Kathleen Shannon

This animated short challenges enduring myths, spawned by fairy tales and romances, about women in medieval society. It explores the differences an...

04 de jul. de 1989

The current dating landscape is bleak at best and no one is more aware of this than Mackenzie, a disillusioned 25-year old law student whose love l...

09 de mar. de 2024

Australian pediatrician Helen Caldicott delivers a lecture on the potential medical and societal consequences of a nuclear war, and advocates for n...

01 de out. de 1982

Rousing tales of the North-West Mounted Police are brought to life through photos and artists' sketches. In 1873, the North-West Mounted Police wer...

01 de jan. de 1961

This short film portrays the story of singer Paul Anka, who rose from obscurity to become the idol of millions of adolescent fans around the world....

25 de mai. de 1962

The territory of Akwesasne straddles the Canada-U.S. border. When Canadian authorities prohibited the duty-free cross-border passage of personal pu...

21 de mar. de 1969

This short biopic profiles Montreal lawyer-turned-politician George-Étienne Cartier as he campaigns to unite English and French Canada under Confed...

01 de jan. de 1962

A series of interviews, combined with newsreel footage, that placed the American feminist movement in historical perspective. Six of the movement's...

15 de out. de 1978

Gurdeep is a thirteen-year-old Canadian Sikh whose family runs a dairy farm near Chilliwack, British Columbia. They have retained their language an...

01 de jun. de 1977

This short film depicts Newfoundland’s “old times” as seen by Julie O’Brien, an 11-year-old living in Tors Cove. Told in the first person with cuta...

01 de jan. de 1981

A triumph of film art, creating on the screen a vast, awe-inspiring picture of the universe as it would appear to a voyager through space, this fil...

01 de mai. de 1960

In this Oscar Winning documentary short film, students in their final year at the National Ballet School of Canada are seen learning the flamenco f...

01 de jan. de 1983

A neurotic man relates his unsuccessful attempt to open a simple savings account at a bank.

01 de out. de 1962

The history of nuns mirrors the history of all women -- in what we are taught about the past, women are almost invisible. Although today's one mill...

19 de set. de 1984

Authors, teachers, social activists and feminists explore manifestations of contemporary women's spirituality in the Western world.

01 de jan. de 1992

A dramatization of Canadian author W.O. Mitchell's penetrating story about the racial prejudice encountered by a Polish immigrant farmer in a rural...

01 de jan. de 1957

This short documentary features Canadian contralto Maureen Forrester as she sings at the Festival Casals, a musical event founded by the great Span...

01 de jan. de 1961

Young long-distance runner Bruce Kidd practices and competes.

01 de jan. de 1962

Naturalist Bill Mason on his journey by canoe into the Ontario wilderness. The filmmaker and artist begins on Lake Superior, then explores winding ...

01 de jan. de 1984

Cathy, mother of three, is a university department head in a Maritime city. She speaks of the insecurity she experiences because of unpredictable d...

01 de jan. de 1974

This documentary takes an in-depth look at the witch hunts that swept Europe just a few hundred years ago. False accusations and trials led to mass...

01 de jan. de 1990

In this short documentary we learn the back story of the Buddha – the religion he founded and how it is manifested today. Travel through Southeast ...

01 de jan. de 1962

A watercolour evocation of a prairie storm coming after a period of severe drought.

01 de jan. de 1978

A young man of the Kainai Nation (Blood tribe) shows us contemporary life of people as he attends a Sun Dance ceremony with the tribe.

31 de dez. de 1960

Meet Tony Rossi, a 10-year-old boy who can only distinguish light from shadow. Despite this difficulty, he leads a very active life. The short docu...

01 de jan. de 1975

If you erase the people of downtown America, the effect is bizarre, not to say disturbing. That is what this film does. It shows the familiar urban...

01 de jan. de 1964

A tribute to Indigenous women everywhere, this short documentary focuses on 5 women from across Canada. Of varied ages and backgrounds, they have a...

01 de jan. de 1986

A light, humorous look at the motor car and the great North American itch for a place on the road. From the comparative peace of Honest Joe's used-...

01 de jan. de 1960

Women have always sought ways to terminate unwanted pregnancies, despite powerful patriarchal structures and systems working against them. This fil...

09 de nov. de 1984

The short documentary looks at some innovative approaches to providing services and accommodation for battered women in rural, northern, and Native...

01 de jan. de 1986

This 1959 documentary short is a frank portrait of the daily operations inside the Montreal General Hospital’s emergency ward.

01 de jan. de 1959

The women who seek help at Aurora House share a common illness: they are physically and psychologically dependent on alcohol, prescription drugs, s...

02 de jan. de 1984

Two generals prepare for battle at the Plains of Abraham.

01 de jan. de 1957

A comparison of four different families in India, France, Japan, and Canada.

01 de jan. de 1960

01 de jan. de 1977

This short film is an ode to the women who settled the Prairies, from the days of early immigration to 1916 - when Manitobans became the first wome...

02 de jan. de 1975

This short film recreates the experience of Sylvie, a battered woman who seeks shelter in a Montréal transition house. Faced with the threat of vio...

01 de jan. de 1986

This short documentary records Anne Cools’ 1978 run for the Liberal Party nomination in Rosedale, one of Toronto's largest and socially most divers...

01 de jan. de 1979

This short drama is a portrait of Nova Scotian journalist and politician Joseph Howe (1804-1873) and his battle for freedom of press. When, in 1835...

01 de jan. de 1961

Alanis Obomsawin, a North American Indian who earns her living by singing and making films, is the mother of an adopted child. She talks about her ...

01 de jan. de 1975

This short film is told in the first person by Rose, a Métis woman from northern Alberta who has left a difficult life in the city to rediscover he...

07 de jul. de 1974

This short documentary is a celebration of life on planet Earth. Made from haunting visual images selected from 50 years of NFB productions, the fi...

01 de jan. de 1991

In the mountainous country near Lillooet, British Columbia, eleven-year-old Kevin Alec of the Fountain Indian Reserve learns to make fishnets with ...

01 de jan. de 1977

This powerful short documentary showing Indigenous youth resistance and emerging voices that will continue to define the landscape of Indigenous cu...

01 de jul. de 1967

Joan is a welfare mother with seven children. Originally from the Maritimes, she now lives in Montréal. She would like to work as a waitress, and f...

05 de jun. de 1974

Kathy worked as a nurse in Greece and then came to Canada. She and her family live in northern Alberta, where they are developing a farm. Kathy wor...

26 de jun. de 1974