CBC Docs POV
(2017)Streaming Episode Guide
Season 5
Born Bad
Episode 2
For over 50 years, thousands of "bad kids” were sent to Ontario's training schools. Four survivors open up about the abuse they experienced.
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Prison Farm
Episode 1
Prison Farm follows a group of inmates as they begin a new farming project within their prison, watching as their efforts with livestock and crops contribute to remarkable rehabilitation.
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Season 4
UFO Town
Episode 11
In the ‘90s, a VHS tape emerged and, with it, a claim that a UFO had crashed in a field near Ottawa. A former teen UFO investigator returns decades later to find out what people saw there.
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Rare Bird Alert
Episode 10
Take a journey across North America with a punk rock birdwatcher who explores how the climate crisis is affecting birds, from the viewpoint of birders.
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Year of the Goat
Episode 9
Five dairy goat breeder families juggle their farms, work and an intensive show season while caring for all of their two — and four-legged — kids.
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There's No Place Like This Place, Anyplace
Episode 8
The beloved and iconic Toronto landmark, Honest Ed’s, is sold to make way for development and an uncertain future.
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World's Biggest Family
Episode 7
A man with 600 half-siblings takes a hard look at the hidden costs of sperm donor anonymity.
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Her Last Project
Episode 6
An extraordinary woman dedicates the last months of her life to educating others about dying with dignity and meaning.
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Company Town
Episode 5
When GM announces it’s closing shop in Oshawa, Ont., an embattled union and its disillusioned workers face the fight of their lives.
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Above the Law
Episode 4
1h 36m
Calgary residents say police brutality tore their lives apart - and the justice system has failed to hold officers accountable.
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The Killing of Phillip Boudreau
Episode 3
The story of a death that tore apart the Nova Scotia community of Isle Madame, a postcard-perfect collection of Acadian fishing villages off the coast of Cape Breton Island.
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#Blessed
Episode 2
Go inside a fast-growing church where 'Pastor Sam' spreads his message of 21st-century salvation to hip, millennial churchgoers as they work their way closer to God.
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Cottagers & Indians
Episode 1
James Whetung is reclaiming his Indigenous right to cultivate wild rice on Ontario’s Pigeon Lake, but local homeowners are furious about large-scale changes in the waterways - so there’s going to be a dust-up.
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Season 3
The Internet of Everything
Episode 12 - 3-22-2020
A disillusioned early adopter & internet evangelist feels a sense of responsibility to engage with the problems the internet has created and wants to see where we went wrong.
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The Art of Downsizing
Episode 11 - 3-08-2020
Three seniors who set out to downsize their homes must learn to let go before they can move on.
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Hockey Mom
Episode 10 - 3-01-2020
Fatma and her son Majed fled Syria for the safety of Toronto, but their troubles are far from over. Hockey Mom looks at what happens after "year one" ends.
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We Will Stand Up
Episode 9 - 2-23-2020
Following the Boushie family’s quest for justice, including Gerald Stanley’s 2nd-degree murder trial, set to begin in the fall of 2017 in the Battlefords.
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Margaret Atwood: Encounters
Episode 8 - 11-14-2019
A look at the private Margaret Atwood. Meet the woman behind the stories.
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Saving Rabbit
Episode 7 - 9-12-2019
An intimate journey into the opioid crisis through the eyes of Peter, a.k.a. 'Rabbit,' a 26-year-old facing addiction and finding his way toward recovery.
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Disruptor Conductor
Episode 6 - 9-05-2019
Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser is an unlikely hero on a mission to create live orchestral shows that are for everyone.
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The Mill
Episode 5 - 8-29-2019
Indigenous and non-Indigenous fishers say "No Pipe;" the pulp mill says "No Pipe, No Mill." Now a 50-year environmental controversy has come to a boiling point in Pictou County, Nova Scotia.
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Never Too Old
Episode 4 - 8-22-2019
Olive Bryanton, 81, is working hard to get a PhD and help change the world for older women in Canada: "a little old lady, I am not!"
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Humboldt: The New Season
Episode 3 - 8-15-2019
A look at how families, survivors and a community are pulling together to heal after the devastating Humboldt Broncos bus crash.
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Town of Widows
Episode 2 - 8-08-2019
Widows and workers in the 'Electric City' of Peterborough, Ont. fight for justice in a system stacked against them.
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Drag Kids
Episode 1 - 7-25-2019
A daring and touching portrait of four kids chasing freedom and friendship through the art of drag.
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Season 2
Modified
Episode 17 - 3-29-2019
A personal and poignant mother-daughter investigative journey that questions why Canada doesn't label genetically modified foods?
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Village of the Missing
Episode 16 - 3-22-2019
How did serial killer Bruce McArthur get away with murdering several gay brown-skinned men in Toronto's gay village?
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My Farmland
Episode 15 - 3-15-2019
A look at the changing face of Canadian farms from the perspective of local farmers, Chinese immigrants, and investors.
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Year of the Gun
Episode 14 - 3-08-2019
A powerful examination of Toronto's escalation in gun violence and its impact on community safety and well-being.
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Mr. Jane and Finch
Episode 13 - 2-22-2019
Winston LaRose, an 80-year-old community activist, inspires a Toronto community to challenge the traditional powers as he runs for political office for the first time.
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Spaceman
Episode 12 - 2-08-2019
B.C.'s Granger Taylor built a spaceship in his backyard. In 1980, he said he was going to space and vanished. What really happened?
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To the Worlds
Episode 11 - 1-18-2019
Mature B.C. women in sparkles and spandex defy doubts, age, and gravity to go for gold in international adult figure skating.
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Pugly: A Pug's Life
Episode 10 - 1-11-2019
Follow the triumphs and struggles of three rescue pugs, and explore the current craze for flat-faced dogs.
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I Think You've Been Looking for Me
Episode 9 - 11-23-2018
An emotional reunion of a mother and her son after 48 years reveals the depths of suffering inflicted by a forced adoption and the power of family ties to overcome them.
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Know I'm Here
Episode 8 - 11-16-2018
In a moment of crisis for the subarctic town of Churchill, Manitoba, Kal Barteski brings together artists from around the world to paint massive murals on the town's neglected buildings.
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Next of Kin
Episode 7 - 11-09-2018
Jacob and Tahylour, impacted by the child welfare system, locate unknown family, finding themselves in the process.
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Shut Him Down
Episode 6 - 11-02-2018
A behind-the-scenes glimpse into the firestorm sparked by professor Jordan Peterson's dismissal of gender-neutral pronouns and his meteoric rise to global fame for denouncing political correctness.
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The Third Dive: The Death of Rob Stewart
Episode 5 - 10-26-2018
Environmentalist and filmmaker Rob Stewart died in a tragic diving accident. What went wrong and who is to blame?
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Band Geeks
Episode 4 - 10-19-2018
Two hundred teens from Burlington prepare to march at the Rose Parade, the pinnacle event for marching bands. The stakes are high and they only have one chance to get it right.
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The Reckoning: Hollywood's Worst Kept Secret
Episode 3 - 10-05-2018
Explore the most explosive scandal in pop culture's history: sexual harassment in Hollywood.
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Prison Pump
Episode 2 - 9-28-2018
A former drug lord makes a fresh start as a fitness entrepreneur with a message as he dodges shadows from his old life.
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14 & Muslim
Episode 1 - 9-21-2018
44m
Follow three Muslim teens as they take their first tentative steps towards adulthood in Canadian high schools.
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Season 1
After the Sirens
Episode 16 - 4-08-2018
First responders describe the long-term effects of what they've witnessed and the need for more support to treat a PTSD epidemic.
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Catwalk
Episode 15 - 4-01-2018
It's Best in Show with whiskers. Meet the felines and fans of the highly competitive cat show circuit in Catwalk.
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Love, Hope, & Autism
Episode 14 - 3-18-2018
An extraordinarily intimate look inside a family as they deal with autism from birth to adulthood, and agonize over what happens next.
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Sweet Dreams for Chiyo
Episode 13 - 2-04-2018
Rhiana and Kaz Ehara's world turns upside-down when their daughter Chiyo is diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes.
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Searching for Winnetou
Episode 12 - 1-28-2018
Ojibway author and humourist Drew Hayden Taylor's quest to understand the roots of the German obsession with Native North Americans.
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The Way Out
Episode 11 - 1-21-2018
A Canadian mother's mission to free her daughter and granddaughters from ISIS.
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The Caregivers' Club
Episode 10 - 1-14-2018
A candid and intimate portrait of three caregivers, each taking care of a spouse or patient with dementia.
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Angry Inuk
Episode 9 - 1-07-2018
Exploring how Inuit hunters in tiny remote communities in the high arctic are negatively affected by animal rights groups protesting against the Canadian east coast seal hunt that happens a thousand kilometers away.
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Skinhead
Episode 8 - 11-26-2017
For 15 years Brad Galloway was at the centre of right wing extremism in Canada. He saw it all and knew all the players but now he's a 'former' and helping the RCMP map the active hate groups.
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Birth of a Family
Episode 7 - 11-19-2017
Three sisters and a brother, removed from their mother's care as part of Canada's infamous Sixties Scoop and adopted as infants into separate families across North America, meet for the first time.
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Inseparable: 10 Years Joined at the Head
Episode 6 - 11-05-2017
Enter the world of ten year old conjoined twins Tatiana and Krista Hogan. They share sight, touch, taste, and may even know what the other is thinking.
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Indictment: The Crimes of Shelly Chartier
Episode 5 - 10-29-2017
A true crime cat-fishing story about a reclusive young woman from a small Manitoba First Nation that made international headlines.
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Sickboy
Episode 4 - 10-15-2017
A terminally ill 29-year old man teams up with his two best friends to create a podcast that openly laughs in the face of serious illness. What started as a joke, quickly turns into an obsession.
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Return to Park Ex
Episode 3 - 10-08-2017
A bittersweet love letter to Montreal's legendary immigrant Park Extension neighbourhood, as seen through the eyes of some lifelong Greek inhabitants, their South Asian neighbours, and a filmmaker.
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Mohamed Fahmy: Half Free
Episode 2 - 10-01-2017
The now pardoned Canadian-Egyptian journalist Mohamed Fahmy struggles to put his life back together after spending 438 days in a Cairo prison.
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Bee Nation
Episode 1 - 9-24-2017
Witness the highs and lows as three inspirational students compete in the first-ever First Nations Provincial Spelling Bee in Canada.
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