Esther Auger Movies

  • 1995
    Broken Promises: The High Arctic Relocation

    Broken Promises: The High Arctic Relocation

    Broken Promises: The High Arctic Relocation

    01995HD

    In 1953 the Canadian government relocated Inuit families from Northern Québec to the High Arctic, promising an abundance of game and fish and...

    Broken Promises: The High Arctic Relocation
  • 1992
    Toward Intimacy

    Toward Intimacy

    Toward Intimacy

    01992HD

    This feature documentary follows a number of women with disabilities as they affirm their right to seek, develop and sustain intimate relationships...

    Toward Intimacy
  • 1974
    Orders

    Orders

    Orders

    7.41974HD

    A fact-based account of ordinary citizens who found themselves arrested and imprisoned without charge for weeks during the October Crisis in 1970...

    Orders
  • 1998
    Asylum

    Asylum

    Asylum

    01998HD

    This feature documentary follows three newly arrived people in Canada and their experiences with the Canadian Refugee process. As claims are assessed...

    Asylum
  • 1973
    Ordinary Tenderness

    Ordinary Tenderness

    Ordinary Tenderness

    9.51973HD

    A lonely woman spends the winter isolated and reminiscing about the past as she waits for her husband to return from a prolonged absence.

    Ordinary Tenderness
  • 2004
    Accordion

    Accordion

    Accordion

    3.82004HD

    Exploration of the connections between sex, love and technology.

    Accordion
  • 1973
    Les filles c’est pas pareil

    Les filles c’est pas pareil

    Les filles c’est pas pareil

    01973HD

    In this feature-length documentary, six teenage girls, aged 14 to 16, agree to open up and have their private worlds invaded by the camera. They have...

    Les filles c’est pas pareil
  • 1975
    Our Dear Sisters

    Our Dear Sisters

    Our Dear Sisters

    01975HD

    Alanis Obomsawin, a North American Indian who earns her living by singing and making films, is the mother of an adopted child. She talks about her...

    Our Dear Sisters
  • 1971
    Far from the Sun

    Far from the Sun

    Far from the Sun

    6.51971HD

    The six members of the working-class Bessette family each mimic a certain stage of the life of the iconic Brother André and are an incarnation...

    Far from the Sun
  • 1987
    Dancing Around the Table, Part One

    Dancing Around the Table, Part One

    Dancing Around the Table, Part One

    01987HD

    Dancing Around the Table: Part One provides a fascinating look at the crucial role Indigenous people played in shaping the Canadian Constitution. The...

    Dancing Around the Table, Part One
  • 1986
    Bam Pay A! – Rends-moi mon pays!

    Bam Pay A! – Rends-moi mon pays!

    Bam Pay A! – Rends-moi mon pays!

    01986HD

    In this feature documentary, a Haitian, exiled in Canada for twenty years, returns to his country after the departure of Jean-Claude Duvalier....

    Bam Pay A! – Rends-moi mon pays!
  • 1995
    Paysage sous les paupières

    Paysage sous les paupières

    Paysage sous les paupières

    01995HD

    Through the eyes of children and women of different generations, this film reveals the soul of a small village on the Upper North Shore. Mrs. Kennedy...

    Paysage sous les paupières
  • 2006
    Un fleuve humain

    Un fleuve humain

    Un fleuve humain

    02006HD

    The interior delta of the Niger River is a vast region inhabited by a million people. A unique social, political and communal organization has...

    Un fleuve humain
  • 1994
    By Woman's Hand

    By Woman's Hand

    By Woman's Hand

    01994HD

    In 1920 a group of young Montreal women artists formed the nucleus of what would later become known as the Beaver Hall Hill Group. Members recount...

    By Woman's Hand
  • 1980
    The Red Kitchen

    The Red Kitchen

    The Red Kitchen

    3.81980HD

    On a wedding day, women are confined to the kitchen to prepare the meal while the men wait to be served. While men talk politics and sports, women...

    The Red Kitchen
  • 1986
    Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief

    Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief

    Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief

    61986HD

    A tribute to Indigenous women everywhere, this short documentary focuses on 5 women from across Canada. Of varied ages and backgrounds, they have...

    Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief
  • 1976
    Québec fête juin '75

    Québec fête juin '75

    Québec fête juin '75

    01976HD

    Québec fête juin '75
  • 1988
    A Song for Quebec

    A Song for Quebec

    A Song for Quebec

    01988HD

    Produced in 1988, this feature documentary presents a living history of Quebec's last 40 years as seen through the eyes of one couple. Pauline Julien...

    A Song for Quebec
  • 1973
    Noël et Juliette

    Noël et Juliette

    Noël et Juliette

    5.71973HD

    Noël et Juliette
  • 1990
    Au chic Resto Pop

    Au chic Resto Pop

    Au chic Resto Pop

    01990HD

    In a poor eastern quarter of Montreal, a restaurant is dedicated for the poors only: le Chic Resto Pop. It used the surplus of some merchants to...

    Au chic Resto Pop