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UNSCRIPTED AUTUMN -WINTER 2020-2021
ABOUT CBC & Radio-Canada Distribution is the international content licensing arm of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation - Canada’s English language national public broadcaster and Radio-Canada - Canada’s French language national broadcaster. Driven by the experiences and perspectives of some of the world’s best storytellers, our catalogue of festival selected and award winning titles offers a cinematic journey unlike any other. From forward-thinking artistry, science, and innovation, to never-before- seen natural wonders, and groundbreaking current and historical events; our high-end, factual content pushes boundaries, promotes discourse, and provides a stage for the moments and movements that continue to change the way we think and live. As the global content market continues to evolve, we are excited to be diversifying both our offerings and our approach to content sales. We look forward to forging new ground with our global partners. Explore CBC & Radio-Canada Distribution, where there is a story for everyone.
FRIDGE WARS
FAC T UA L E N T E R TA I N M E N T
Competition, Format | 6 x 44
What happens when two celebrity chefs are
forced to race against the clock and make an
extraordinary meal using only the ingredients
taken from the fridges of two everyday families?
FRIDGE WARS! Hosted by comedian Emma Hunter,
each episode of this cutthroat culinary format begins
in the family’s home where Emma conducts a surprise
fridge raid, taking everything from last week’s leftover
lasagna to the condiments. With the ingredients in hand,
the competition heats up in the studio where two of the
country’s best chefs are given 45 minutes to create a
5-star dish using ingredients they’ve never seen. When
time’s up, the family takes their place at the dining
room table, tasting each meal and scoring them on
look, taste and originality. The results go in the
FRIDGE WARS vault and the competition takes
place again with a new family and another
fridge full of challenging ingredients. With
the scores tabulated, the chefs and families
are brought together to find out which
chef created the most mouth-watering
masterpieces and is named this week’s
FRIDGE WARS champion.
Producer
The Gurin Company / CBC
Distributor
Magnify Media
Original Broadcaster
CBC
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English
Year
2020 3
COMING SOON
WILD CANADIAN
N AT U R E & W I L D L I F E
WEATHER
Nature & Wildlife | 4 x 52 4K
From the award winning natural history filmmaker Jeff Turner
comes an epic new 4k nature series following stories of extreme
weather as it forges the landscape, rules the life cycles of
wildlife, and pushes humans to their limits.
WILD CANADIAN WEATHER explores the ways in which
landscapes, wildlife and people have been shaped by four key
weather elements - Wind, Rain, Cold and Sun. From polar vortex
blizzards to raging forest fires, the natural world has evolved
and adapted to survive under some of the most extreme and
dangerous weather conditions on the planet. This series weaves
together stories of how different species harness the incredible
power of the weather to migrate, hunt, escape danger, and
reproduce.
WILD CANADIAN WEATHER is an intimate and dramatic
exploration of life in one of the most intense and challenging
climates on the planet.
Producer
River Road Films
Original Broadcaster
CBC / The Nature of Things
WATCH
Version
English
Year
2021
4
COMING SOON
REBELLION
DOCS & SPECIALS
Science, Environment | 1 x 52
In the summer of 2018, an unlikely group of citizens each took a stand against the systems that refused to acknowledge the global
warming crisis. REBELLION reveals the moments that sparked a global movement. From 15-year-old Greta Thunberg’s “School
Strike for Climate” outside of the Swedish parliament, to Academy Award winning actress and activist Jane Fonda’s multiple arrests
following her participation in some of the biggest climate change protests in US history, the people’s resistance has been fierce.
Through the streets of Delhi, and up the steps of Congress, REBELLION is the story of a generation marching in revolt.
Producer
Grand Passage Media Inc.
Original Broadcaster
CBC / The Nature of Things
Version
English
WATCH Year
2020
5
COMING SOON
THE COVID CRUISE
DOCS & SPECIALS
Science, Current Affairs | 1 x 52
Everything the world experiences now as we grapple
with the corona virus pandemic happened first on cruise
ships: rapid infection, asymptotic transmission, social
distancing, a tragic and heavy toll on the elderly,
questions of how to test and trace, and dilemmas over
whether to quarantine or not. While many scientists
protested an on board quarantine due to the dangers
posed to passengers, these outbreaks provided
researchers with a crucial early look inside the
behaviour and nature of COVID-19. Told through the
eyes of the cruise passengers, THE COVID CRUISE
investigates the science behind the outbreaks on
several major cruise lines, and how these lessons
continue to affect every one of us today, and for a long
to come.
Producer
Blue Pearl Productions
Original Broadcaster
CBC / The Nature of Things
Version
English
Year
2020 WATCH
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MURDER ON
C R I M E & I N V E S T I G AT I O N
THE FRINGE Crime & Investigation | 6 x 48 or 3 x 96
MURDER ON THE FRINGE takes viewers on a chilling journey
in to some of the most fascinating homicide stories of
the 21st century, committed in society’s most marginalized
communities. This collection of films explores the highly
sensationalized case of a transgender woman attacked
by a client who became unhappy with the terms of their
arrangement; the mysterious murder of an adult film
producer who made a deal that took a deadly turn; and a
stealthy serial killer who went undetected as gay men
continued to go missing in a busy urban neighbourhood.
Each story offers new insights from investigators, never-
before-seen footage of the events leading up to the crimes,
testimony from those closest to the victims, and in some
cases, the accused themselves. These incredible stories
reveal the hardships of marginalized communities looking
for justice and answers as they mourn the loss of their friends
and loved ones.
Producer
Yap Films
Original Broadcaster
WATCH OUTtv
Version
English
Year
2020
7
FEEDING
DOCS & SPECIALS
THE PLANET
Science, Environment | 2 x 40 or 1 x 72
With the world’s population growing rapidly, and climate change
disrupting food quality and availability, scientists are suggesting we
may soon be struggling to feed the planet and protect the environment
at the same time.
This exciting two-part series explores the state of global food security
and what agriculturalists are doing to transform our relationship
with the Earth that feeds us. From nature-friendly farming, and the
promotion of crop diversity, to the range of approaches adapting
agriculture to new climate conditions, FEEDING THE PLANET takes a
look at the tools, technology, and even old world farming methods that
will allow manufacturers to keep growing while also decreasing their
carbon footprint.
Producer
Nova Média
Original Broadcaster
Radio-Canada
Versions
WATCH
French, English
Year
2020
8
TRIMATES
N AT U R E & W I L D L I F E
Nature & Wildlife | 2 x 52 4K
Over 50 years ago, Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey and Biruté Galdikas each
embarked on remote, lonely journeys into the bush to live with our
closest ancestors, the Great Apes. Decades later, they’ve made history,
endured tragedy and inspired a generation of young women who’ve
followed them into the rainforests to study our origins and save a
vanishing world.
Narrated by award-winning actress Sandra Oh (Grey’s Anatomy, Killing
Eve), TRIMATES is a prime-time documentary for the whole family. A tale
of exotic lands, intrepid explorers and majestic creatures.
This is a story of two generations of women: the young pioneers -
Goodall, Fossey and Galdikas - who set out into the jungles over half a
century ago, and the generation who followed their articles, transfixed
by their stories and determined to follow the same distant paths. The
Trimates not only transformed primatology, they helped transform the
possibilities for women in science.
Featuring an original musical score, and up-close and personal
footage filmed by one of the world’s most renowned natural history
cinematographers, this film takes us deep into the jungles and
mountains of Uganda, Borneo and Congo, as we explore the frontiers
of important research and our human origins.
Producer
Grand Passage Media Inc.
Original Broadcaster
WATCH CBC / The Nature of Things
Version
English
Year
2019
9
FIRST ANIMALS
SCIENCE
Science, Archeology | 1 x 52 4K
British Columbia’s mountain peaks were once the
bottom of an ancient ocean. Five hundred million years
later, the fossils of marine life are being discovered.
FIRST ANIMALS tells the story of the Burgess Shale fossils
that have rewritten our understanding of evolution.
Follow renowned paleontologist Dr. Jean Bernard Caron
and his team as they extract the specimens – some
completely brand new to science. The Cambrian Era
finds are then brought back to the museum where
scientists begin trying to interpret what these animals
would’ve looked like and how they behaved. Featuring
incredible 3D renderings that reveal life during
the Cambrian Explosion, FIRST ANIMALS immerses
audiences into a time when animals evolved at a
stunning rate as we explore the dawn of predator-
versus-prey, an era when life got dangerous.
Producer
Red Trillium Films Inc.
Original Broadcaster
CBC / The Nature of Things
Version
WATCH
English
Year
2019
10AN ACCIDENTAL
N AT U R E & W I L D L I F E
WILDERNESS Nature, Science | 1 x 52
What started as a dumping ground for construction waste
became a flourishing green space, home to wildlife great
and small.
Evolving over the course of 60 years, and minutes from the
center of one of North America’s largest cities, this urban
construction waste landfill has become an incredible example
of nature’s restorative will. From coyotes, owls, and beavers, to
turtles, snakes, and several hundred species of bird and flora;
wildlife and vegetation have reclaimed this five-kilometer
urban landscape, melding into the industrial aftermath, and
becoming home to creatures great and small.
AN ACCIDENTAL WILDERNESS explores the evolution of this
lush urban wilderness and offers a vivid account of mankind’s
transformation of the natural world...and a reminder of
nature’s power when left to its own devices.
Producer
Alibi Entertainment Inc.
Original Broadcaster
WATCH CBC / The Nature of Things
Version
English
Year
2020
11NATURE’S
N AT U R E & W I L D L I F E
CLEAN UP CREW
Nature, Science | 1 x 52
To us, it’s garbage. To them, it’s dinner.
There are some busy scavengers who live among us — crafty
critters who share our cities and recycle the mountains of waste
our consumer society leaves behind.
With the help of thoughtful and passionate scientists who have
come to understand and love these creatures, we uncover just
what makes scavengers tick. Debunking some myths along the
way, we learn how they have evolved for this “messy” job, what
benefits they can provide us, and how us humans can work along
side them so they can do their job even better.
Vultures, ants, foxes, opossums and others offer us many
benefits, simply by sharing our space. NATURE’S CLEAN UP CREW
is a cast of vital creatures, each beautiful in their own right.
Without them, we would be drowning in our own refuse and
dealing with many deadly diseases.
Producer
Kensington Communications
Original Broadcaster
CBC / The Nature of Things
Version
WATCH
English
Year
2020
12TOAD PEOPLE
DOCS & SPECIALS
Nature, Science | 1 x 52 or 1 x 26
Amphibians have long been considered an essential component of global
biodiversity. Because of their sensitivity to changes in their environment,
amphibians are particularly good indicators of an ecosystem’s health. A
decline in amphibian population can signal changes in the environment
including the quality of the air, or water - changes which ultimately impact
the other species inhabiting the space, including humans. So when the
Western toad population in a rural Canadian community began to decline,
this issue was not just a cause for concern for residents, but a call to action.
TOAD PEOPLE follows a powerful, community-lead movement to save this
threatened species. From lobbying for the implementation of endangered
species laws, to making structural changes within their communities to
prevent interference in the toads migration, these impassioned citizens have
made it their mission to protect not just the toad habitat, but to preserve
the natural world around them that continues to be impacted by urban
development. TOAD PEOPLE is a story about hope and community, and
reminds us that wildlife conservation starts at our doorstep.
Producer
WATCH George Faulkner Productions Inc.
Original Broadcaster
CBC
Version
English
Year
2017
13THE RECKONING:
DOCS & SPECIALS
HOLLYWOOD’S WORST KEPT SECRET
Current Affairs | 1 x 52 or 1 x 78
Powerful, personal and uncensored, THE RECKONING explores the
most explosive scandal in pop culture’s history: sexual harassment
in Hollywood.
The film begins with an insider’s account of the reign of Harvey
Weinstein, once one of Hollywood’s biggest power brokers, and the
launch of a global movement that led to the evisceration of some
of the biggest players in show business. It features devastating
accounts from a diverse cast and points a spotlight on the
irrefutable facts that propelled these seemingly invincible players
to be protected and their secrets hidden at all costs.
With explosive interviews and rare, never-before-seen footage,
THE RECKONING is the definitive film about the abuse of power in
a complicit culture and the extraordinary message that became a
movement for victims of all walks of life: #metoo.
Producer
Melbar Entertainment Group
WATCH
Original Broadcaster
CBC / Documentary Channel
Versions
English & French
Year
2018 (updated 2020)
14PROSECUTING EVIL:
HISTORY
THE EXTRAORDINARY WORLD OF BEN FERENCZ
History | 1 x 52 or 1 x 82
Canadian Screen Awards Nominee -
Best History Documentary Program or Series
The incredible story of Ben Ferencz—the last surviving Nuremberg
prosecutor and lifelong advocate of “law not war.” After witnessing
Nazi concentration camps shortly after liberation, Ferencz became
the lead prosecutor in the Einsatzgruppen case at Nuremberg,
which has been called the biggest murder trial in history. All
22 Nazi officials tried for murdering over a million Jews were
convicted. Ferencz went on to advocate for restitution for Jewish
victims of the Holocaust and later for the establishment of the
International Criminal Court. Now 100 years old, his fight for justice
for victims of atrocity crimes is stronger than ever.
PROSECUTING EVIL explores Ferencz’s anthem to the world,
underscored by a simple message: “We must live in a world where
the rule of law replaces the rule of force.”
Producer
WATCH Melbar Entertainment Group
Original Broadcaster
Documentary Channel
Version
English
Year
2018
15LAUGHING
SCIENCE
AND CRYING
Science | 1 x 52
The unmistakable sounds of laughing and crying are recognizable
the world over. They are pillars of human communication and social
interaction. Both are the soundtrack to our lives’ most memorable
moments - births, first words, first loves and final losses.
And yet, researchers will tell you when it comes to studying human
behaviour there is nothing as poorly understood as laughs and tears.
Why did we develop these unusual vocal communication techniques?
How uniquely human are these emotional sounds? What can we learn
by studying creatures who can only cry or laugh, you know, babies?
Thankfully, cognitive neuroscientists, psychologists and evolutionary
biologists are exploring the worlds of laughing and crying. Surprisingly,
they’re learning that these behaviours have a lot in common.
Perhaps it really is like Joni Mitchell sang, “...laughing and crying. You
know it’s the same release.”
Producer
Mike Downey and David Well
Original Broadcaster
CBC / The Nature of Things
Version
WATCH
English
Year
2019
16JENSPLAINING
LIFESTYLE
Science, Health | 5 x 26 or 10 x 12
For years, Dr. Jen Gunter, “Twitter’s Gynecologist” (also known
as Gwyneth Paltrow’s worst nightmare) has been taking on the
biggest celebrities in the world and debunking their pseudoscience
health myths. From Yoni Eggs, to Lotus Births, to... Summer Vagina?
(thanks Teen Vogue), Jen knows the Age of Information is now the
Age of Misinformation, and it’s her mission to be a source of truth
to women everywhere. Through her deadpan humour and cutting
edge expertise, Jen helps us understand how these massively
popular products and trends are anything but harmless. Each
episode is a jam packed, bite-sized take down of the exploitative
health and beauty myths that are constantly spewed at women
(and men) from a culture that is obsessed with celebrity over
science. For too long women’s health has often been a taboo
subject, but not anymore.
Producer
Peacock Alley Entertainment Inc.
Original Broadcaster
CBC
WATCH Version
English
Year
2019
17EXPEDITION 58
DOCS & SPECIALS
Space | 2 x 50
Astronaut David Saint-Jacques has just returned to Earth
following a six-and-a-half hour journey, and a six month
mission aboard the Earth-orbiting International Space Station
(ISS). EXPEDITION 58 follows Saint-Jacques as he prepares for,
and returns from, this epic first trip.
A multilingual engineer, family doctor, and astrophysicist,
Saint- Jacques was selected amongst thousands to join the
20th NASA astronaut class. From grueling workouts and
intense simulations, to their final launch into space, learn how
Saint Jacques, his fellow cosmonauts, and their families, get
ready for this incredible journey and find out how he and his
team recover and debrief following their mission.
Featuring highlights from the mission, along with the results
of Saint-Jacques’ research surrounding prolonged exposure
to gravity and its impact on the human brain, EXPEDITION 58
takes viewers on a voyage unlike any other.
Producer
Trio Orange
Original Broadcaster
Radio-Canada
Versions
WATCH
French & English
Year
2020
18TO THE WORLDS
A R T S & C U LT U R E
Arts | 1 x 44
What began as an opportunity for casual, fun exercise
and female bonding, quickly became something
much more intense. TO THE WORLDS follows a team
of “mature”’ figure skaters as they train for, and
compete in, the International Skating Union’s Adult
Figure Skating Competition in Oberstdorf, Germany.
Entering the competition just six months before the
games puts this collective of former athletes, and
skating enthusiasts at a disadvantage. As the clock
ticks down, and the pressure mounts, the skaters find
themselves being pushed to their physical and mental
limits, suffer debilitating injuries, endure crushing
disappointment and confront the still-powerful pull
of parental expectations. “If you want to get a piece
of pure gold, you put it in fire”, says the team’s most
competitive member. Follow these remarkable women
as they defy their years, gravity and sometimes their
doctors as they push themselves to the edge. Described
as competitive skating meets The Real Housewives, this
funny, irreverent and poignant feel-good film is about
crazy dreams and second chances.
Producer
Bountiful Films
Original Broadcaster
CBC
WATCH Version
English
Year
2019
19IN THE MAKING
A R T S & C U LT U R E
Arts | S1 - 2, 16 x 22 or 5 x 52
An immersive journey inside the creative process.
Artists take risks, imagine futures, wrestle with conflicts and
offer new ways of seeing ourselves and the world around us. IN
THE MAKING... showcases an exceptional lineup of creators –
visual artists, filmmakers, musicians, and choreographers – who
have singular approaches and something to say. The series
follows artists in real time – in studio, at home, on stage and
in field – gaining access to intimate spaces and exhilarating
moments of realization. Shot with a mix of hand-held verité
and breathtaking cinematic visuals, IN THE MAKING... pulls back
the curtain, revealing what it means to move through the world
as an artist today.
Producer
White Pine Pictures Inc.
Original Broadcaster
CBC
Version
WATCH
English
Year
2019
20SING ME A LULLABY
DOCS & SPECIALS
Culture | 1 x 29
Ru Wen, was separated from her parents at the age of five. 40 years later
she’s still unable to connect the fragmented memories of her childhood. To
her, survival meant burying her own curiosity to know why she had been
abandoned by her birth family, a curiosity that grew into a silent longing
over time. Masking her pain worked for most of her life, until her youngest
daughter Tiffany started asking questions.
Armed with a pocket translator and a couple of Chinese names scribbled on
a napkin, filmmaker Tiffany Hsiung as she travels to her mother’s to Taipei
searching for answers. What she discovers there begins to reverberate
across her relationships with the women who have come before her.
SING ME A LULLABY unravels the complex tensions between love and
sacrifice. Told through the intertwined journeys of daughters and their
mothers, this is a story about recovering familial history, healing inherited
pain, and understanding that love comes in many forms.
Producer
WATCH Golden Nugget Productions
Original Broadcaster
CBC
Version
English
Year
2020
21ART, DEATH AND TAXES ART IS MY COUNTRY
Short Docs | 8 x 6 Short Docs | 10 x 5
Unpacking the art world’s greatest Artists from different cultural
taboo: money. Eight acclaimed backgrounds explore their identity
artists explore the economics of through dance, music, poetry,
their practice, peeling back the visual and performance art, and
curtain on all the work that goes how they are redefining and
into the work. reshaping their craft.
WATCH WATCH
THIS INK RUNS DEEP MerB’ys
Short Docs | 1 x 16 Short Docs | 1 x 20
Indigenous tattoo artists connect Men in sparkly mermaid tails
with their culture and heal others create a series of playful portraits
by resurrecting their ancestors’ that redefine ideas of beauty and
practices. masculinity.
WATCH WATCH
22LIFE IN THE CITY IN THE SHADOW
OF DIRTY WATER OF THE PINES
Short Docs | 1 x 20 Short Docs | 1 x 8
Indigenous climate justice activist Filmmaker Anne Koizumi explores
Clayton Thomas-Müller embarks the childhood shame she felt about
on an intimate storytelling journey, her Japanese immigrant father, who
overcoming trauma, addiction, and worked as a janitor at her school.
incarceration to become a leader
for his people and the planet.
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ROAD TO ROXHAM FARM CRIME
Short Docs | 1 x 18 Short Docs | 12 x 12
On the outskirts of Plattsburgh, From brazen beehive heists to
New York a taxi industry transports contemporary cattle rustling, this
asylum seekers to the Canadian true crime documentary series
border. Road to Roxham explores investigates unconventional
this closed-off community, and offences in the world of farming
follows Mary Ann Ero, the owner of and agriculture.
“Spanky’s Taxi”.
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23NANCY’S WORKSHOP HOLLIE’S DRESS
Short Docs | 1 x 20 Short Docs | 1 x 24
Once a month, Nancy Falaise closes As 14-year-old Hollie sews her first
the doors of her salon to lead an dress, she faces the decision all
intimate workshop for young girls Mennonite girls must make as they
of colour struggling with their curly reach adulthood.
hair.
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RU-TSU KaYaMenTA
Short Docs | 1 x 14 Short Docs | 1 x 18
Snowboarder Tamo Campos A Cree filmmaker reaches out to the
explores his connection to his strongest and smartest Indigenous
Japanese heritage and activist women she knows to get their
roots with his grandfather David insight into sexuality, ageing,
Suzuki. spirituality and healing.
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24CONTACT
Gwen Jones McCauley
Director, Global Distribution
Cell: 416 312-1380
gwen.jones.mccauley@cbc.ca
Canada
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