A Return to Memory

A Return to Memory

“We learned to work with chaos.”

2024 1h 58mDir. Donald McWilliams
Documentary

Overview

When Canada entered World War II, the National Film Board suddenly had an urgent new mission—and hundreds of women stepped forward, helping to create Canadian cinema as we now know it.

Cast & Crew

Clare Coulter

Clare Coulter

Self - Narrator (voice)

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Donald McWilliams

Self - Narrator (voice)

John Grierson

John Grierson

Self (archive sound)

Evelyn Cherry

Evelyn Cherry

Self (archive footage)

M

Margaret Ellis

Self (archive footage)

M

Margaret Ann Bjornson

Self (archive footage)

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Gudrun Parker

Self (archive footage)

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Susan Schouten

Self - group discussion leader

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