Gloria Demers Movies

  • 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 Ages

    Illuminated Lives: A Brief History of Women's Work in the Middle Ages

    01989HD

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

    Illuminated Lives: A Brief History of Women's Work in the Middle Ages
  • 1990
    The Company of Strangers

    The Company of Strangers

    The Company of Strangers

    7.21990HD

    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...

    The Company of Strangers
  • 1977
    The Street

    The Street

    The Street

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    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...

    The Street
  • 1978
    Some American Feminists

    Some American Feminists

    Some American Feminists

    01978HD

    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
  • 1982
    First Winter

    First Winter

    First Winter

    7.11982HD

    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...

    First Winter
  • 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
  • 1987
    First Journey, Fort William

    First Journey, Fort William

    First Journey, Fort William

    01987HD

    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...

    First Journey, Fort William
  • 1988
    Rendezvous Canada, 1606

    Rendezvous Canada, 1606

    Rendezvous Canada, 1606

    01988HD

    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...

    Rendezvous Canada, 1606
  • 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
  • 1989
    Goddess Remembered

    Goddess Remembered

    Goddess Remembered

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    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...

    Goddess Remembered
  • 1986
    Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief

    Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief

    Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief

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    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
  • 1985
    Dark Lullabies

    Dark Lullabies

    Dark Lullabies

    01985HD

    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...

    Dark Lullabies
  • 1984
    A Good Tree

    A Good Tree

    A Good Tree

    01984HD

    A trio of children steal a fir tree for a Christmas tree from a grouchy neighbor and later resolve to make amends.

    A Good Tree
  • 1975
    The Energy Carol

    The Energy Carol

    The Energy Carol

    01975HD

    An unconventional version of The Christmas Carol.

    The Energy Carol