My Brand New Life - Season 1

My Brand New Life - Season 1

Season 1

Network
DatesJul 4, 2004 - Sep 26, 2004

Episodes

A Border Story
Season 1Episode 130 min

A Border Story

Canadians think Americans are ignorant about Canada. But do Canadian kids know any more about their southern neighbours? Two tweens find out. Antoine, a Canadian boy from Ottawa, and Olivia, an American girl from Washington, DC, visit each other to celebrate their national holidays together. From chitlings to beaver tales and tails, the two youngsters experience life on both sides of the border. Source: www.nfb.ca
Jul 4, 2004
He Said/She Said
Season 1Episode 230 min

He Said/She Said

Boy meets girl. But can they understand each other? Michael and Meagan take a closer look at gender roles when the two tweens take on each other's friends and sports for the day. Meagan becomes a football player and goes on an overnight camping trip with the boys, while Michael joins the synchronized swim team and parties at a sleepover with the girls. Source: www.nfb.ca
Jul 11, 2004
Inuit Games
Season 1Episode 330 min

Inuit Games

Eric excels at almost every sport, especially soccer and cycling, but the events at the Inuit Traditional Games require different skills and strengths. This super jock meets his match in the Arctic with the knuckle-hop, the armpull, the airplane and the one-leg high-kick. Source: www.nfb.ca
Jul 18, 2004
Cowgirl Meets the Horsey Set
Season 1Episode 430 min

Cowgirl Meets the Horsey Set

Kendra, a rough-riding western rodeo girl from Claresholm, Alberta—pop. 3,622--and Olivia, a prim and proper dressage competitor from Montreal, switch hats and gears to try each other's sports. Kendra must get used to a different kind of riding precision, while Olivia tries her hand at goat tying in a rodeo. Source: www.nfb.ca
Jul 25, 2004
Wheelchair Challenge
Season 1Episode 530 min

Wheelchair Challenge

What's it like for Rahim, a 15-year-old Toronto star basketball player, to spend three days navigating in a wheelchair? His new friend, Shane, who has done it all his life, teaches Rahim how to manoeuvre the streets and hallways, and to play wheelchair basketball and sledge hockey. From getting out of bed in the morning to getting down stairs, Rahim faces many new challenges in his brand new life. Source: www.nfb.ca
Aug 1, 2004
Only Child/Big Family
Season 1Episode 630 min

Only Child/Big Family

Anna lives in St. John's, Newfoundland, with her parents and four brothers and sisters. It's pretty noisy. Alannah and her single mother live with their golden retriever in Montreal. It's pretty quiet. How will these girls cope in each other's lives? Anna finds there's lots of alone time—both precious and lonely. And Alannah discovers the joys of a gang around the dining room table. Source: www.nfb.ca
Aug 8, 2004
Music for Whose Ears
Season 1Episode 730 min

Music for Whose Ears

All kinds of musical notes are played when Melanie, a traditional fiddler and step-dancer from Acadian New Brunswick, switches places with Ray, a Bhangra musician and dancer from Scarborough, Ontario. When these two kinds of music meet, it's a jam session like nothing you've ever heard! Source: www.nfb.ca
Aug 15, 2004
A Feast for One's Eyes
Season 1Episode 830 min

A Feast for One's Eyes

Indian East meets Indian West when Abdul Rahim, a Muslim from Surrey, BC, and Peter, a Native-Canadian from the Squamish Nation Reserve, learn to cook each other's dishes. They're judged by discerning family juries used to high standards for their particular cuisines. Peter celebrates the holiday Eid at a big Muslim party, while Abdul Rahim catches and smokes his own salmon. Source: www.nfb.ca
Aug 29, 2004
Ming's First Day of School
Season 1Episode 930 min

Ming's First Day of School

Eleven-year-old Ming has been home-schooled all her life in Nova Scotia. She's never sat in a classroom, worn a uniform or taken a test. Her brand new life calls for her to spend a week in a Grade 5 class in Montreal, making new friends, getting used to routine and trying to pass a dreaded math quiz. Source: www.nfb.ca
Sep 5, 2004
School's Out...
Season 1Episode 1030 min

School's Out...

What would happen if kids ran the school? Three tweens switch places with their school officials. Cory becomes the principal, Jamie works as the custodian, and Laura takes on her own teacher's job for a day. Will they play hooky and fool around or get down to business? Source: www.nfb.ca
Sep 6, 2004
Ballet Dancer/Hockey Player
Season 1Episode 1130 min

Ballet Dancer/Hockey Player

Are ballet dancers sissy? Are hockey players macho goons? Pasquale, an aspiring hockey player from Montreal, trades lives with Nikita, a Montreal ballet and ballroom dancer. Both award-winners in their own sports, Nikita has never laced up hockey skates, and Pasquale is a novice at tripping the light fantastic. Source: www.nfb.ca
Sep 12, 2004
Circus School
Season 1Episode 1230 min

Circus School

Andrew, a student at a military-style private school in Nova Scotia, leaves his regimented dorm life to trade places with Sarah, a circus gymnast. He finds it's more than clowning around, while she has to learn to play by some pretty strict rules. Source: www.nfb.ca
Sep 19, 2004
Scary Tales: Halloween/Day of the Dead
Season 1Episode 1330 min

Scary Tales: Halloween/Day of the Dead

Alexis, a Montreal boy, sets off somewhat nervously to a Mayan island in Mexico to celebrate the Day of the Dead, in a cemetery, in the dead of night. Alejandro leaves Mexico to experience Halloween, complete with haunted houses, leering jack-o'-lanterns and collecting candy from total strangers in Canada. Which is scarier? Source: www.nfb.ca
Sep 26, 2004

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