Gloria Demers Movies
- 1978
Some American Feminists
Some American Feminists01978HD
A series of interviews, combined with newsreel footage, that placed the American feminist movement in historical perspective. Six of the movement's...
- 1990
The Company of Strangers
The Company of Strangers7.21990HD
A busload of women become stranded in an isolated part of the Canadian countryside. As they await rescue, they reflect on their lives through a...
- 1989
Illuminated Lives: A Brief History of Women's Work in the Middle Ages
Illuminated Lives: A Brief History of Women's Work in the Middle Ages01989HD
This animated short challenges enduring myths, spawned by fairy tales and romances, about women in medieval society. It explores the differences and...
- 1985
Dark Lullabies
Dark Lullabies01985HD
Seen through the eyes of the filmmaker, a child of concentration camp survivors, this program explores the impact of the Holocaust on a generation of...
- 1977
The Street
The Street5.61977HD
This film deals with a Jewish family in Montreal, Canada as they care for a dying grandmother and the young boy who is impatient to get the room he...
- 1982
First Winter
First Winter7.11982HD
First Winter is a 1982 Canadian short film directed by John N. Smith. With the father away, an Irish immigrant family struggle to survive their first...
- 1987
First Journey, Fort William
First Journey, Fort William01987HD
Set in 1815, this is the dramatic story of a child of the fur trade, son of a Native mother and a Scottish-Canadian fur trader. John Mackenzie's...
- 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...
- 1988
Rendezvous Canada, 1606
Rendezvous Canada, 160601988HD
The dramatic story of two youths--one French and one Indigenous--who share a pivotal time in Canada's history: the first contact between European and...
- 1989
Goddess Remembered
Goddess Remembered51989HD
Goddess Remembered is a salute to 35,000 years of "pre-history," to the values of ancestors only recently remembered and to the goddess-worshipping...
- 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
The Energy Carol
The Energy Carol01975HD
An unconventional version of The Christmas Carol.
- 1984
A Good Tree
A Good Tree01984HD
A trio of children steal a fir tree for a Christmas tree from a grouchy neighbor and later resolve to make amends.
- 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...