Robert Lower Movies

This feature documentary examines its own genre, which has often been called Canada's national art form. Released in the year of the NFB's 75th...

This short documentary explores how the First Nations staple of wild rice is exported as a luxury food thanks in part to bush pilots. Follow the...

This short documentary offers a reflection on the development of the North, where towns are increasingly being remade in the image of the South and...

This documentary focuses on boom-and-bust economic cycles, most notably that of Alberta oil during the '70s and early '80s. When the bust hit after a...

After eighteen years of operating the favourite lunch counter in Manitoba's Interlake region, Ellen and Martin Kihn have retired. A poignant look at...

A documentary about Nain, a Labrador Inuit community located near the world's largest nickel and copper deposits. As commercial mining interests...