At the farmhouse on Cape Breton Island where Shawn Peter Dwyer, age ten, lives with his mother and nine brothers and sisters, a team effort keeps the family functioning.
This Oscar-winning film is a visual and emotional thriller. It is an impressionistic record of a flamenco dance class given to senior students at the National Ballet School of Canada by two great teachers from Spain, Susana and Antonio Robledo.
This film provides a lively introduction to the professional and personal lives of three female engineers--just a few of the growing number of women who are opting for "non-traditional" jobs.
"This Borrowed Land" highlights women farmers in BC's Peace River Valley, protesting hydro dam construction threatening their farmland. They question land use, food production, and their children's future in a film on agriculture, ecology, and resilience.
This film provides a historical overview of how church, state and the medical establishment have determined policies concerning abortion.
" Turnaround: A Story of Recovery" follows five women battling addiction at Aurora House. This documentary offers insight for families, friends, and professionals interested in alternative treatment methods.
Margaret Laurence tackles peace-related issues in this short film: writer's social responsibility, language's impact, nuclear threat, and more. Ideal for sparking discussions across various subjects.
Five women, all of them black belts in karate, are examples of how this ancient martial art can transform lives. They demonstrate how it can generate a whole range of physical, psychological and spiritual benefits.
An upbeat, positive film about a group of women dealing with mid-life and menopause. The women come from a wide range of backgrounds, careers and lifestyles, it effectively dispels popular myths and fears about life during and after menopause.
A Safe Distance examines the services needed by and available to battered women. The film looks at some innovative approaches to providing services and accommodation for battered women in rural, northern, and Native communities.
Firewords offers an intimate glimpse of three respected, controversial Québec writers.Louky Bersianik, Jovette Marchessault and Nicole Brossard have contributed greatly to the creation of a distinctive women's literature.
A tribute to Indigenous women everywhere, this short documentary focuses on 5 women from across Canada. They talk about the importance of Indigenous culture in helping them to develop a sense of self and seeing through rough times.
The film shows Sylvie in a Montréal transition house, highlighting the hurdles of violence, loneliness, and scarcity. It emphasizes sharing experiences and transition houses' support in connecting victims with legal and social aid.
T.C. Douglas, boxer turned preacher turned politician, left a mark on Canadian politics. The film highlights his principled stand for social justice and pioneering reforms like medicare, revealing his unique spirit.
A remarkable documentary in which teenagers from war-torn countries, filmed in interaction with Canadian high-school students, speak with dignity, maturity and candor about the struggles of their people and the suffering they have endured.
Documents the work and personal lives of five physically disabled women. It shows how they are coping with the problems they share with all women, the problems they share with other disabled women and those unique to their particular circumstances.
This enchanting and magical animation film, an ode to our dreams during the night, celebrates the creative imagination, uniqueness, and the human spirit. The plot involves a man who steals the dreams of villagers, the tries to sell them back to the them.
This spirited documentary on one of Canada's most successful female politicians was filmed while she was mayor of Ottawa. Dewar talks of her political career as a natural extension of her roles of wife, mother, public-health nurse and ordinary citizen.
A tribute to Pat Schulz, a working-class heroine known for her '50s human and workers' rights battles. This documentary offers a historical view of the women's movement, tracing its roots, early issues, current concerns, and emerging directions.
The document of an intimate conversation between a mother and her adult daughter. They speak candidly about their personal experiences in trying to obtain an abortion, and how, in different decade, each got caught up in the system and its rules.
The second in Penelope Spheeris’ trilogy, The Metal Years takes a fast-paced look at the outrageous Heavy Metal scene of the late '80s.
William Notman was a man of rare talent. Photography was still in its infancy when he opened his first studio--in Montréal--in the late 1850s. He rapidly turned his art, and a budding technology, into a highly successful business.
This poetic documentary is a salute to 35 000 years of "pre-history," to the values of ancestors only recently remembered, and to the goddess-worshipping religions of the ancient past.
