Priory: The Only Home I've Got

The Last Chinese Laundry

1987

A documentary from 1987 featuring the life of early Chinese immigrants to the island of Newfoundland.

No Found Land

2023

A portrait film of Little Bay Islands, Newfoundland and Labrador's latest resettlement project.

Puffin Patrol

2015

“Puffin Patrol” takes viewers into the world of the Atlantic puffin. Travel to remote locations where the puffin’s unique migration patterns and feeding habits are being studied. See where puffin populations are at risk and meet the biologists who study the bird’s greatest stressors. Follow the people of Witless Bay, Newfoundland as they rescue lost and confused pufflings from the roadside and see how this simple task teaches us about environment.

Eye of the Storm

1997

A documentary about Nain, a Labrador Inuit community located near the world's largest nickel and copper deposits. As commercial mining interests prepare to exploit the resources, local residents consider the potential environmental and cultural impact. Meanwhile longstanding Aboriginal land claims are unsettled.

William Wells Talks About The Island

1967

William Wells defends the viability of Fogo Island and expresses his apprehension about the exodus of young people.

The Mystery of Bay Bulls

1979

A film on the "SAPPHIRE", the oldest identified wreck in Canadian waters. Parks Canada's underwater archaeology team is responsible for the excavation of the three-hundred-year-old frigate.

Therapy Below Zero

2025

'Therapy Below Zero', is a riveting new documentary filmed in Newfoundland and Labrador. Audiences are plunged into the icy depths of a revolutionary treatment that's transforming lives - cold water therapy.

Along Newfoundland's Shores

1962

This short documentary includes three vignettes about life off the coast of Newfoundland. In Island of Birds, we visit Green Island, a sea bird sanctuary where puffins frolic. In Caplin Harvest, little silvery fish called caplin spawn by washing ashore along the waves, making an easy catch for fishermen. In Outports on the Move, off-shore houses are pried loose from their foundation and floated to the Newfoundland mainland, where schools, hospitals, stores and services are available to the community.

Danish Seining

1953

An instructional film profiling the dragnet fishing technique as practiced by Danish sailors.

Another Man’s Treasure

One man's hat is another man's treasure when it comes to the importance and significance of saving items of historic value.

The Power Of Music - Darrell's Story

2022 · ★ 10

Ben Power interviews his father, Darrell Power of Great Big Sea, and asks what it was like on the road, being away from his family, and how being in one of the most memorable Newfoundland bands shaped his life.

The Little Church That Could

2022 · ★ 10

Amidst a mostly Catholic community, a small tiny Anglican church offers more to the community of Placentia than people may think, and holds many connections and history to the rest of the world.