A Return to Memory

Oct 17, 2024

1h 58m

★ 0.0

“We learned to work with chaos.”

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.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

ONF | NFB

A Return to Memory Trailers

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Cast

Self - Narrator (voice)

Clare Coulter

Self - Narrator (voice)

Donald McWilliams

Self (archive sound)

John Grierson

Self (archive footage)

Evelyn Cherry

Self (archive footage)

Margaret Ellis

Self (archive footage)

Margaret Ann Bjornson

Self (archive footage)

Gudrun Parker

Self - group discussion leader

Susan Schouten

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