Kathleen Shannon Filmes

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A vignette based on the story of John McIntosh, the Ontario developer of the McIntosh apple.

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...

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...

This short documentary looks at how the community of London, Ontario, has implemented a plan to address the issue of domestic violence. These...

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

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...

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

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