Indigenous women in Canada
Women’s history and rights in Canada
20th century gals (2001)
Jones, C. (Host). GAPC Productions. [Streaming Video]
This "docudramedy", hosted by Babe (a.k.a. Cathy Jones of This Hour Has 22 Minutes) is a mix of fact, fun and folly. Divided into four parts: POLITICS, SEXUALITY, FAMILY, and WORK, 20th Century Gals weaves together historical re-enactments, clips from personal writings, first hand testimonials, archival records and radio & TV news clips.
Analogue Revolution: How Feminist Media Changed the World (2023)
Set prior to the Me Too movement, Analogue Revolution traces the rise, fall and resurgence of feminist media and activism in Canada. From Halifax to Vancouver, feminist storytellers from the ‘70s to ‘90s took hold of cutting-edge media technology to document everything from violence towards women, to how to insert a diaphragm.
The stirring film features such media activists as Susan G. Cole (Broadside Feminist Review), Grace Channer (Our Lives Black Women’s Newspaper) and Dykes on Mykes, the longest running lesbian radio show in the world. Rare archival footage, like 70's feminist gatherings in Montreal, lead to the film’s climax: draconian cutbacks to women’s and lesbian organizations across Canada, following the massacre of feminists at École Polytechnique in Montreal, (December 6, 1989). The film concludes with a resurgence: younger BIPOC feminists (Ella Cooper, Black Women Film!; Didhood Collective), using analogue strategies to create new feminist digital networks.
The film is narrated by Canadian rock icon Carole Pope.
