Kathleen Shannon Movies

The territory of Akwesasne straddles the Canada-U.S. border. When Canadian authorities prohibited the duty-free cross-border passage of personal...

If you erase the people of downtown America, the effect is bizarre, not to say disturbing. That is what this film does. It shows the familiar urban...

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

This film provides a lively introduction to the professional and personal lives of three female engineers-just a few of the growing number of women...

Women peace activists speak out.

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...

In this short documentary we learn the back story of the Buddha – the religion he founded and how it is manifested today. Travel through...

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...

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

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

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

Five women are black belts in karate, which to them is more than self-defense, it's a philosophy for life.

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

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...

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...

Two generals prepare for battle at the Plains of Abraham.

In a farmhouse on Cape Breton Island where Shawn Peter Dwyer, age 10, lives with his mother and nine brothers and sisters, children's pockets are...

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

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

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