Ginny Stikeman Movies

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 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....

Filmed on location in Saskatchewan from the Qu'Appelle Valley to Hudson Bay, the documentary traces the filmmaker's quest for her Native foremothers...

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...

An NFB crew filmed a group of three families, Cree hunters from Mistassini. Since times predating agriculture, this First Nations people have gone to...

This feature documentary follows a number of women with disabilities as they affirm their right to seek, develop and sustain intimate relationships...

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...

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

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....

Temiscaming, Québec is the story of a town's struggle to survive after its main source of employment, the CIP mill, closed down. Part I tells...

This short documentary profiles a community engaged in developing sustainable living methods, including food production and small-scale solar and...

Young Chinese-Canadian Susan Yee gives a tour of Montreal.

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...

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...

When nine-year-old Nadia is allowed to attend a regular school, she knows the kids will tease her but she'll "find a way to deal with it." Nadia has...

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...

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...

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...

What would make an ordinary woman kill her husband? This powerful documentary is about three battered women who, after years of violence, kill their...

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