The National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation (NCTR) and Gumboot Productions are excited to announce the release of an educational film for the Canadian Middle School curriculum. Finding Heart highlights the inspirational actions of Dr. Peter Henderson Bryce. In 1907 he travelled to Indian Residential Schools on the Prairies and discovered a shockingly high rate of mortality amongst children. Producers Peter Campbell and Andy Bryce, great-grandson of Dr. Peter H. Bryce, and the NCTR look forward to sharing this inspiring and engaging educational resource.

Take My Advice, I Can’t is the story of a motivational speaker who lost his motivation. He writes a self-help book that becomes a surprise best seller in the Republic of Korea.

In partnership with The Inter-Cultural Association of Greater Victoria (ICA), Gumboot and a team of high school students produced 11 short video’s on topics relating to sexism, sexualized violence towards women, consent, and the role young men must play in affecting social change.

In Killer Whale and Crocodile, carvers from two of the world’s great carving traditions come together. A First Nations carver from Canada travels into the jungles of Papua New Guinea and a New Guinea carver travels to urban Canada.

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Against the backdrop of the pornography industry in Prague, My Son the Pornographer tells the story about the stresses and strains that tear families apart, about values and ultimately about the love between a father and a son.

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Former students of the Kuper Island Indian Residential School, whose minds, bodies and spirits bear the scars of systematic abuse, speak out in an effort to end the code of silence.

Cherry Kingsley takes us on a journey through her youth spent in prostitution and drug addiction, to receiving the Governor General’s award as an international spokesperson for the rights of children.

In a country combating poverty, disease, corruption and civil war, Speaking Out: Women of Uganda reveals significant developments in gender equity and the ongoing challenges.

The Great Night of Shiva juxtaposes ancient dance mythology with NASA cosmology to tell the story of the annual, nightlong celebration of the Hindu deity, Shiva the Destroyer.

Gumboot is currently involved in projects with the Intercultural Association and St. Michaels University School, where The Joy of Learning series has recently been completed.

A one hour documentary which uncovers the vision and compassion of a man who pioneered the public health and social policy movements in Canada, and, in 1907, blew the whistle on the abhorrent conditions in Indian Residential Schools.

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Twenty-five years after the production of the award-wining documentary “Kuper Island”, Gumboot, in collaboration with Gamut Productions, looks at the advances and challenges faced by this Island community.

What’s in your Fridge is a Culinary Home Invasion Reality / Comedy series. The series combines random casting, voyeurism, questionable ingredients, Gypsy music and a huge comedic talent to dish up a delicious series. “Remember, It could happen in any neighbourhood at any time.”

Frontier Freighter is a reality adventure series for the whole family, roughing it with the crew aboard a nautical time machine — a lifeline to the wildest edges of the Pacific Northwest. A 13-episode, half-hour docu-series.