CBC Ottawa's summer TV series, Absolutely Ottawa, returns with six episodes featuring musical performances, short films and documentaries.

You can watch the full episodes here.

Studio 14 Sessions

Ottawa-area musical groups play live in CBC Ottawa's Studio 14 and chat about their inspirations. This encore presentation features intimate, stripped-down performances by Kellylee Evans, Fevers, The Acorn and Hilotrons.

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Ottawa Docs 2015

Ottawa Docs features six short documentaries produced by local independent filmmakers, as well as students from Carleton University. The stories give poignant perspectives of different slices of life in the city.

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Secret War is about two veterans of the war in Afghanistan suffering from post traumatic stress disorder and using equine therapy to help them deal with their stress. It was produced by Carleton University masters of journalism students Shannon Lough, Emanuela Campanella, Sarah Turnbull and Fangliang Xu, who have since graduated. Secret War was a finalist at Yorkton Film Festival for best student film.

The Routes features James McDougall, known as Zick, who was born in 1974 in Kitigan Zibi. He has a passion for cycling, camping, hiking, running and anything else outdoors, and he works at Kitigan Zibi Health and Social Services. Zick hopes to cycle across Canada next year to raise awareness about missing and murdered aboriginal women. The Routes is Zick's first film with Wapikoni Mobile, a travelling audiovisual training studio for First Nations.

Henny's Opus in B Minor depicts a classical musician's struggle with dementia, which reveals the power of music and challenges our perceptions of aging. Produced through Saw Video's Jumpstart program, this film was featured in the NSI (National Screen Institute) Online Shorts Festival. It was made by filmmaker Andrea Conte.

Life By the Blade is a story about Jeff Hough, a figure skater and Carleton University student with aspirations of competing at the Olympics in men's figure skating. The film was made by Taylor Ryan and Tyler Vick, two Carleton University film studies students.

The Rink Guy shines a light on a man with a very important role in the community: a volunteer outdoor skating rink operator. Ewan Reid has been maintaining the McNabb Park outdoor rink in Centretown for five years. The short documentary on his work was made by Fangliang Xu, a Carleton University masters of journalism student who has since graduated.

Unseen Ottawa is an art film that combines 35mm and VHS in a tribute to lesser-known Ottawa landscapes. It was made by 16-year-old Canterbury High School student Alex Sutcliffe, who focuses on visual arts.

Four-Wheeled Furies

Four-Wheeled Furies follows the Rideau Valley Roller Girls and the fascinating world of roller derby. These Ottawa-area women aren't simply skating around in circles; they're aggressive, sometimes downright nasty, and focused on three things: winning, having fun and giving back to the community.

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Human Library Stories

Human Library Stories is a one-hour documentary about some of the human books who participated in Ottawa's Human Library. The project allows people to "sign out" another person for a one-on-one conversation about a specific subject or experience. The documentary profiles several of the human books and captures why these people are so fascinating to our readers.

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Cinema Shorts 2015

Cinema Shorts features short films from emerging filmmakers from Ottawa and elsewhere in Ontario, and this one-hour screening is the broadcast debut for many of them. Their dramas and comedies include stories about family love, embracing love and losing it, and more. Film titles include:

Failed by Marina Bruno.

Waste of a Fall by Marina Bruno.

Lucky Sam by Islam Balbaa.

​The Big Lemming by Mosha Folger.

Love by Jennifer Stanhope.

​Emily by Joshua Demers and Shannon Fewster.

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The Greenvaders

This one-hour program looks at some community "living green" frontrunners who take on today's environmental challenges for tomorrow's generation. These Greenvaders have decided to take on some waste-management challenges in their neighbourhoods, hoping to influence decision-makers and find solutions for a brighter and greener future. This documentary is a Pix3 Films production by local independent producer Roch Brunette.

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