TVO Docs

Travel back to 1967 for Toronto’s very first #Caribana Festival in #TVOOriginal Play It Loud!, now streaming: youtube.com/watch?v=Q_uq6t… Plus, don’t miss the premiere of the brand-new doc #TVOOriginal Carnival: They Can’t Steal Our Joy later this month: youtube.com/watch?v=iH4K0u…

Tom Hanks owns more than 300 typewriters and still uses them almost every day. "California Typewriter" is a documentary portrait of artists, writers, and collectors who remain loyal to the typewriter as a tool and muse. Stream now: youtube.com/watch?v=EKjdkU…

Revisiting three standout moments when Elwy Yost elevated the art of movie‑watching. 🎥 Stream #TVOOriginal “Magic Shadows, Elwy Yost: A Life in Movies”: youtube.com/watch?v=-OMDsO… #saturdaynightatthemovies #elwyyost

#TVOOriginal “Crush: Message in a Bottle” documents a year in the life of artisanal winemakers and growers in Niagara, a growing fine wine region. 🍇 Explore this and more stories as diverse as Canada by downloading the TVO Today mobile or SmartTV app! tvo.org/tvo-anytime-an…

Step inside the rhythm of #TVOOriginal “Carnival: They Can’t Steal Our Joy,” a documentary that returns Carnival to its 19th‑century origins in emancipation and follows its pulse into the present. Premieres Sunday, July 27 at 9PM on TVO.

“Manufacturing the Threat” is a thrilling and emotional film which examines a deeply disturbing episode in Canadian history, when an impoverished couple was coerced by undercover law enforcement agents into carrying out a terrorist bombing. youtu.be/gmYdtSnduOY?si…

From Elwy Yost’s film conversations on "Saturday Night at the Movies" to inspiring TVOkids programs, @tvo has sparked a love of art for generations. Help keep that spark alive. Your gift to the TVO Arts Education campaign brings inclusive, diverse art resources to classrooms and…

“Manufacturing the Threat” reveals how RCMP agents steered John Nuttall and Amanda Korody into the 2013 Canada Day bomb plot at the B.C. legislature, supplying plans, cash, and fake bombs until a 2016 judge tossed their convictions as police-manufactured terrorism. 🎬: July 10

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This Canada Day, celebrate the sounds that shaped our nation. 'Play It Loud! How Toronto Got Soul' tells the powerful story of how Jamaican music became a vital part of Canadian culture. Stream it now on your favourite device today: tvo.org/tvo-anytime-an…

#TVOOriginal "There Are No Fakes", revealed a booming market in counterfeit Morrisseau paintings. Nearly a decade later, dealer Jim White pleaded guilty in court that he trafficked those fakes, confirming the largest art-fraud case in Canadian history. youtube.com/watch?v=vGB0bw…

After 19 seasons and nearly two decades of nightly public-affairs journalism, ‘The Agenda with Steve Paikin’ airs its final episode tonight. Since 2006, the team at ‘The Agenda’ has been delivering trusted, evidence-based journalism giving Ontarians in-depth coverage of the…

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Artist Jeanine Maes was prosecuted, jailed, and sent to Saint-Jean-de-Dieu asylum by her husband to “cure” her homosexuality. She became the first openly lesbian guest on Québec TV. See her story in “Parade: Queer Acts of Love & Resistance” youtu.be/bPDDu3yYkVo?si…

“Parade: Queer Acts of Love & Resistance” captures pivotal moments that sparked Canada’s 2SLGBTQI+ movement, honouring the activists and elders whose resistance led to the rights we have today. Stream now: youtu.be/bPDDu3yYkVo?si…

What does it mean to preserve bilingualism and create LGBTQ-friendly spaces in northern Ontario? @JamesMHyslop (@Alibi_Ent) of @TVOdocs' "Crossroads" & Michel Gervais (@confusionned) talk to @spaikin about Sturgeon Falls, Franco-Ontarian identity and drag. youtube.com/watch?v=WKzeXN…

Sturgeon Falls once fought for a French high school — now it’s fighting to keep its youth. @spaikin hears from Michel Gervais (@confusionned), and @JamesMHyslop (@Alibi_Ent), producer of the @TVOdocs series "Crossroads: Beyond Boom and Bust. At 8/11pm | Producer: @carrletta

Sturgeon Falls, located on the Sturgeon River, grew from a 19th-century trading post where Francophone, First Nations, and Anglophone settlers exchanged goods and culture. Today, residents draw on that shared past to nurture where it’s headed. youtu.be/KSZFh9E9hQM?si…

The third season of #TVOOriginal Crossroads: Beyond Boom and Bust takes a close look at four vibrant and diverse towns across Ontario. Each community has experienced both booms and busts and is now at a crossroads, facing key decisions about its future. youtu.be/9jEZaer6Xeo?si…

#TVOOriginal “Crossroads: Beyond Boom and Bust” returns! Following four communities as they confront the challenges and possibilities that come with growth, change, and renewal. Featured towns: •Creemore •Sturgeon Falls •Markdale •Elliot Lake Begins June 13th.