Ginny Stikeman Movies
- 1992
Forbidden Love: The Unashamed Stories of Lesbian Lives
Forbidden Love: The Unashamed Stories of Lesbian Lives6.51992HD
Ten women in Canada talk about being lesbian in the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s: discovering the pulp fiction of the day about women in love, their own...
- 1980
North China Factory
North China Factory61980HD
This documentary from 1980 depicts a factory community in China where over 6000 workers process, spin and weave raw cotton into 90 million yards of...
- 1996
Listening for Something... Adrienne Rich and Dionne Brand in Conversation
Listening for Something... Adrienne Rich and Dionne Brand in Conversation01996HD
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....
- 1985
Discussions in Bioethics: A Chronic Problem
Discussions in Bioethics: A Chronic Problem01985HD
One of a series of short, open-ended dramas designed to stimulate discussion of values and ethics in relation to modern medical technology. This film...
- 1991
Women in the Shadows
Women in the Shadows01991HD
Filmed on location in Saskatchewan from the Qu'Appelle Valley to Hudson Bay, the documentary traces the filmmaker's quest for her Native foremothers...
- 1977
Gurdeep Singh Bains
Gurdeep Singh Bains01977HD
Gurdeep is a thirteen-year-old Canadian Sikh whose family runs a dairy farm near Chilliwack, British Columbia. They have retained their language and...
- 1974
Cree Hunters of Mistassini
Cree Hunters of Mistassini71974HD
An NFB crew filmed a group of three families, Cree hunters from Mistassini. Since times predating agriculture, this First Nations people have gone to...
- 1984
Behind the Veil: Nuns
Behind the Veil: Nuns01984HD
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...
- 1975
Co-op Housing: The Best Move We Ever Made
Co-op Housing: The Best Move We Ever Made01975HD
Canada is facing a housing crisis, and cooperative housing might be a part of the solution.
- 1994
Hands of History
Hands of History81994HD
This documentary follows four female First Nations artists—Doreen Jensen, Rena Point Bolton, Jane Ash Poitras and Joane Cardinal-Schubert are...
- 1987
To a Safer Place
To a Safer Place01987HD
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...
- 1975
My Friends Call Me Tony
My Friends Call Me Tony01975HD
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...
- 1986
Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief
Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief61986HD
A tribute to Indigenous women everywhere, this short documentary focuses on 5 women from across Canada. Of varied ages and backgrounds, they have...
- 1991
Sisters in the Struggle
Sisters in the Struggle01991HD
This documentary features Black women active in politics as well as community, labour and feminist organizing. They share their insights and personal...
- 1989
Older, Stronger, Wiser
Older, Stronger, Wiser01989HD
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...
- 1975
My Name Is Susan Yee
My Name Is Susan Yee01975HD
Young Chinese-Canadian Susan Yee gives a tour of Montreal.
- 1985
The Cap
The Cap61985HD
A baseball crazed 12 year old gets, and loses, a prized cap. A father struggles for dignity in his son's eyes. Based on Morley Callaghan's short...
- 1992
Return Home
Return Home01992HD
After the near death of her grandfather, Chinese Canadian filmmaker Michelle Wong embarks on a personal journey back home to her small town of St....
- 1997
Kathleen Shannon: On Film, Feminism & Other Dreams
Kathleen Shannon: On Film, Feminism & Other Dreams11997HD
With quiet intelligence and wry humour, retired documentary filmmaker Kathleen Shannon takes us through the arc of her life and career. Beginning...
- 1977
Kevin Alec
Kevin Alec01977HD
In the mountainous country near Lillooet, British Columbia, eleven-year-old Kevin Alec of the Fountain Indian Reserve learns to make fishnets with...