Barbara Doran Movies

The true story of boys being sexually abused at their orphanage, run by a religious community in Newfoundland.

A small fishing village must procure a local doctor to secure a lucrative business contract. When unlikely candidate and big city doctor Paul Lewis...

French artist and author Jean Giraud is one of the most famous and influential comic strip illustrators and authors of all time. He achieved his...

In 1947 Whitbourne, Newfoundland, Alan Hepditch, a by-the-books but squeamish and somewhat dimwitted criminologist is constantly being tormented by...

This award winning miniseries traces the difficult passage of young Mary Keane (Aoife McMahon) from servitude in Ireland to the squalor of...

A documentary retrospective on the prolific career of acclaimed Canadian actor, writer and director Gordon Pinsent.

A struggling writer emerges from rehab and reunites with his estranged brother, but soon descends into a tragic love triangle and is forced to...

Elliott Leyton, the subject of this riveting documentary by filmmaker Barbara Doran, can't help but be fascinating; that's because Leyton, who...

Emily Price tries to balance family life and leading crunch negotiations between a Canadian politician and the president of a country whose natural...

In 1969, a visiting geologist from Newfoundland arouses scandal in a small Irish village when he romances a local girl who’s destined for the...

"Keeping Up with Cathy Jones" is a biographical romp through the life and times of this outrageously funny lady of stage, screen and television. From...

Inspired by the late poet Al Pittman's 'March Hare' late winter music and literary celebrations, director Barbara Doran-along with a clutch of her...

In 1992, an independent South African puppetry group, the African Research and Educational Puppetry Program, were invited by OXFAM (Canada) to bring...

We follow a pack of wolves on Ellesmere Island, in Canada’s far north, as they struggle to raise their pups in the brief arctic summer. Hidden...

"Where Did I Put - My Memory?" is a light-hearted, enlightening journey into our memories - and how we can improve them.

A graduate history student returns to her native Newfoundland, searching for proof of a conspiracy surrounding the referendum that saw Newfoundland...

Sexually abused by her father from infancy to early adolescence, Shirley Turcotte is now in her thirties and has succeeded in building a rich and...

The Needle and the Damage Undone is a gritty, provocative story that explores the impact harm reduction has on the lives of people who use injection...

The cod fishery off the east coast of Newfoundland was a way of life, the backbone of society -- until it collapsed. A review of the history leading...

A documentary about the history of the French Shore embroidered into a 216-foot-long piece of storytelling cloth.