Whistling Smith

    6.41975HD

    This film is a revealing portrait of a tough cop with a big heart. Sergeant Bernie "Whistling" Smith walks the beat on Vancouver's Eastside, the...

    Whistling Smith