Gendering the Nation
Since Nell Shipman wrote and starred in Back to God''s Country (1919), Canadian women have been making films. The accolades given to film-makers such as Patricia Rozema (I''ve Heard the Mermaids Singing, When Night is Falling), Alanis Obomsawin (Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance), and Micheline Lanctôt (Deux actrices) at festivals throughout the world in recent years attest to the growing inter...
Since Nell Shipman wrote and starred in Back to God''s Country (1919), Canadian women have been making films. The accolades given to film-makers such as Patricia Rozema (I''ve Heard the Mermaids Singing, When Night is Falling), Alanis Obomsawin (Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance), and Micheline Lanctôt (Deux actrices) at festivals throughout the world in recent years attest to the growing inter...