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In this film made for Alberta Education, Alberta-based director Gene Gregoret focuses on the lives of immigrants from the Caribbean in Alberta, Canada. The film compares and contrasts life and society in Caribbean nations such as Trinidad and Tobago with life in Alberta, including culture, sports, cuisine, music, and daily life. The film also explains how poverty influences immigration from the Caribbean to Alberta and showcases Caribbean culture in Alberta such as festivals, cricket, cuisine, religion, and more. The film is narrated by Selwyn Jacob, a Caribbean-Canadian filmmaker who immigrated to Alberta.
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Canadian actress and filmmaker Sarah Polley investigates certain secrets related to her mother, interviewing a group of family members and friends whose reliability varies depending of their implication in the events, which are remembered in different ways; so a trail of questions remains to be answered, because memory is always changing and the discovery of truth often depends on who is telling the tale.

Young Cedric Errol and his widowed mother live in genteel poverty in 1880s Brooklyn after the death of his father. Cedric's grandfather, the Earl of Dorincourt, has long ago disowned his son for marrying an American. But after the death of the Earl's remaining son, he decides to accept Cedric as his heir.