The Anatomy of Burlesque

The Anatomy of Burlesque is an adventure into the history of subversive attitude. Here's where high and low forms of burlesque meet at the intersection of common humour and dissent; where the social meaning and physical components of an age old art are explored and celebrated. Traveling across eight hundred years, we map burlesque's evolution from the giants of literature all the way down to music halls, chorus lines,modern burlesque revivals and the explicit comedy performances of the 21st century. (Find out more here)

Welcome to Hogtown, Centre of the Universe. Just kidding, but love it or hate it Toronto is wedged like a thorn into Canada's national psyche. From Muddy York to the modern mega-city, this is a provocative, entertaining series that explores three centuries of remarkable history: The immigrants stumblimg in on hope: The heroes and sports stars carving their names on our hearts: The moral attitudes that jab at the place. (Find out more here.)

Passing the Flame : The Legacy of Women's College Hospital (1999).

Here is courage and unsung heroism; the enduring legacy of Toronto's Women's College Hospital. Imagine the guts it took to open the first medical college for women,
the first hospital; to pry open borders to women's health. (Find out more here.)

Invisible Nation : Policing the Underground (1997).

A riveting, often frightening journey into the cat and mouse world of immigration police and illegal immigrants. Shot over a six month period in Toronto, Canada, the film documents the moral, emotional and legal collision between illegal and investigator. Between hunter and hunted. (Find out more here.)

Abby, I Hardly Knew Ya (1995).

Lindalee Tracey never knew her father. He left in the dim first months of her life, and died a penniless alcoholic. Her childhood was cautioned by his failure and she was taught to bury him long before he died. Still she senses his character in her own, feels his poisons in her blood, sees his face in hers. Fatherless as she is, she is her father's daughter. (Find out more here.)