12 Mar 2022
Song for My Children
An elderly choir group brings back erased violent history by singing songs that were written in prison and have been silenced for more than 50 years.
Men of the Deeps
Documentary about a choir of former Cape Breton Island coal miners.
Acclaimed documentarian John Walker catches the legendary Cape Breton Miner’s singing group The Men of the Deeps just as the last mines on the island are shut down. Featuring ravishing cinematography of Cape Breton, and plenty of music, Men of the Deeps is a deeply touching portrait of a culture that still survives despite the ultimate end of an industry, and a tribute to the men and the songs that kept things moving on the Island for almost two hundred years.
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