Canadian documentary director, producer and writer. Environmental topics my specialty. I remain cheerful nonetheless.https://bsky.app/profile/primitiveyes.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/primitiveyes.bsky.social/post/3mqrwttwnns2dWhat The Smoke Pt. 2: Wild Wild Weather, our recent film with Sarika Suzuki, shows why the heat and smoke get stuck in your town. Of course it is climate change. But that's just the start of the story. https://gem.cbc.ca/the-nature-of-things/s65e0316 Jul 2026 19:11 +0000at://did:plc:7uld5gvsa7fa3byz46dkb4ep/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqrwttwnns2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/primitiveyes.bsky.social/post/3mqrwmo6qw22dWhat The Smoke? Part 1: Our beautiful multi-award-winning film Borealis will show you why the forest must burn. www.nfb.ca/film/borealis/ https://www.nfb.ca/film/borealis/16 Jul 2026 19:07 +0000at://did:plc:7uld5gvsa7fa3byz46dkb4ep/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqrwmo6qw22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/primitiveyes.bsky.social/post/3md6p6q3g7s26Trump says, re the weekend storm: “Could the Environmental Insurrectionists please explain – WHATEVER HAPPENED TO GLOBAL WARMING???” It must be so exhausting to be an intelligent American. Our newest documentary for CBC Nature of Things shows why he is so wrong. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jN3aFXaTq9024 Jan 2026 17:05 +0000at://did:plc:7uld5gvsa7fa3byz46dkb4ep/app.bsky.feed.post/3md6p6q3g7s26https://bsky.app/profile/primitiveyes.bsky.social/post/3m4ds62jm4k25There's bats everywhere this time of year -- but they are not as scary as claimed! Check out our lovely new documentary on CBC Nature of Things. It will make you love bats! https://gem.cbc.ca/the-nature-of-things/s65e0129 Oct 2025 15:46 +0000at://did:plc:7uld5gvsa7fa3byz46dkb4ep/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4ds62jm4k25https://bsky.app/profile/primitiveyes.bsky.social/post/3ll2sg4ra5s25Buying Canadian is a great idea. But it's about more than ketchup. Spare a little nationalist sympathy for our artists too. https://www.nfb.ca/film/canadian_famous/23 Mar 2025 17:48 +0000at://did:plc:7uld5gvsa7fa3byz46dkb4ep/app.bsky.feed.post/3ll2sg4ra5s25https://bsky.app/profile/primitiveyes.bsky.social/post/3lhje3dgeds2pPOTUS (Pervert of the US) wants Canada’s Arctic. Lots of greedy Canadian industrialists would sell out to him. None of them know anything about the land, animals, people or, least of all, waterways. They need some educatin’. Pass it on… https://gem.cbc.ca/arctic-blue-with-peter-mansbridge06 Feb 2025 15:01 +0000at://did:plc:7uld5gvsa7fa3byz46dkb4ep/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhje3dgeds2phttps://bsky.app/profile/primitiveyes.bsky.social/post/3lffdvh35bk25Canada gave America: Superman, computer animation, standardized time keeping and pert breasts. You're welcome, Mr. Trump. If you take a good look around, you are bound to conclude that you need more Canada, not less. https://www.primevideo.com/detail/0G58JVRN6A9Y4URFT4VH1E5WV8/ref=atv_dp_share_cu_r10 Jan 2025 13:56 +0000at://did:plc:7uld5gvsa7fa3byz46dkb4ep/app.bsky.feed.post/3lffdvh35bk25https://bsky.app/profile/primitiveyes.bsky.social/post/3lds74fufv22nLook North! Now streaming in Canada @YouTubeTVODocs THE BIRDMAN OF COOPER ISLAND A love story about an ornithologist, his wife, his Arctic seabird colony & the polar bears trying to eat them all #tvodocs #birds #arctic @cathmckenna.bsky.social @climatenews.bsky.social @davidfrum.bsky.social21 Dec 2024 05:45 +0000at://did:plc:7uld5gvsa7fa3byz46dkb4ep/app.bsky.feed.post/3lds74fufv22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/primitiveyes.bsky.social/post/3ldrzxq3ixc2nHappy Holidays TVO. Thanks for Primitive double bill of winter films Sunday Dec 22 on TVO YouTube/TVO 9pm: THE BIRDMAN OF COOPER ISLAND a love story about an ornithologist his bird colony and polar bears hoping to eat them. Then snowy BOREALIS. #tvodocs #arctic #forest #borealforest #birds #birders21 Dec 2024 04:13 +0000at://did:plc:7uld5gvsa7fa3byz46dkb4ep/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldrzxq3ixc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/primitiveyes.bsky.social/post/3ldmbp5tubc2jHey birders! THE BIRDMAN OF COOPER ISLAND finds ornithologist George Divoky, his wife Catherine, a seabird colony and hungry polar bears stuck together on an isolated Arctic island. A wary love story. Free December 20 on YouTube TVO Docs #seabird #alaska #birding #climatechange #documentary18 Dec 2024 21:15 +0000at://did:plc:7uld5gvsa7fa3byz46dkb4ep/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldmbp5tubc2j