Kathleen Shannon Filmes

  • 1984
    Waterwalker

    Waterwalker

    Waterwalker

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

    Waterwalker
  • 1962
    Georges-Étienne Cartier - The Lion of Québec

    Georges-Étienne Cartier - The Lion of Québec

    Georges-Étienne Cartier - The Lion of Québec

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

    Georges-Étienne Cartier - The Lion of Québec
  • 1977
    Beautiful Lennard Island

    Beautiful Lennard Island

    Beautiful Lennard Island

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    Beautiful Lennard Island
  • 2025
    I Love You Forever

    I Love You Forever

    I Love You Forever

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

    I Love You Forever
  • 1980
    Laila

    Laila

    Laila

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    Laila Paattinen is a working woman. Tired of low-paying jobs, she completed a five-month course in dry-wall installation. Because she had chosen a...

    Laila
  • 1991
    Mother Earth

    Mother Earth

    Mother Earth

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    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...

    Mother Earth
  • 1962
    Lonely Boy

    Lonely Boy

    Lonely Boy

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    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....

    Lonely Boy
  • 1958
    Train 406

    Train 406

    Train 406

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    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...

    Train 406
  • 1960
    Universe

    Universe

    Universe

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    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...

    Universe
  • 1992
    Full Circle

    Full Circle

    Full Circle

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

    Full Circle
  • 1974
    Like the Trees

    Like the Trees

    Like the Trees

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    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
  • 1957
    Fires of Envy

    Fires of Envy

    Fires of Envy

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

    Fires of Envy
  • 1960
    Four Families

    Four Families

    Four Families

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    A cross-cultural study of child-rearing in India, France, Japan, and Canada, observing how family practices around a one-year-old reflect broader...

    Four Families
  • 1983
    Flamenco at 5:15

    Flamenco at 5:15

    Flamenco at 5:15

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

    Flamenco at 5:15
  • 1984
    Abortion: Stories from North and South

    Abortion: Stories from North and South

    Abortion: Stories from North and South

    01984HD

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

    Abortion: Stories from North and South
  • 1987
    To a Safer Place

    To a Safer Place

    To a Safer Place

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    Sexually abused by her father from infancy to early adolescence, Shirley Turcotte is now in her thirties and has succeeded in building a rich and...

    To a Safer Place
  • 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”

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    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”
  • 1962
    My Financial Career

    My Financial Career

    My Financial Career

    6.71962HD

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

    My Financial Career
  • 1986
    Sylvie's Story

    Sylvie's Story

    Sylvie's Story

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

    Sylvie's Story
  • 1990
    The Burning Times

    The Burning Times

    The Burning Times

    6.61990HD

    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...

    The Burning Times