01 Sep 2009
The Shock Doctrine
An investigation of "disaster capitalism", based on Naomi Klein's proposition that neo-liberal capitalism feeds on natural disasters, war and terror to establish its dominance.
The Great War
Canada answers the call
A historical recreation of the experience of Canadian soldiers in World War One, with a cast of descendants of the people who participated in it.
Top Billed Cast
Justin Trudeau Talbot Papineau
Michael Rudder Canon Frederick Scott
Arthur Holden Col. John McCrae
Maxime Cournoyer Ernest Lamarche
Noel Burton Charly Stewart
Sascha Cole Beatrice Fox
Francis X. McCarthy Prime Minister Robert Borden
Glen Bowser General Arthur Currie
Jean-François Blanchard Henri Bourassa
Susan Almgren Caroline Papineau
Paul Stewart British PM Lloyd George
Paul Van Dyck Harry Scott
Neil Napier Dying Soldier
Taff Gillingham Canadian Sargeant (uncredited)
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