Updated - Streaming This March on CBC Gem

Streaming In March on CBC Gem 

CBC Gem is Canada’s streaming service, offering 5000 hours of free live and on-demand acclaimed, authentically Canadian programming and a curated selection of best-in-class content from around the world, including over 750 documentary titles, more than 300 hours of ad-free content for kids and tweens and 100+ Canadian features, with a new film added each week. CBC Gem also provides livestream access to 14 CBC channels across the country. CBC Gem is available for free as an App for iOS and Android devices and online at cbcgem.ca, and on TV screens via Apple TV, Google Chromecast, Amazon Fire TV and Android TV.

For screening links or more information about any of the following titles, please contact Enya Franks-Best (enya.franks-best@cbc.ca). Note: This schedule is subject to change.
 

CBC NEWS NETWORK now available for free on CBC Gem to ensure more Canadians have access to the latest information during the evolving coronavirus crisis

OH! CANADA! RETRO FAVOURITES, a collection of hometown series including DA VINCI’S INQUEST, DURHAM COUNTY, THE NEWSROOM and SLINGS AND ARROWS

 NATIONAL FILM BOARD COLLECTION, including UNARMED VERSES, WHAT WALAA WANTS and over 20 more 

 Radio-Canada original series FAITS DIVERS and SÉRIE NOIRE begin streaming Friday, March 20

 British drama series MOTHERFATHERSON, starring Richard Gere, begins streaming Friday, March 27 

 Canadian films including ROADKILL and THE RED VIOLIN premiere throughout the month (dates below), expanding CBC Gem’s extensive library of homegrown films

New to CBC GEM in March: 

• MOHAWK GIRLS Season 1 (Drama/Comedy, 7x30, Rezolution Pictures, Canada) Begins streaming Thursday, March 12
  What does it mean to be a modern day Mohawk woman? MOHAWK GIRLS is a dramatic comedy about four young women trying to figure out the answer. But with their parents, friends, community, and even their garbage man having an opinion, it’s an impossible task.
    
• ART, DEATH AND TAXES (Arts, 8x5, Silent Tower, Canada) Begins streaming Friday, March 13
  ART, DEATH AND TAXES unpacks the art world's greatest taboo: money. With vivid graphics and candid conversations — featuring acclaimed illustrator Anita Kunz, Meghan Remy of U.S. Girls, Lego phenom Ekow Nimako and more — the eight-part series offers the straight goods on the cost of a life — and career — in the arts.
    
• COLOUR STUDY (Arts, 2020, directed by Graham Kew and Daniel Code) Begins streaming Friday, March 13
  Acclaimed Canadian writers Chelene Knight, Charles Demers and Shazia Hafiz Ramji take us on a dreamy journey through ROYGBIV in this meditative and evocative short film.
    
• FAITS DIVERS Season 1 (Crime, 10x44, Les Productions Sovimage, Canada) Radio-Canada Original; Begins streaming Friday, March 20
  At dawn, in a muddy field next to a dairy farm, a car lies flipped on its side with its doors open. An animal sniffs hors d’oeuvres that had been prepared for a cocktail reception. Close by, two bodies lie on the frozen ground. A suburbanite and a farmer, both killed. Chief investigator of the regional office, 37-year-old Constance Forest is sent to the scene. But the double killing is only the beginning of this murderous saga. FAITS DIVERS takes us into the murky land of the suburbs where one dirty trick always deserves another. It depicts the lives of small-time criminals well on their way down the slippery slope and we gradually enter the inevitable game of cat and mouse between cops and criminals. A game that no one ever emerges from unscathed.
    
• SÉRIE NOIRE Season 1 (Drama/Comedy, 12x44, Productions Casablanca, Canada) Radio-Canada Original; Begins streaming Friday, March 20
  SÉRIE NOIRE is the story of Denis and Patrick, two screenwriters at wit’s end. Who, after the resounding failure of their implausible procedural series The Law Of Justice, are forced to write another season. To restore their honour, they will have no choice but to radically transform their writing process. How far will they go to make sure their work is believable?
   
• VERSAILLES Season 2 (Drama, 10x60, CAPA Drama/Incendo Productions, Canada/France) Begins streaming Friday, March 27
  Louis (George Blagden, Les Misérables) has completed the first phase of construction. Surrounded by corruption, greed and lewd behavior, he watches his dream crumble and loses his sense of purpose as the nobility start to turn against him. Blinded by passion and hatred, he remains deaf to the Church’s injunctions. Will the dream of Versailles prevail?
    
• RACE (Drama, 2016, directed by Stephen Hopkins) Begins streaming Friday, March 27
  Based on the incredible true story of Jesse Owens, the legendary athletic superstar whose quest to become the greatest track and field athlete in history thrusts him onto the world stage of the 1936 Olympics, where he faces off against Adolf Hitler’s vision of Aryan supremacy. RACE, starring Stephan James (If Beale Street Could Talk), is an enthralling film about courage, determination, tolerance, and friendship, and an inspiring drama about one man’s fight to become an Olympic legend.

OH! CANADA! RETRO FAVOURITES

• BEING CANADIAN (Documentary, 2015, directed by Robert Cohen) Begins streaming Friday, March 6
  Rob Cohen embarks on a road trip to discover what it truly means to be Canadian. He interviews famous Canadians William Shatner, Mike Myers and Alanis Morissette to try and piece together an answer.
    
• ROADKILL (Drama, 1989, directed by Bruce McDonald) Begins streaming Thursday, March 12
  Dubious rock 'n' roll promoter Roy Seth (Gerry Quigley, A History of Violence), concerned that one of his bands is botching their recent tour, sends his assistant, Ramona (Valerie Buhagiar, A Winter Tale, Cypher), to find them. Ramona has lied about being able to drive, so she must find a taxi driver (Larry Hudson) willing to drive all over Canada in search of the band. Along the way, they run into many eccentrics, including a philosophical aspiring murderer (Don McKellar, Last Night, Blindness) and a depressed boy who won't speak (Mark Tarantino).
    
• THE RED VIOLIN (Drama, 1998, directed by Fran  ç ois Girard) Begins streaming Thursday, March 12
  The intricate history of a beautiful antique violin is traced from its creation in Cremona, Italy, in 1681, where a legendary violin maker (Carlo Cecchi, Stealing Beauty) paints it with his dead wife's blood to keep her memory alive, to an auction house in modern-day Montreal, where it draws the eye of an expert appraiser (Samuel L. Jackson, Pulp Fiction, Django Unchained). Over the years between, the violin travels through four different countries, where it has a profound impact on all those who own it.
    
• DA KINK IN MY HAIR Season 1 (Comedy, 13x30, Barna-Alper/trey anthony/Ngozika/Defiant Entertainment, Canada) Begins streaming Thursday, March 12
  DA KINK IN MY HAIR follows the lives of a group of women who let their hair down in more ways than one at “Letty’s”, a vibrant and bustling hair salon in Toronto’s Caribbean community. The series filters its stories through the quirky, ironic, irrepressible humour of the Caribbean community while using its salon setting to tackle universal themes: what we all really talk about, cry about, and laugh about when we feel free to be ourselves.
    
• KENNY VS. SPENNY Season 1 (Comedy, 26x30, KVS Productions Inc., Canada) Begins streaming Thursday, March 12
  KENNY VS. SPENNY revolves around the relationship—and rivalry—between two lifelong friends, who in the course of each episode challenge each other to perform outrageous real life competitions.
    
• DUE SOUTH Season 1 (Comedy, 22x60, Alliance Communications, Canada) Begins streaming Thursday, March 12
  DUE SOUTH is a lightning-paced comedy/adventure in which Constable Benton Fraser (Paul Gross, Hyena Road, Passchendaele), a polite, by-the-book Canadian Mountie from the frozen North is teamed-up with Ray Vecchio (David Marciano, The Shield), a wise-cracking Chicago cop with a flexible sense of morality. Brought together in the Windy City by a mysterious murder which has personal ramifications for both men, these unlikely budies must find a common ground amidst overwhelming differences.
    
• MADE IN CANADA Season 1 and 2 (Comedy, 13x30,Salter Street Films and Island Edge, Canada) Begins streaming Thursday, March 12
  In the wake of a highly successful, critically acclaimed first season, MADE IN CANADA picks up where the program left off in the offices of Pyramid Productions, a film and television company brimming with sleazy show biz execs clawing their way to the top. Biting satire at its meanest, the next 13 episodes chronicle the Machiavellian quest of the show’s anti-hero, Richard Strong (Rick Mercer, Rick Mercer Report, This Hour Has 22 Minutes) and opens with a merger between two high-profile entertainment companies to create a new company, Pyramid/Prodigy.
    
• EDGEMONT Season 1 (Drama, 13x30, Omnifilm Entertainment, Canada) Begins streaming on Thursday, March 12
  The world of Edgemont revolves around relationships, dating, family, friendship, power games and trust. It’s high school in all its glory - or gruesome details, depending on the kind of day you’re having. It’s a time of innocence and harsh lessons learned. It’s a world full of decisions and dilemmas: an unplanned pregnancy, the school bully, a trip out of the closet, school as a single mom. But it’s also a world of fun, freedom, gossip, parties and junk food - lots of junk food. Savvy, sassy, bittersweet and laced with humour, EDGEMONT captures the universal challenges and triumphs of coming of age.
    
• DA VINCI’S INQUEST Season 1 and 2 (Drama, 13x60, Haddock Entertainment, Canada) Begins streaming Thursday, March 12
  Vancouver Coroner Dominic Da Vinci pursues the mysteries behind death in a world where there are no simple solutions, no perfect people, and where each death poses more questions than he can answer.  
    
• THE NEWSROOM Seasons 1, 2 and 3 (Drama/Comedy, 13x22/6x22, 100 Per Cent Films & Television, Canada) Begins streaming Thursday, March 12
  THE NEWSROOM is set in the tumultuous TV newsroom world of George Findlay (Ken Finkleman, Good Dog). The overbearing regional news director is solely motivated by casualty statistics which will improve his ratings, and office intrigues which might preserve his job.
    
• SLINGS AND ARROWS Season 1, 2 and 3 (Comedy, 13x44, Rhombus Media, Canada) Begins streaming Thursday, March 12
  Showered with awards and critical acclaim SLINGS AND ARROWS is a darkly comic Canadian series that follows the fortunes of a dysfunctional Shakespearean theatre troupe, exposing the high drama, scorching battles and artistic miracles that happen behind the scenes.
    
• INTELLIGENCE (Drama/Crime, 13x44, Haddock Entertainment, Canada) Begins streaming Thursday, March 12
  Jimmy Reardon (Ian Tracey, Hello Destroyer, Eadweard) is one of the top organized crime bosses in the city. He is forced to work with Mary Spalding (Klea Scott, Collateral, Minority Report), the director of the Organized Crime Unit after being offered immunity from prison. But everything comes at a price; in exchange for not going to jail he takes on the role as a police informant. Reardon and Spalding couldn’t be more opposite when it comes to the law, but they have more in common than one might think.
    
• DA VINCI’S CITY HALL (Drama, 13x44, Haddock Entertainment, Canada) Begins streaming Thursday, March 12
  DA VINCI’S CITY HALL focuses upon intriguing dramatic incidents in the life of Mayor Da Vinci as he begins his political life in the city where he's been a crusading and outspoken coroner for the last fifteen years. From the low track to the fast lane, from the back alleys to the corridors of power, Dominic (Nicholas Campbell, Backcountry) takes you behind the closed doors where the deals that shape the city are made and broken. Investigating the power of politics and the politics of power, DA VINCI’S CITY HALL is a dynamic, realistic, gritty and no holds barred portrayal of a city and citizens in a hyper development phase of its history.
    
• DURHAM COUNTY Season 1 (Drama/Crime, 6x47, Back Alley Film Productions, Canada) Begins streaming Thursday, March 12
  DURHAM COUNTY is an emotionally powerful, six one-hour dramatic series that revolves around Detective Mike Sweeney (Hugh Dillon, Flashpoint) and his family as he hunts a serial killer he’s certain is the guy across the street. You’d be hard-pressed to tell the difference between the cop and the killer or between you and them. They have a shared history, one that goes all the way back to high school. You think you can leave your past behind. But you can’t...
    
• THE ENGLISHMAN’S BOY (Period Drama, 2x87, Minds Eye Entertainment, Canada) Begins streaming Thursday, March 12
  In 1920s Hollywood, writer Harry Vincent (Michael Therriault, Cult of Chucky) is engaged by movie mogul Damon Ira Chance (Bob Hoskins, Snow White and the Huntsman) to track down Shorty McAdoo (Nicholas Campbell, Naked Lunch), an elusive old-time Western actor whose story will be the basis of the producer’s new film. Vincent’s relationships with both the actor and the megalomaniac studio boss are filled with deceit, manipulation, guilt and violence - the dark side of myth-making.
    
• WHAT WOULD SAL DO? (Comedy, 8x30, New Metric Media, Canada) Begins streaming Thursday, March 12
  A modern day parable of an entitled underachiever who, for the first time in his life, is challenged to be a good person when he discovers he’s the Second Coming of Jesus. WHAT WOULD SAL DO? is about many things, not the least of which is hope. Hope that even the worst among us are capable of greatness.
    
• SHARKWATER (Documentary, 2006, directed by Rob Stewart) Begins streaming Friday, March 20  
  Arguing that sharks are misunderstood as dangerous creatures, biologist Rob Stewart travels to the Galapagos Islands, Costa Rica and other places where the animals can be found. Underwater, he feeds sharks to demonstrate their fundamentally nonviolent nature. With 90 percent of the shark population destroyed by indiscriminate hunting, Stewart joins forces with conservationist Paul Watson to fight poachers who illegally kill the animals for their fins and sell the meat to the Taiwanese Mafia.

YOUNG ADULT NEW ADULT PROGRAMMING 

• SPRING BREAKAWAY (Drama, 2019, directed by Shannon Flynn) Begins streaming Friday, March 6
  After a series of mishaps, Rhyme (Annie LeBlanc, A Girl Named Jo), Autumn (Lilia Buckingham, Something Better), Zoe (Anna Cathcart, To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before), and Effie (Kianna Naomi, Chicken Girls) find themselves together in Miami for spring break. New crushes and new friends will make this a trip they'll never forget!

ACCLAIMED FROM AROUND THE WORLD 

• MOTHERFATHERSON (Drama, 8x60, BBC Studios, United Kingdom) Begins streaming Friday, March 27
  Max (Richard Gere, Chicago, Pretty Woman) owns one of the world’s most influential media empires. Information is his trade: he holds dark secrets on everyone, and uses his power ruthlessly. His son Caden (Billy Howle, Dunkirk) is editor of Max’s mouthpiece, The National newspaper. But Caden is crumbling under the pressure of his father’s expectations, escaping into a world of sex and drugs. When Caden’s excess causes a massive stroke, he’s left like a helpless child. For Kathryn (Helen McCrory, The Queen) – Max’s estranged wife – this is a chance to reconnect with the sensitive boy Max ripped away from her. As Max and Kathryn fight for the soul of their son, another fight is about to begin, a fight for the heart of the nation. Because Caden knows secrets that could bring Max’s empire crashing down. And Caden’s silence can’t be bought.

KIDS PROGRAMMING 

• TEEPEE TIME Season 2 [English and Mi’Kmaq] (Kids, 26x11, JerryCo Animation, Canada) Begins streaming Monday, March 16
  TEEPEE TIME is an animated preschool series about a curious little tipi discovering the world, one new adventure at a time. Imagine you’re just five years old and you’re learning to write, going to the store or visiting the dentist for the very first time.
    
• MOON & ME Season 1 (Kids, 25x22, Bento Box Entertainment, USA) Begins streaming Monday, March 16
  Inspired by well-loved tales of toys that come to life when nobody is looking, MOON & ME is the story of a special friendship between two characters from completely different worlds.
    
• SPLATALOT (Tween, 52x23, Marblemedia, Canada) Begins streaming Thursday, March 12, with new episodes released weekly
  SPLATALOT is a hilarious medieval-themed physical game show geared to the 8-12 year-old audience. The 26-part series features a larger-than-life extreme obstacle course with more splats and spills than ever imaginable. Each episode features a different group of 12 thrill-seeking teen contestants, dubbed Attackers, competing in three hilarious rounds: Cross the Moat, Escape the Stockade, and Capture the Crown. The Defenders of Splatalot, an international squad of nine costumed gladiators, do their best to protect the castle from the Attackers - leaving only one to be crowned King or Queen of Splatalot.

 DOCUMENTARIES 

• ART, DEATH AND TAXES (Arts, 8x5, Silent Tower, Canada) Begins streaming Friday, March 13
  ART, DEATH AND TAXES unpacks the art world's greatest taboo: money. With vivid graphics and candid conversations — featuring acclaimed illustrator Anita Kunz, Meghan Remy of U.S. Girls, Lego phenom Ekow Nimako and more — the eight-part series offers the straight goods on the cost of a life — and career — in the arts.
     
• RAINBOW ICE (Documentary, 2020, directed by Madison Thomas, Canada) Begins streaming Friday, March 20  
  When the members of the Keystone Rainbow Curling League get together, it's not just about the game. RAINBOW ICE follows four members of Manitoba’s premiere LGBT2SQ+ curling league, as they gear up for another season. Since 2005 the league, made up of 28 teams of community members and allies, has been an open and inclusive place to escape Winnipeg’s brutal winters, and enjoy some exercise and camaraderie at the 140-year-old, Granite Curling Club. RAINBOW ICE takes a look at what happens when the spirit of fun, friendship and freedom to be yourself combine with a love of curling to bring people together.
    
• A-YI (Short Documentary, 2020, Martyna Czaplak, Canada) Begins streaming Friday, March 27
  When a group of friends moved into their traditional East Vancouver home eight years ago, they couldn’t have known about a new mysterious roommate, a staple of the neighbourhood, who slowly occupied the empty spaces around their home and then their hearts. A-Yi (Auntie, in Cantonese) collects cans at all hours and tends to the garden that she has built on their rented property, where she also operates her personal ’bottle depot‘. With the help of a translator, the housemates finally get a chance to communicate with A-Yi, straightening out hilarious assumptions and, most importantly, letting her know that they're moving out. What will A-Yi do once they’ve gone?
    
• LIFE IN THE CITY OF DIRTY WATER (Documentary, 2019, directed by Clayton Thomas-Muller) Begins streaming Friday, March 27
  Rooted in Indigenous storytelling tradition, this series of intimate vignettes weaves together the remarkable life of Indigenous climate change activist, Clayton Thomas-Muller. Scenes juxtapose Clayton’s rise as a prominent Indigenous campaigner with his raw and troubled journey of addiction, incarceration, healing, and forgiveness.

NATIONAL FILM BOARD COLLECTION 

The NFB collection includes over 20 titles, such as:  

• UNARMED VERSES (Documentary, 2016, directed by Charles Officer) Begins streaming Thursday, March 12
  This feature documentary presents a thoughtful and vivid portrait of a community facing imposed relocation. At the centre of the story is the remarkable, astute and luminous 12-year-old Francine Valentine, whose poignant observations about life, the soul, and the power of art give voice to those rarely heard in society. UNARMED VERSES is a  cinematic rendering of our universal need for self-expression and belonging.
    
• WHAT WALAA WANTS (Documentary, 2018, directed by Christy Garland) Begins streaming Thursday, March 12
  Raised in a refugee camp in the West Bank while her mother was in an Israeli prison, Walaa is determined to become one of the few women in the Palestinian Security Forces—not easy for a girl who breaks all the rules. Following Walaa from the ages of 15 to 21 with an intimate POV, WHAT WALAA WANTS tells the compelling story of a defiant young girl who navigates formidable obstacles, disproving the negative predictions from her surroundings and the world at large.
   
• THE ROAD FORWARD (Documentary, 2017, directed by Marie Clements) Begins streaming Thursday, March 12
  THE ROAD FORWARD, a musical documentary by Marie Clements, connects a pivotal moment in Canada’s civil rights history—the beginnings of Indian Nationalism in the 1930s—with the powerful momentum of First Nations activism today. Clements paints an electrifying picture of how a tiny movement, the Native Brotherhood and Native Sisterhood, became a powerful voice for social, political and legal advocacy, eventually effecting profound change at the national level.  
   
• BEAUTY (Documentary, 2018, directed by Christina Willings) Begins streaming Thursday, March 12
  In a world of fixed positions and prescribed roles, expanding the definition of gender requires the courage to dive deep into understanding and acceptance. Christina Willings’ documentary BEAUTY explores the lives of five gender-creative kids, each uniquely engaged in shaping their ideas of what it means to be fully human. Claiming your own sense of gender when everything around you insists that you comply and conform can be challenging, and sometimes scary. But luckily, family and friends are there to help.
   

THE BEST OF CBC: 

• Past and current seasons of CBC series, including hit competition series BATTLE OF THE BLADES; crowd-pleasing dramas MURDOCH MYSTERIES, FRANKIE DRAKE MYSTERIES, HEARTLAND, and ANNE WITH AN E; acclaimed comedies STILL STANDING, TALLBOYZ, KIM’S CONVENIENCE, BARONESS VON SKETCH SHOW, and SCHITT’S CREEK; and classic CBC hits like THE KIDS IN THE HALL and BEING ERICA.
   

COMING IN APRIL: 

• FIND ME IN PARIS Season 2
• THE TUNNEL Season 3
• TIMEWASTERS Season 1
• A JOURNEY HOME
• LOOKING FOR ALASKA Season 1
• BAGHDAD CENTRAL Season 1

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