Kathleen Shannon Movies

A subversive romantic comedy gone wrong that follows a young woman into and out of an emotionally abusive relationship.

Kathleen Shannon describes the look and feel of her childhood to an artist friend, and uses his paintings and her visit to the ruins of the mining...

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

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 film...

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

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

This short documentary offers a step-by-step account of a fast freight train on a run from Toronto to Halifax, with glimpses of the vast amount of...

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...

Intercut with illustrative stock footage, Adam's World present a short lecture by Elizabeth Dodson Gray, a feminist theologian, environmentalist, and...

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

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...

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

Two generals prepare for battle at the Plains of Abraham.

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

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

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

This short documentary tells the true story of Patricia Garner, a woman reluctantly approaching middle age sandwiched between changing social values...

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

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...