Kathleen Shannon Movies

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...

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

A critical look at marriage and motherhood through the views of a group of young girls and boys and a group of married women, contrasted with glossy...

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

The short documentary looks at some innovative approaches to providing services and accommodation for battered women in rural, northern, and Native...

This 1959 documentary short is a frank portrait of the daily operations inside the Montreal General Hospital’s emergency ward.

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

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...

In the mountainous country near Lillooet, British Columbia, eleven-year-old Kevin Alec of the Fountain Indian Reserve learns to make fishnets with...

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 powerful short documentary showing Indigenous youth resistance and emerging voices that will continue to define the landscape of Indigenous...

This short film from the Canada Vignettes series profiles a unique French-Canadian family, the Fourniers, 12 of whom work as stunt men and women for...

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,...