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 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....

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 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...

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...

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 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...

Meet Tony Rossi, a 10-year-old boy who can only distinguish light from shadow. Despite this difficulty, he leads a very active life. The short...

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

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

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...

A triumph of film art, creating on the screen a vast, awe-inspiring picture of the universe as it would appear to a voyager through space, this film...

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

A series of interviews, combined with newsreel footage, that placed the American feminist movement in historical perspective. Six of the movement's...

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

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...

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

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