Escape to Canada [videorecording (DVD)] / written and directed by Albert Nerenberg.

Escape to Canada [videorecording (DVD)] / written and directed by Albert Nerenberg.

Publication Date
2006

Publication Information
[Montreal] : National Film Board of Canada,

Edition
Widescreen.

Physical Description
1 videodisc (ca. 81 min.)

Subject Term
Marijuana -- Law and legislation -- Canada.
 
Same-sex marriage -- Law and legislation -- Canada.
 
Human rights -- Canada.
 
Documentary films.

Geographic Term
Canada -- Social conditions -- 1991-
 
Canada -- Politics and government -- 1993-2006.

Additional Contributors
Nerenberg, Albert.

Summary
Around the world, Canada is known for its beavers, Mounties and cold winters. But a new image has emerged recently, and the country has become known for potent marijuana, gay marriage and pushing the limits of freedom. The story begins in 2003, when by apparent coincidence, gay marriage and medical marijuana are legalized on the same day. Quiet, boring Canada suddenly explodes. Citizens from "The Land of the Free" flock across the border to marry their same-sex partners; others come to smoke marijuana. AWOL American soldiers arrive to seek refugee status. Canada is suddenly cool. But within months, Canada re-criminalizes marijauna and there's a campaign to revoke gay marriage...

Language
English

General Note
DVD.
 
Col. B&W sequences


LibraryCollectionCollectionCall NumberStatus
Corner Brook (WCB)Adult NFic DVD NFBAdult Non-Fiction DVD NFB320.971 ES1Checked In