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There is a cultural revolution going on in Canada and Faith Nolan and Grace Channer are on the leading edge. These two African-Canadian lesbian...

The Peace River Valley in British Columbia is an area of rich farmland threatened by the construction of a hydro-electric dam. This Borrowed Land...

The nation, the country, where do we belong in it? In this film through conversation and poetry two poets meet for the telling and the listening....

In this short film, internationally acclaimed author Margaret Laurence passionately addresses several issues related to peace: the social...

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

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

A film documenting the work and personal lives of five physically disabled women. It shows how they are coping with the problems they share with all...

This short documentary presents 5 women from a variety of backgrounds who use strategy, humour and determination to seek to attain equality in the...

Filmmaker Bonnie Sherr Klein and former stripper Lindalee Tracy explore the pornography industry by visiting strip clubs, peep shows, and adult film...

An upbeat, positive film about a group of women dealing with mid-life and menopause. The women come from a wide range of backgrounds, careers and...

A rich and little-known part of Canadian history unfolds through the stories of the first Chinese women to come to Canada and of subsequent...

This documentary features Black women active in politics as well as community, labour and feminist organizing. They share their insights and personal...

In this short documentary, five black women talk about their lives in rural and urban Canada between the 1920s and 1950s. What emerges is a unique...

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...

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

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

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...

December 6, 1989. Sylvie Gagnon was attending her last day of classes at the University of Montreal's École Polytechnique, when Marc...

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