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Our national broadcaster has many, many documentaries and shows that shine the spotlight on other cultures and peoples. In some cases you may need to create a free account.
Our national broadcaster has many, many documentaries and shows that shine the spotlight on other cultures and peoples. In some cases you may need to create a free account.
The Maritime Bhangra Group are Sikh Bhangra dancers who have settled in Halifax. They have become a viral sensation across this country as their video dances have been seen over 25 million times.
Ade Adepitan embarks on the first leg of his journey around Africa.
Bollywood: The World's Biggest Film Industry
Anita Rani has exclusive access to the largest Bollywood films and stars to reveal the extraordinary stories and secrets behind the biggest film industry on earth.
Cazhhmere is a proud Canadian. Her ancestors were among the first black settlers to come to Canada in the 1600s - her family has spent hundreds of years weaving itself into the fabric of our nation. Despite this deep history, Cazhhmere is constantly questioned about where she is originally from. Cazhhmere sets out to change your perception of what a multi-generational Canadian family looks like.
Insects are a great source of protein and nutrients and are eaten by an estimated two billion people worldwide. Bugs on the Menu travels to countries where this practice is common.
Breaking Free: Rahaf's Escape to Canada
Saudi teenager Rahaf Mohammed’s dramatic escape from her family and the Saudi state with exclusive never-before-seen footage from inside her hotel room as she barricaded herself inside
Blind Spot: What Happened to Canada's Aboriginal Fathers?
The issue of absent fathers in Canada's aboriginal communities is explored through the eyes of a 16 year old First Nations boy who is soon to become a parent.
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.
Travel to over 35 mostly European cities with comedian Richard Ayoade and a celebrity guest as they spend 48 hours in a popular city to discover the must-see tourist attractions.
Sarain and Kris delve into the bigger questions of culture and how it shapes who they are as Indigenous people. They sit down with Cultural Program Manager Michael Etherington.
Exploring the complex and enduring history of Japanese gardens in western Canada through the life of famed garden designer Roy Tomomichi Sumi, with gardens in Lethbridge, Vancouver and New Denver.
New from CBC Arts, we profile ten Canadian artists from different cultural backgrounds, exploring their identity through dance, music, poetry, visual and performance art, and how they are redefining and reshaping Canadian art.
In this new six-part series, Jamie Oliver is travelling to some of the healthiest places in the world to uncover the secrets of how people there live longer and healthier lives.
Facing Injustice: The Relocation of Japanese Canadians to Manitoba
After unearthing the truth about their family history, Japanese Canadians who were relocated to rural Manitoba during the Second World War seek justice. Narrated by David Suzuki (Manitoba).
When a father of five buys land in Kandahar, Saskatchewan, his kids are surprised at their unusual inheritance revealing generational differences and differing views of what it means to be Canadian.
Follow three Muslim teens as they take their first tentative steps towards adulthood in Canadian high schools.
Interrupt this Program explores the underground art scenes of cities under pressure, with point-of-view docs that feature artists working amid tension, dissent or political unrest.
Kareena & Kasey's Foreign Flavours
MasterChef winners Karena and Kasey Bird step outside their comfort zone to brave an ambitious global gastronomic journey.
Follow Edward Burtynsky through China as he photographs the country’s massive industrial revolution. It leads us to meditate on our impact on the planet, and shifts our consciousness about the world and the way we live in it.
Skindigenous explores one of the oldest art form and its relationship to Indigenous culture around the world; tattooing.
The Town at the Top of the World
Life in Canada's northernmost community depends on a supply ship that comes just once a year.
Every new Canadian has a story. “Becoming Canadian” travels to citizenship ceremonies right across the country to capture some of those stories.
Nadiya Hussain makes a surprising discovery about her DNA which sees her travel solo for the first time, exploring the people, places, and food of Thailand, Cambodia, and Nepal.
Antarctica: The Journey to the End of the Earth
Antarctica: the harshest and coldest place on the planet. There are no bustling cities here, only endless snowfields surrounded by giant glacierss
Anthropologist Dr. Niobe Thompson is travelling the world to tell the story of the human odyssey. With cutting-edge camera technology and a team of adventure cinematography specialists, this three-part series explores how new discoveries are redrawing our knowledge of human origins.
An elderly Chinese can collector strikes up an unexpected friendship with a house full of friends in East Vancouver.
Is a new wave of innovators and entrepreneurs transforming China, and the world? Presenter Reggie Yates travels to Shenzhen, China's 'City of the Future.'
Go undercover to reveal how the Chinese government is using technology to control and detain China's ethnic Uyghur population - technology that could be exported worldwide.
Life in the City of Dirty Water
Indigenous climate justice activist Clayton Thomas-Müller embarks on an intimate storytelling journey, overcoming trauma, addiction, and incarceration to become a leader for his people and the planet
The series documents the lives of Canadians who live on the natural resources of the eastern coast of the country. They are the stories of people who keep the oldest traditions alive.
In this uplifting, joyful and colourful celebration of life, a young woman calls upon Indigenous people to embrace their history, while coming together to strengthen ties within their communities
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.
Filmmaker Cazhhmere is a 7th-generation black Canadian. Despite this deep history, she's constantly asked to explain where she's from - even though the answer is always "Canada."
Escape from Dubai: The Mystery of the Runaway Princess
The sensational disappearance of Princess Latifa Al Maktoum, daughter of the extremely wealthy ruler of Dubai reveals the realities of life in Dubai, an emirate ruled with absolute authority.
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