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Five Feminist Minutes 2019

Five Feminist Minutes 2019

2019 4 films
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In 1990, the NFB made waves with Five Feminist Minutes , a series of short films produced by the trailblazing Studio D, the world’s first all-woman production unit. When the NFB celebrated its 80th anniversary in 2019, four contemporary directors picked up the thread.

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Five Feminist Minutes 2019
  • Camera Test

    What gets lost when female voices are stymied during the creative process? Pairing intimate interviews with absurdist re-enactments, Joyce Wong crafts a tartly subversive look at patriarchy and racism in the film industry.

  • Lake

    Cree director Alexandra Lazarowich riffs off classic verité cinema to craft a contemporary portrait of Métis women net fishing in Northern Alberta.

  • Question Period

    A group of Syrian women, refugees recently resettled in Canada, are negotiating life in their new home. They have some questions. Directed by Anne Marie Fleming, one of the original FFM filmmakers.

  • Radical
    Deanne Foley profiles fellow Newfoundlander Mary Walsh, the Great Warrior Queen of Canadian comedy, musing on time wasted

    Deanne Foley profiles fellow Newfoundlander Mary Walsh, the Great Warrior Queen of Canadian comedy, musing on time wasted as an object of desire and time well spent as the fearless agent of her own destiny. A joyous call to action.

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In 1990, the NFB made waves with Five Feminist Minutes , a series of short films produced by the trailblazing Studio D, the world’s first all-woman production unit. When the NFB celebrated its 80th anniversary in 2019, four contemporary directors picked up the thread.

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