Ladies of good families and social standing come to have their afternoon tea with their daughters who will someday follow in the same tradition. A charming portrait of a time that is slowly disappearing.
In the past 20 years, some 300,000 English-speaking people have left Montréal, convinced they had no future in a Québec that had become increasingly French, increasingly nationalistic. In this video we meet some of the people who are moving away and recall the days, in the last century, when there were more English-speaking people than French in Montréal. The video poses a controversial question: Will the city, with its youth leaving in great numbers, become a community of the elderly, unable to renew itself?
After a storm Montreal gets fully covered by snow
MAURICE reveals the famous #9 of the Montreal Canadiens like never before. Through never-before-seen archival footage shot over 35 years, this documentary offers exclusive access to the man behind the Rocket myth. Designed by Serge Giguère and Robert Tremblay, who died before completing this project, MAURICE paints an intimate and authentic portrait of Maurice Richard, well beyond his exploits on the ice rink. More than a hockey player, he embodies the perseverance and hope of a people, forever marking Quebec culture.
Two teens become romantically involved as they train for a skating championship.
How can Minnesota, the State of Hockey, lose a professional hockey team? This documentary pieces together what prompted the Minnesota North Stars to relocate to Texas in 1993 through interviews with former players, team employees and fans.
Every day, on the streets of Canada's cities, we pass them on our way to work or school. Bums, beggars, winos, bag people we call them. But who is the person at the end of that outstretched arm? What is life on the street really like? Is there a way off the street? For six years, director Daniel Cross followed the lives of three homeless men who spent much of their time in and around a Montreal subway station. Filmed in a cinema verité style, the film is unique: it humanizes the homeless, breaking down the barrier between us and them, neither moralizing nor offering easy answers. This is a gritty, compelling look at life on the streets that moves beyond the media stereotypes to show both the humanity of the homeless and the street-toughened aspects of their existence.
A look at the bizarre history of the defunct NHL team: The California Golden Seals. (1967-76) Famous for their white skates and losing record, the club tried desperately to compete, only to face an almost unbelievable string of obstacles.
This short documentary profiles a group of men from the Toronto Lakeshore Oldtimers Hockey Club. Although middle-aged, they still play the game with as much energy and passion as they did 25 years ago. They claim that playing hockey is more fun now than it was when they were kids, despite the toll of aches and pains, injuries, gruelling schedules and late-night partying. Cares and responsibilities are cast aside once they are on the ice, and the locker room becomes a haven of uncomplicated camaraderie and fun. In refusing to grow old gracefully, they feel they won't grow old at all!
A documentary about Kari Aro, the distinctive manager of Koho -hockey-stick factory, whose visions were to change the world. Story about the fairy-tale -like success, the destructive power of money and Aro's faith in goodness of people.
The New Jersey Devils' combination of strength, skill, veteran leadership and timely goaltending brought them their second Stanley Cup Championship in six seasons. The "Beast of the East" operated like a finely tuned machine in the playoffs with Jason Arnott, Petr Sykora and Patrik Elias forming an unstoppable offensive line, Martin Brodeur providing key goaltending and powerhouse Scott Stevens delivering bone-crushing body-checks. Relive the New Jersey Devils' thrilling journey towards the Stanley Cup, as they marched through the Folorida Panthers and Toronto Maple Leafs, then rallied from a 3-1 series deficit to defeat the Philadelphia Flyers and win the Eastern Conference Final. This video brings you the behind the scenes drama and never before seen footage, as the New Jersey Devils defeat the defending Stanley Cup Champions Dallas Stars in a grueling series that lead the Devils back to Heaven.
Relive the New Jersey Devils' historic first NHL Stanley Cup Championship with this unique look at their 1995 title run led by playoff MVP and Conn Smythe winner Claude Lemieux. Experience the emotion, the drama, and the memorable moments as you follow the determined Devils' meteoric rise to hockey heaven. See the New Jersey Devils knock off Cam Neely and the Boston Bruins, dispose of Jaromir Jagr and the Pittsburgh Penguins, and finally Eric Lindros and the Philadelphia Flyers before facing the high-flying Detroit Red Wings in the Stanley Cup Championship. With its breath taking highlights, exclusive behind-the-scenes footage and player interviews, this video will bring you all the action from the opening face-off to the championship celebration!
In this modern day version of 'Romeo and Juliet,' a rising hockey star and a figure skater with a bright future fall in love. However, they find themselves on opposite sides of the rink due to the fierce rivalry between their parents.
Peter Forsberg: Välkommen till Foppaland
A story about the emotions that hockey brings, the behind-the-scenes world of Latvian hockey and its place on the world hockey map, and how young boys become hockey players. A story about Latvian hockey today and its future prospects. The filmmakers traveled to Canada, Russia, Switzerland, and Scandinavia to meet with Zemgus Girgensons, Teodors and Valentīns Bļugers, the Rēdlihs family, Elvis Merzļikins, Rodrigo Laviņš, Bob Hartley – players, coaches, and hockey families. The creative team behind Born for Hockey seeks answers to the question of what it takes to become a good player in Latvia and around the world. How do hockey players who have already earned their place remember their first years in hockey? How do their parents and coaches remember them? How does the battle for a place in the arena unfold?
Brothers for life - mémoires d'une saison
Follows the Edmonton Oilers through the 1986-87 NHL Hockey season, as they battle towards their third Stanley Cup.
Století Dynama
La langue est donc une histoire d'amour
This documentary let us to relive the challenge of the men behind the 1967 Universal Exposition in Montréal, Canada. By searching trough 80,000 archival documents at the national Archives, they managed to bring light on one of the biggest logistical and political challenges that were faced by organizers during the "Révolution Tranquille" in the Québec sixties. Includes the accounts of the Chief of Advertising Yves Jasmin, and businessman Philippe de Gaspé Beaubien.