Kathleen Shannon Movies

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

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...

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

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...

A film by Christopher Chapman, known for his lyrical films of countryside and wilderness. He turns his colour camera on the growing city and there...

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

A light, humorous look at the motor car and the great North American itch for a place on the road. From the comparative peace of Honest Joe's...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...