Kathleen Shannon Movies

  • 1962
    Runner

    Runner

    Runner

    7.51962HD

    Young long-distance runner Bruce Kidd practices and competes.

    Runner
  • 1979
    Canada Vignettes: McIntosh

    Canada Vignettes: McIntosh

    Canada Vignettes: McIntosh

    71979HD

    A vignette based on the story of John McIntosh, the Ontario developer of the McIntosh apple.

    Canada Vignettes: McIntosh
  • 1974
    Like the Trees

    Like the Trees

    Like the Trees

    01974HD

    This short film is told in the first person by Rose, a Métis woman from northern Alberta who has left a difficult life in the city to...

    Like the Trees
  • 1986
    Moving On

    Moving On

    Moving On

    01986HD

    This short documentary looks at how the community of London, Ontario, has implemented a plan to address the issue of domestic violence. These...

    Moving On
  • 1977
    Some American Feminists

    Some American Feminists

    Some American Feminists

    81977HD

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

    Some American Feminists
  • 1962
    Buddhism

    Buddhism

    Buddhism

    91962HD

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

    Buddhism
  • 1963
    The Persistent Seed

    The Persistent Seed

    The Persistent Seed

    71963HD

    A film by Christopher Chapman, known for his lyrical films of countryside and wilderness. He turns his colour camera on the growing city and there...

    The Persistent Seed
  • 1974
    Luckily I Need Little Sleep

    Luckily I Need Little Sleep

    Luckily I Need Little Sleep

    01974HD

    Kathy worked as a nurse in Greece and then came to Canada. She and her family live in northern Alberta, where they are developing a farm. Kathy works...

    Luckily I Need Little Sleep
  • 1978
    Canada Vignettes: Holidays

    Canada Vignettes: Holidays

    Canada Vignettes: Holidays

    91978HD

    A montage of watercolour images of the work and occasional play of a farm family.

    Canada Vignettes: Holidays
  • 1974
    They appreciate you more

    They appreciate you more

    They appreciate you more

    01974HD

    They appreciate you more
  • 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
  • 1974
    Would I Ever Like to Work

    Would I Ever Like to Work

    Would I Ever Like to Work

    01974HD

    Joan is a welfare mother with seven children. Originally from the Maritimes, she now lives in Montréal. She would like to work as a waitress,...

    Would I Ever Like to Work
  • 1974
    Mothers Are People

    Mothers Are People

    Mothers Are People

    01974HD

    Joy is a research biologist, a consultant to a large company. She is also a widow with two school-age children. In discussing her own dilemmas she...

    Mothers Are People
  • 1975
    Goldwood

    Goldwood

    Goldwood

    91975HD

    Kathleen Shannon describes the look and feel of her childhood to an artist friend, and uses his paintings and her visit to the ruins of the mining...

    Goldwood