Sisters in the Wilderness: The Lives of Susanna Moodie and Catharine Parr Traill

Feb 26, 2004

1h 27m

★ 4.0

Overview

Susanna and Catharine were brought up in a large estate in England. They married soldiers and both couples headed to Canada only to be disappointed. Catharine, a lover of nature, adapted better than Susanna, a society person.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

CBC Docs

Sisters in the Wilderness: The Lives of Susanna Moodie and Catharine Parr Traill Trailers

No Trailers found.

Cast

Susanna Moodie

Severn Thompson

Catharine Parr Traill

Jane Spidell

Agnes Strickland

Kelli Fox

John Moodie

Richard Clarkin

Thomas Traill

John Bourgeois

William Cattermole

Julian Richings

Maya is an unhappy young woman, fed up with her monotonous job, filthy apartment, and the responsibilities of caring for her drug-addicted mother. One night she comes across Philip, a man of wealth, and the next morning wakes up alone in his large suburban home. With Philip nowhere in sight, Maya attempts to gain possession of the house.

5.0

Spirit Bear: The Simon Jackson Story

Oct 28, 2005

A teenage boy fights to save the Spirit Bear.

7.0

Rugged Gold

Dec 10, 1994

A woman struggles to survive in the Alaskan frontier after separating from her family because of an earthquake.

0.0

Teach Me to Dance

Dec 15, 1979

In this drama, Lesia convinces her English-Canadian friend Sarah to perform a Ukrainian dance with her as part of their school's Christmas pageant. Sarah's father, angry at the growing number of Ukrainian settlers, won't allow his daughter to participate. Despite the prejudices of their parents, the girls' friendship remains strong, and they meet in Sarah's barn to celebrate Christmas Day together. Part of the Adventures in History series.

7.8

The Glacier Fox

Jul 15, 1978

Director Koreyoshi Kurahara chronicles a year in the lives of Flep and Leila, two foxes living in Hokkaido, Japan's northernmost island, where the freezing winters are long and the mild summers short. After Flep defeats another male fox to become Leila's lifelong partner, they mate and raise a litter of five kits. With their family complete, the group must contend with human interference in their habitat, such as chicken farms and snowmobiles, and struggle against the debilitating cold of winter. The animals experience both triumph and tragedy, as the law of this harsh land proves – only the strong survive.

0.0

The inbreaker

Apr 4, 1974

Film directed by George Mccowan

0.0

The Silent Call

Nov 7, 1921

A wolfdog is wrongly accused of sheep killing. Based on the novel by Hal G. Evarts.

5.9

Walking Out

Jan 21, 2017

A city teen travels to Montana to go hunting with his estranged father, only for the strained trip to become a battle for survival when they encounter a grizzly bear.

6.0

Ravenous

Sep 23, 2017

In an isolated rural community of Quebec, Canada, some inhabitants attack other people, hungry for human flesh. A few survivors gather and go deep into the forest to escape them.

5.0

The Storm

Aug 17, 1930

Burr and Dave, two close friends who have backed each other up in countless difficulties, are torn apart by the arrival of a woman, Manette, who becomes stranded with them in their cabin during a raging blizzard.

6.0

Where the Spirit Lives

Jun 6, 1990

In 1937, a young First Nations (Canadian native) girl named Ashtecome is kidnapped along with several other children from a village as part of a deliberate Canadian policy to force First Nations children to abandon their culture in order to be assimilated into white Canadian/British society. She is taken to a boarding school where she is forced to adopt Western Euro-centric ways and learn English, often under brutal treatment. Only one sympathetic white teacher who is more and more repelled by this bigotry offers her any help from among the staff. That, with her force of will, Ashtecome (forced to take the name Amelia) is determined to hold on to her identity and that of her siblings, who were also abducted.

0.0

The Wolves

Mar 18, 1996

When Blackie Blacavov and his sister Barbara inherit 50,000 acres of Alaskan wilderness, he tries to live a more harmonious, natural existence on the land. But Barbara, without informing Blackie, gives mining exploration rights to King, a businessman with a passion for hunting wolves. On the sly, King also uses the area as a toxic waste dump. So Blackie and Barbara join together with the wolves to defeat their common enemy and save the idyllic refuge.

6.3

Bandit

Sep 23, 2022

After escaping a Michigan prison, a charming career criminal assumes a new identity in Canada and goes on to rob a record 59 banks and jewellery stores while being hunted by a rogue task force. Based on the true story of The Flying Bandit.

6.3

The Broken Butterfly

Nov 1, 1919

A woman in Canada abused by her aunt falls in love with a foreign composer looking for inspiration, who comes to find it in her and the star-crossed romance that develops between them.

6.6

When Calls the Heart

Oct 5, 2013

Elizabeth Thatcher, a cultured young teacher in 1910, fears leaving her comfortable world in the city. But when she accepts a teaching position in a frontier town, she finds new purpose and love with a handsome Royal Canadian Mountie.

4.4

River Road

Sep 14, 2021

A rock musician and a free-spirited woman start an intense relationship which soon spirals into a world of drug addiction and crime.