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Welsh worked as an associate professor at the University of Victoria where she taught courses in indigenous women's studies and indigenous cinema, retiring in 2017. [6] Welsh was the first indigenous faculty member in Humanities at the University. In 2016, the University of Victoria made a scholarship in honor of Welsh, Scholarship for ...
Defunct. 1996. Studio D was the women's unit of the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) and the world's first publicly funded feminist filmmaking studio. [ 1] In its 22-year history, it produced over 140 films and won 3 Academy Awards. Cinema Canada once called it the "Jewel in the Crown Corporation ."
Position held. creative director (Mariposa Folk Festival, 1970–1976) Alanis Obomsawin, CC GOQ (born August 31, 1932) is an Abenaki American-Canadian filmmaker, singer, artist, and activist primarily known for her documentary films. [ 1 ] Born in New Hampshire, United States and raised primarily in Quebec, Canada, she has written and directed ...
2006. (2006) Running time. 73 minutes. Country. Canada. Language. English. Finding Dawn is a 2006 documentary film by Métis filmmaker Christine Welsh looking into the fate of an estimated 500 Canadian Aboriginal women who have been murdered or have gone missing over the past 30 years.
The role of women's films was discussed at the Women's Liberation Conference in Melbourne in 1970, [108] and groups such as the Feminist Film Workers collective (1970s and 1980s), Sydney Women"s Film Group (SWFG, 1972–), Melbourne Women's Film Group (1973–), Reel Women (1979 to 1983 in Melbourne), and Women's Film Unit (Sydney and Melbourne ...
Cinematographer. Director. Writer. Professor. Years active. 1979–present. Zoe Dirse is a Canadian cinematographer, film director, writer and professor. She is best known for her cinematography work for Studio D under the National Film Board of Canada, the first government-funded film studio in the world dedicated to women filmmakers. [1]
Canadian women film producers (199 P) S. Canadian women screenwriters (1 C, 294 P) Pages in category "Canadian women in film"
The National Film Board of Canada allowed many women to produce non-commercial films. Joyce Wieland was a Canadian experimental film maker. Early feminist films often focused on personal experiences. Wanda (1970) by Barbara Loden is a portrait of alienation. Resisting the oppression of female sexuality was one of the core goals of second wave ...