Kathleen Shannon Movies

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

This short film is an ode to the women who settled the Prairies, from the days of early immigration to 1916 - when Manitobans became the first women...

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

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...

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

The current dating landscape is bleak at best and no one is more aware of this than Mackenzie, a disillusioned 25-year old law student whose love...

A young man of the Kainai Nation (Blood tribe) shows us contemporary life of people as he attends a Sun Dance ceremony with the tribe.

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

This short biopic profiles Montreal lawyer-turned-politician George-Étienne Cartier as he campaigns to unite English and French Canada under...

This short film portrays the story of singer Paul Anka, who rose from obscurity to become the idol of millions of adolescent fans around the world....

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

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

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

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

This short film depicts Newfoundland’s “old times” as seen by Julie O’Brien, an 11-year-old living in Tors Cove. Told in the...

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...

Two generals prepare for battle at the Plains of Abraham.

Rousing tales of the North-West Mounted Police are brought to life through photos and artists' sketches. In 1873, the North-West Mounted Police were...

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...

This short drama is a portrait of Nova Scotian journalist and politician Joseph Howe (1804-1873) and his battle for freedom of press. When, in 1835,...