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The Passionate Eye

Season 1 1992 - 1993

  • 1992-09-12T04:00:00Z on CBC Television
  • 1h 30m
  • 1d 22h 30m (31 episodes)
  • Canada
  • English
  • Documentary
Festival favorites, Academy award winners, and provocative political and point-of-view documentaries that will inform, sometimes outrage, and always entertain you.

31 episodes

Series Premiere

1992-09-12T04:00:00Z

1x01 Summer in Mississippi

Series Premiere

1x01 Summer in Mississippi

  • 1992-09-12T04:00:00Z1h 30m

In 1964 three civil-rights workers were murdered in Mississippi.

1992-09-19T04:00:00Z

1x02 One More River

1x02 One More River

  • 1992-09-19T04:00:00Z1h 30m

A 1963 documentary reports on the U.S. South nine years after Supreme Court-ordered integration.

1992-09-26T04:00:00Z

1x03 San Francisco Summer

1x03 San Francisco Summer

  • 1992-09-26T04:00:00Z1h 30m

Hippies in 1967 Haight-Ashbury read poetry, sing and express views on rejecting mainstream society.

1992-10-03T04:00:00Z

1x04 Warrendale

1x04 Warrendale

  • 1992-10-03T04:00:00Z1h 30m

In 1966 filmmaker Allan King visits an Ontario center for emotionally disturbed children.

1992-10-10T04:00:00Z

1x05 Harlan County U.S.A.

1x05 Harlan County U.S.A.

  • 1992-10-10T04:00:00Z1h 30m

The film 'Harlan County U.S.A.' depicts Kentucky coal miners on strike in the early '70s.

1992-10-17T04:00:00Z

1x06 Millhouse: A White Comedy

1x06 Millhouse: A White Comedy

  • 1992-10-17T04:00:00Z1h 30m

Emile de Antonio's 1971 documentary traces Richard Nixon's career.

President John F. Kennedy and Attorney General Robert Kennedy react in 1963 as blacks are barred from the University of Alabama.

1992-11-07T05:00:00Z

1x08 Good Times, Bad Times

1x08 Good Times, Bad Times

  • 1992-11-07T05:00:00Z1h 30m

Filmmaker Don Shebib's perspective on war includes footage from the World Wars and scenes from veterans' parades and hospitals.

1992-11-14T05:00:00Z

1x09 The Beatles

1x09 The Beatles

  • 1992-11-14T05:00:00Z1h 30m

The Beatles visit Toronto in 1964.

A 1967 documentary examines John F. Kennedy's assassination and questions the Warren Commission's findings.

1992-11-28T05:00:00Z

1x11 The Mills of the Gods

1x11 The Mills of the Gods

  • 1992-11-28T05:00:00Z1h 30m

A 1966 documentary filming U.S. jungle patrols, gun boats and bombers shows the Vietnam War's effect on the peasants.

1992-12-05T05:00:00Z

1x12 Don't Look Back (1/2)

1x12 Don't Look Back (1/2)

  • 1992-12-05T05:00:00Z1h 30m

Filmmaker D.A. Pennebaker chronicles Bob Dylan's 1967 British concert tour.

1992-12-12T05:00:00Z

1x13 Don't Look Back (2/2)

1x13 Don't Look Back (2/2)

  • 1992-12-12T05:00:00Z1h 30m

Filmmaker D.A. Pennebaker chronicles Bob Dylan's 1965 British concert tour.

1x14 Bedtime Story & the Beatles

  • 1992-12-26T05:00:00Z1h 30m

Patrick Watson interviews John Lennon and Yoko Ono as they 'lie-in for peace' at a Montreal hotel in 1969.

1993-01-01T05:00:00Z

1x15 Kennedys Don't Cry (1/2)

1x15 Kennedys Don't Cry (1/2)

  • 1993-01-01T05:00:00Z1h 30m

1993-01-09T05:00:00Z

1x16 Kennedys Don't Cry (2/2)

1x16 Kennedys Don't Cry (2/2)

  • 1993-01-09T05:00:00Z1h 30m

1993-01-30T05:00:00Z

1x17 In the Year of the Pig

1x17 In the Year of the Pig

  • 1993-01-30T05:00:00Z1h 30m

Emile de Antonio's 1969 documentary, 'The Year of the Pig,' uses archival footage and interviews to examine the Vietnam War.

1993-02-06T05:00:00Z

1x18 The Chair

1x18 The Chair

  • 1993-02-06T05:00:00Z1h 30m

A documentary on the death sentence in the 1960s United States follows a condemned black man.

Morley Markson's 1971 documentary examines the '60s ideologies of Allen Ginsberg, Jerry Rubin, Abbie Hoffman and Buckminster Fuller, and shows American youth culture.

1993-02-20T05:00:00Z

1x20 Underground (1/2)

1x20 Underground (1/2)

  • 1993-02-20T05:00:00Z1h 30m

1993-02-27T05:00:00Z

1x21 Underground (2/2)

1x21 Underground (2/2)

  • 1993-02-27T05:00:00Z1h 30m

A 1981 National Film Board documentary explores pornography.

A 1974 documentary examines the case of Americans Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, executed in 1953 for spying.

Julius and Ethel Rosenberg's son discusses his efforts to exonerate his parents and his work with a foundation for orphaned children.

1993-03-27T05:00:00Z

1x25 A Time for Burning

1x25 A Time for Burning

  • 1993-03-27T05:00:00Z1h 30m

A 1965 documentary shows racism in the church, including a Nebraska minister's efforts to integrate his congregation.

1993-04-03T05:00:00Z

1x26 The Shattered Mirror

1x26 The Shattered Mirror

  • 1993-04-03T05:00:00Z1h 30m

Russia's people face challenges and opportunities in the day-to-day struggle to survive.

Two documentaries focus on nuclear weapons.

1993-04-24T04:00:00Z

1x28 A Taste of Freedom

1x28 A Taste of Freedom

  • 1993-04-24T04:00:00Z1h 30m

Soviet filmmaker Marina Goldovskaya profiles a Soviet journalist and his family.

1993-05-01T04:00:00Z

1x29 Seasons Change

1x29 Seasons Change

  • 1993-05-01T04:00:00Z1h 30m

The 1969 film 'Seasons Change' shows a Vietnam War demonstration at the 1968 Democratic National Convention.

1993-05-08T04:00:00Z

1x30 Deadly Currents

1x30 Deadly Currents

  • 1993-05-08T04:00:00Z1h 30m

Documentary examines the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

1993-07-24T04:00:00Z

1x31 Last Reflections on a War

1x31 Last Reflections on a War

  • 1993-07-24T04:00:00Z1h 30m

Filmmaker Beryl Fox returns to Vietnam to film a documentary about a comrade killed in the war.

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