Secret Nation is a 1992 political thriller written by Edward Riche, directed by Mike Jones and starring Cathy Jones, with Rick Mercer, Ron Hynes, Mary Walsh, Andy Jones and other well-known Newfoundland actors in supporting roles.

Plot

The film opens with the death of Leo Cryptus (Denys Ferry), the fictional Chief Returning Officer for the 1948 referendums on whether Newfoundland should to return to responsible government, become a province of Canada, or remain under direct rule from London. Frieda Vokey (Cathy Jones) is a graduate student at McGill University in Montreal completing her doctoral thesis on Newfoundland's 1949 entry into confederation. Her academic advisors in Montreal don't understand her thesis and treat it as "some kind of 'Newfie' joke". Disheartened, Vokey returns to her hometown of St. John’s, Newfoundland, unsure of herself and how to proceed.