Pride Month with the National Film Board of Canada
The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) will be offering a selection of films exploring the multitude of 2SLGBTQI+ realities and experiences in Canada and abroad
Starting June 1 | Pride Month
The NFB is featuring a wide range of stories about identity, family, community and everyday life. The sweeping 42-film 2SLGBTQI+ channel includes such classics as Aerlyn Weissman and Lynne Fernie’s landmark Forbidden Love: The Unashamed Stories of Lesbian Lives, along with recent award winners like Diane Obomsawin’s animated short I Like Girls and Sheona McDonald’s short doc on a mother and child navigating the complexities of gender identity together, Into Light.
Starting June 12 | Online premiere
Featuring Alaskan Tlingit carver Wayne Price and francophone Yukon artist Halin de Repentigny, Fritz Mueller’s Voices Across the Water follows two master boat builders as they practise their art.
nfb.ca will also feature a Director’s Note from Mueller about the film, starting June 22.
Starting June 16 | Online premiere
Directed by Tanya Tagaq and Chelsea McMullan (Sundance selection My Prairie Home), Ever Deadly weaves concert footage with stunning sequences filmed on location in Nunavut, seamlessly bridging landscapes, stories and songs with pain, anger and triumph—all through the expressions of avant-garde Inuk throat singer Tagaq, one of the most innovative musical performers of our time.
