documentary CHANNEL PRESENTS AWARD-WINNING DOCUMENTARIES DURING ITS FREE PREVIEW MONTH

This month, documentary Channel presents some of the most cutting edge, award-winning and original documentaries during its free preview month, where digital subscribers coast-to-coast will have unlimited access to the channel. With globally acclaimed documentaries like Leviathan and Inside Job leading the lineup, and premieres of hard-hitting documentaries like Hue: A Matter of Colour, Regret, and We Are Here, documentary Channel is the destination for Canada’s most engaging and thought-provoking programming.

During the month of November, documentary Channel is free to digital subscribers. For more information on where to watch documentary or how to subscribe to the channel, viewers can contact their local digital cable or satellite providers or visit cbc.ca/freepreview.

On documentary Channel in November:

Christopher Richardson blew it with a valedictory speech that was misguided and cringe-inducing. It still stings decades later. Are regrets as inevitable as death and taxes? What do they say about us? Richardson sets out to learn the truth about life regrets and - along the way - himself, in preparation for attending his 25 year high school reunion. The result is an exploration of the universal human experience of life regrets, their power, and maybe even their gift. Will he find redemption at the reunion? Or will he blow it again?

A poignant cinematic look at the attempt to revive Jewish life in Poland since the Holocaust, We Are Here details the conflicts of constructing a new Polish-Jewish identity for its subjects and the filmmaker. It articulates the response of modern Poles to the one-thousand year history of the Jewish presence in Poland, on the very soil which bore witness to the most horrific atrocities of the 20th century.

Academy Award®- winning Inside Job was the first film to expose the shocking truth behind the economic crisis of 2008. The global financial meltdown, at a cost of over $20 trillion, resulted in millions of people losing their homes and jobs. Through extensive research and interviews with major financial insiders, politicians and journalists, Inside Job traces the rise of a rogue industry and unveils the corrosive relationships which have corrupted politics, regulation and academia.

The film follows one couple’s attempt to build a “tiny house” from scratch, and profiles other families who have downsized their lives into homes smaller than the average parking space. Through homes stripped down to their essentials, the film raises questions about good design, the nature of home, and the changing American Dream.

One of the most highly anticipated films of the year, from the directors of Sweetgrass and Foreign Parts, Leviathan is a thrilling, immersive documentary that takes you deep inside the dangerous world of commercial fishing.

How black is black enough? How black is too black? What can you gain from being a light-skinned Indian, and what can you lose from being a dark-skinned one? Vic Sarin’s documentary shines a light on skin colour—not race in itself—as a factor in shame and bigotry. The director takes us around the globe, examining national and ethnic attitudes.

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