Kathleen Shannon Movies

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...

Authors, teachers, social activists and feminists explore manifestations of contemporary women's spirituality in the Western world.

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

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

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

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...

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

Cathy, mother of three, is a university department head in a Maritime city. She speaks of the insecurity she experiences because of unpredictable day...

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

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...

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

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...

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

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

The women who seek help at Aurora House share a common illness: they are physically and psychologically dependent on alcohol, prescription drugs,...

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

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.

Two generals prepare for battle at the Plains of Abraham.