Dennis Sawyer Movies

Joe Kinsella talks about the problem of young people leaving Fogo Island after they finish their education.

This short documentary profiles the uniquely cloistered wildlife of Sable Island, known as the “Atlantic graveyard” due to its...

Two women discuss the roles and problems of women, education, and shopping on Fogo Island.

On Canada's Pacific coast this film finds a young Haida artist, Robert Davidson, shaping miniature totems from argillite, a jet-like stone. The film...

A rollicking Newfoundland party on Fogo Island.

Ex-fisherman Billy Crane in Brampton, Ontario, at an industrial job with regular hours. Here he tells why he left Fogo Island and says he has no...

This short film presents a discussion about the role of merchants on Fogo Island, and of the feasibility of cooperatives.

This short animated film is about Wop May, one of Canada's leading bush pilots in the 1920s.

Filmed on the great Mackenzie River, this short fiction film recreates the amazing voyage of the man who gave his name to it. Following the path...

A film-opera divided into nine segments, Au pays de Zom tells a day in the life of Mister Zom, a capitalist infatuated with his own person, whose...

This short film was created by a group of Indigenous filmmakers at the NFB in 1972 and is essentially a song by Willie Dunn sung by Bob Charlie and...

A look at the relationships among the Fogo Island merchants and fishermen, and at the demoralizing effects welfare has on them.

The Mercer family discusses the pressures that force the young people to leave Fogo Island and their families.

By using film as a means of communication, the people of Fogo Island, Newfoundland, voice some of their daily concerns. In this film, Islander Chris...

By using film as a means of communication, the people of Fogo Island, Newfoundland, voice some of their daily concerns. This film discusses...

Through the use of film as a means of communication, the people of Fogo Island, Newfoundland, voice some of their daily concerns. This film looks at...

A discussion on the methods of fishing, marketing, organization and welfare in Norway, with reference to the situation on Fogo Island.

An outstanding factor in the efficiency of the CANDU reactor employed in Canadian nuclear power stations is that its construction allows for...

Individuals who have moved away from Fogo Island express their opinions on the life and problems of the Island.

A young indigenous man contracts tuberculosis and is sent to the Charles Camsell Indian Hospital in Edmonton. He struggles with the aftereffects of...