Ginny Stikeman Movies

  • 1992
    Forbidden Love: The Unashamed Stories of Lesbian Lives

    Forbidden Love: The Unashamed Stories of Lesbian Lives

    Forbidden Love: The Unashamed Stories of Lesbian Lives

    6.51992HD

    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...

    Forbidden Love: The Unashamed Stories of Lesbian Lives
  • 1974
    Cree Hunters of Mistassini

    Cree Hunters of Mistassini

    Cree Hunters of Mistassini

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

    Cree Hunters of Mistassini
  • 1991
    Women in the Shadows

    Women in the Shadows

    Women in the Shadows

    01991HD

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

    Women in the Shadows
  • 1994
    Hands of History

    Hands of History

    Hands of History

    81994HD

    This documentary follows four female First Nations artists—Doreen Jensen, Rena Point Bolton, Jane Ash Poitras and Joane Cardinal-Schubert are...

    Hands of History
  • 1985
    Discussions in Bioethics: A Chronic Problem

    Discussions in Bioethics: A Chronic Problem

    Discussions in Bioethics: A Chronic Problem

    01985HD

    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...

    Discussions in Bioethics: A Chronic Problem
  • 1987
    To a Safer Place

    To a Safer Place

    To a Safer Place

    01987HD

    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...

    To a Safer Place
  • 1980
    North China Factory

    North China Factory

    North China Factory

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    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...

    North China Factory
  • 1977
    Gurdeep Singh Bains

    Gurdeep Singh Bains

    Gurdeep Singh Bains

    01977HD

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

    Gurdeep Singh Bains
  • 1996
    Listening for Something... Adrienne Rich and Dionne Brand in Conversation

    Listening for Something... Adrienne Rich and Dionne Brand in Conversation

    Listening for Something... Adrienne Rich and Dionne Brand in Conversation

    01996HD

    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....

    Listening for Something... Adrienne Rich and Dionne Brand in Conversation
  • 1984
    Behind the Veil: Nuns

    Behind the Veil: Nuns

    Behind the Veil: Nuns

    01984HD

    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...

    Behind the Veil: Nuns
  • 1975
    Co-op Housing: The Best Move We Ever Made

    Co-op Housing: The Best Move We Ever Made

    Co-op Housing: The Best Move We Ever Made

    01975HD

    Canada is facing a housing crisis, and cooperative housing might be a part of the solution.

    Co-op Housing: The Best Move We Ever Made
  • 1991
    Sisters in the Struggle

    Sisters in the Struggle

    Sisters in the Struggle

    01991HD

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

    Sisters in the Struggle
  • 1975
    My Name Is Susan Yee

    My Name Is Susan Yee

    My Name Is Susan Yee

    01975HD

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

    My Name Is Susan Yee
  • 1992
    Return Home

    Return Home

    Return Home

    01992HD

    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....

    Return Home
  • 1986
    Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief

    Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief

    Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief

    61986HD

    A tribute to Indigenous women everywhere, this short documentary focuses on 5 women from across Canada. Of varied ages and backgrounds, they have...

    Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief
  • 1975
    My Friends Call Me Tony

    My Friends Call Me Tony

    My Friends Call Me Tony

    01975HD

    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...

    My Friends Call Me Tony
  • 1989
    Older, Stronger, Wiser

    Older, Stronger, Wiser

    Older, Stronger, Wiser

    01989HD

    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...

    Older, Stronger, Wiser
  • 1985
    The Cap

    The Cap

    The Cap

    61985HD

    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...

    The Cap
  • 1997
    Kathleen Shannon: On Film, Feminism & Other Dreams

    Kathleen Shannon: On Film, Feminism & Other Dreams

    Kathleen Shannon: On Film, Feminism & Other Dreams

    11997HD

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

    Kathleen Shannon: On Film, Feminism & Other Dreams
  • 1977
    Kevin Alec

    Kevin Alec

    Kevin Alec

    01977HD

    In the mountainous country near Lillooet, British Columbia, eleven-year-old Kevin Alec of the Fountain Indian Reserve learns to make fishnets with...

    Kevin Alec