Acclaimed NFB titles to mark Pride Month and National Indigenous History Month

Redesigned Ocean School launches on World Oceans Day, with a video-mapping projection experience in Montreal’s Old Port celebrating Ocean Week Canada This June, nfb.ca will be streaming more films than ever free of charge, as the National Film Board of Canada’s online screening room features celebrated new titles to help mark Pride Month, World Oceans Day and National Indigenous History Month. Available indefinitely at nfb.ca, these new works join more than 5,500 already online, including 100 interactive projects. Starting June 6 – new for Pride Month Someone Like Me, directed by Sean Horlor and Steve J. Adams (80 min) Winner of three awards including the Rogers Audience Award for Canadian Feature Documentary at Hot Docs, Someone Like Me follows the parallel journeys of Drake, a gay asylum seeker from Uganda, and a group of strangers from Vancouver’s queer community who are tasked with supporting his resettlement in Canada. Together, they embark on a year-long quest for personal freedom, revealing how in a world where one must constantly fight for the right to exist, survival itself becomes a victory. Horlor and Adams are a filmmaking team based in Vancouver. There’s also more great content on the NFB’s LGBTQ2+ channel. Someone Like Me, Sean Horlor & Steve J. Adams, provided by the National Film Board of Canada Starting June 8 – new for World Oceans Day Ocean School The NFB is launching a new, redesigned Ocean School, with lots of additional features. Ocean School is a free, innovative ocean education resource for use in the classroom and at home—part of the NFB’s commitment to developing new learning resources that raise awareness about climate change and the future of our planet. As part of Ocean Week Canada, Ocean School is also collaborating with MAPPMTL to present "The Ocean Station" at the Old Port of Montreal on June 4, 7 and 8. People of all ages are invited to create...