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Hummingbirds like you've never seen before

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How I got this incredible hummingbird footage in a Victoria backyard

The Bird in My Backyard captures the beauty of hummingbirds up close — and one man’s secret view into their world

Documentaries Short Docs December 26

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This mother hummingbird has to feed her baby every 20-30 minutes

Raising a baby hummingbird is hard work. Females have to feed their chick every 20-30 minutes so that it can fledge in 3-4 weeks. Watch The Bird in My Backyard on CBC Gem.

The Bird in my Backyard

For 15 years, a window salesman has had a special view into the secret lives of hummingbirds as they build nests in his urban backyard in Victoria, B.C. Watch now.

Short Docs December 20

For people with narcolepsy, no amount of sleep can help the feeling of being tired

Hallucinations. Sleep paralysis. Excessive daytime sleepiness. Jenny Lee-Gilmore was diagnosed with Type 1 narcolepsy at 21 — seven years after she first went to a doctor about her symptoms. This is what the underdiagnosed condition can look like.

Jenny Lee-Gilmore

Documentaries December 19

15 Ways My Dad Almost Died

Short Docs December 11

1:51

Roadkill expeditions and a basement full of decaying food: behind the scenes on a film about rot

Nina Dragicevic

Documentaries Short Docs June 18

Everyone says they're tired. Me? I fell asleep behind the wheel and knew something was really wrong

Jenny Lee-Gilmore

Documentaries Short Docs November 26

These 'microbial selfies' show how we all have wildly different germs, fungi and yeast growing on our hands

Documentaries Short Docs June 18

Your pet cat is probably a killer — but it doesn't have to be that way

Documentaries Short Docs March 27

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Patron the bomb-sniffing dog is a national hero in Ukraine

For 60 days, this cat survived on the 7th floor of a destroyed building in Ukraine

Documentaries March 28

A week after war broke out in Ukraine, these volunteers started to rescue pets trapped in apartments

Documentaries March 28

Meet Patron, the Jack Russell who's a key member of a Ukraine bomb squad — and a celebrity

Documentaries March 28

My New Moon Suit

Documentaries Short Docs February 15

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Getting to Devon Island in Canada's Far North was so hard, it felt like traveling to the moon

Documentaries Short Docs February 14

Love, Leymo: A young autistic man reads a letter to his late mom who died of COVID-19

Documentary May 14, 2023

He's been searching for his granddaughter — ever since his extremist son was killed in the Paris attacks

Short Docs June 28

'I miss my mom a lot': A young man with autism writes a letter to his mother, a PSW who died of COVID-19

Documentaries Short Docs May 10, 2023

Black skaters make a space and a culture for themselves in 'Black Boys Skate Too'

Short Docs March 30, 2023

How an Ontario town got caught in a ketchup war

Short Docs September 2

'Mi'kma'ki' is a new series about the Indigenous experience in communities across Newfoundland and Labrador

Documentaries Short Docs August 19, 2022

The Noodle Group: Best friends in their 90s still swim in their N.B. river every day

Short Docs November 9, 2022

What it was like for this South Korean woman during her first 100 days in Canada

Short Docs September 11

He fled Syria and crossed the Mediterranean in an inflatable boat to pursue his dream of becoming a perfumer

Documentaries Short Docs October 14, 2022

Nude to Me: How Canada's oldest naturist club helped me understand my family history

Documentaries Short Docs May 7, 2021

My Name is 張麟發 Tommy Lan Phat Truong: The story of one man's many names

Short Docs May 31, 2022

My parents packed Chinese food in my lunches. I pleaded with them to pack carrot sticks and Lunchables instead

Short Docs May 11

When the Nazis murdered her family, she survived because she could use a camera

Short Docs August 20

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