Kathleen Shannon Movies

  • 1997
    Kathleen Shannon: On Film, Feminism & Other Dreams

    Kathleen Shannon: On Film, Feminism & Other Dreams

    Kathleen Shannon: On Film, Feminism & Other Dreams

    11997HD

    With quiet intelligence and wry humour, retired documentary filmmaker Kathleen Shannon takes us through the arc of her life and career. Beginning...

    Kathleen Shannon: On Film, Feminism & Other Dreams
  • 1975
    Challenge for Change: “… and They Lived Happily Ever After”

    Challenge for Change: “… and They Lived Happily Ever After”

    Challenge for Change: “… and They Lived Happily Ever After”

    01975HD

    Women relate their experiences with marriage and motherhood, punctuated by commercials for weddings, among other things. A seminal work by Kathleen...

    Challenge for Change: “… and They Lived Happily Ever After”
  • 1978
    Canada Vignettes: Holidays

    Canada Vignettes: Holidays

    Canada Vignettes: Holidays

    01978HD

    A montage of watercolour images of the work and occasional play of a farm family.

    Canada Vignettes: Holidays
  • 1974
    Like the Trees

    Like the Trees

    Like the Trees

    01974HD

    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...

    Like the Trees
  • 1974
    Luckily I Need Little Sleep

    Luckily I Need Little Sleep

    Luckily I Need Little Sleep

    01974HD

    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 works...

    Luckily I Need Little Sleep
  • 1974
    Would I Ever Like to Work

    Would I Ever Like to Work

    Would I Ever Like to Work

    01974HD

    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,...

    Would I Ever Like to Work
  • 1978
    Patricia's Moving Picture

    Patricia's Moving Picture

    Patricia's Moving Picture

    01978HD

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

    Patricia's Moving Picture