About this season
CBC’s new documentary program gets to the heart of current affairs and social issues that matter to Canadians. With unique and often unexpected access, these stories will ignite discussions.
Episodes (12)
1. Drag Kids
Aired 25 July 2019 • 45 min
A daring and touching portrait of four kids chasing freedom and friendship through the art of drag.
2. Town of Widows
Aired 8 August 2019 • 45 min
Widows and workers in the 'Electric City' of Peterborough, Ont. fight for justice in a system stacked against them.
3. Humboldt: The New Season
Aired 15 August 2019 • 45 min
A look at how families, survivors and a community are pulling together to heal after the devastating Humboldt Broncos bus crash.
4. Never Too Old
Aired 22 August 2019 • 45 min
Olive Bryanton, 81, is working hard to get a PhD and help change the world for older women in Canada: "a little old lady, I am not!"
5. The Mill
Aired 29 August 2019 • 45 min
Indigenous and non-Indigenous fishers say "No Pipe;" the pulp mill says "No Pipe, No Mill." Now a 50-year environmental controversy has come to a boiling point in Pictou County, Nova Scotia.
6. Disruptor Conductor
Aired 5 September 2019 • 45 min
Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser is an unlikely hero on a mission to create live orchestral shows that are for everyone.
7. Saving Rabbit
Aired 12 September 2019 • 44 min
An intimate journey into the opioid crisis through the eyes of Peter, a.k.a. 'Rabbit,' a 26-year-old facing addiction and finding his way toward recovery.
8. Margaret Atwood: Encounters
Aired 14 November 2019 • 45 min
A look at the private Margaret Atwood. Meet the woman behind the stories.
9. We Will Stand Up
Aired 23 February 2020 • 45 min
Following the Boushie family’s quest for justice, including Gerald Stanley’s 2nd-degree murder trial, set to begin in the fall of 2017 in the Battlefords.
10. Hockey Mom
Aired 1 March 2020 • 45 min
Fatma and her son Majed fled Syria for the safety of Toronto, but their troubles are far from over. Hockey Mom looks at what happens after "year one" ends.
11. The Art of Downsizing
Aired 8 March 2020 • 45 min
Three seniors who set out to downsize their homes must learn to let go before they can move on.
12. The Internet of Everything
Aired 22 March 2020 • 45 min
A disillusioned early adopter & internet evangelist feels a sense of responsibility to engage with the problems the internet has created and wants to see where we went wrong.