The NFB is committed to respecting your privacy

We use cookies to ensure that our site works efficiently, as well as for advertising purposes.

If you do not wish to have your information used in this way, you can modify your browser settings before continuing your visit.

Learn more
Skip to content
My List
Your request could not be processed.
This film is already in your list

International Women’s Day Playlist (Ages 15-17)

10 films
Leaving soon

This playlist is intended for use as the basis for discussions about gender and human-rights issues from a feminist perspective. Trace the evolution of the women’s movement, the role of women in professional and amateur sports, the resistance of Indigenous women, and more. Pour visionner cette sélection en français, cliquez ici. Films in This Playlist Include Mary Two-Axe Earley: I Am Indian Again Status Quo: The Unfinished Business of Feminism in Canada The Boxing Girls of Kabul Making Movie History: The Women Sisters in the Struggle Keepers of the Fire Michaëlle Jean: A Woman of Purpose Standing Tall Margaret Atwood …

Up next: Status Quo? The Unfinished Business of Feminism in Canada
We're sorry, this content is not available in your location.
Your rental expires on
You've already purchased this film.
Download it from My purchases.
Not available
Share
International Women’s Day Playlist (Ages 15-17)

This playlist is intended for use as the basis for discussions about gender and human-rights issues from a feminist perspective. Trace the evolution of the women’s movement, the role of women in professional and amateur sports, the resistance of Indigenous women, and more.

Pour visionner cette sélection en français, cliquez ici.

Films in This Playlist Include
Mary Two-Axe Earley: I Am Indian Again
Status Quo: The Unfinished Business of Feminism in Canada
The Boxing Girls of Kabul
Making Movie History: The Women
Sisters in the Struggle
Keepers of the Fire
Michaëlle Jean: A Woman of Purpose
Standing Tall
Margaret Atwood – A Word After a Word After a Word Is Power
I Like Girls
The Colour of Beauty
Have You Eaten?

Playlist

  • Mary Two-Axe Earley: I Am Indian Again
    Mary Two-Axe Earley: I Am Indian Again
    We're sorry, this content is not available in your location.
    Courtney Montour 2021 34 min

    Mary Two-Axe Earley: I Am Indian Again  shares the powerful story of Mary Two-Axe Earley, who fought for more than two decades to challenge sex discrimination against First Nations women embedded in Canada’s Indian Act.

  • Status Quo? The Unfinished Business of Feminism in Canada
    Status Quo? The Unfinished Business of Feminism in Canada
    Karen Cho 2012 1 h 27 min

    Feminism has shaped the society we live in. But just how far has it brought us, and how relevant is it today? This feature documentary zeroes in on key concerns such as violence against women, access to abortion, and universal childcare, asking how much progress we have truly made on these issues. Rich with archival material and startling contemporary stories, Status Quo? uncovers answers that are provocative and at times shocking.

  • The Boxing Girls of Kabul
    The Boxing Girls of Kabul
    Ariel Nasr 2011 52 min

    In this feature documentary, a remarkable group of young Afghan women dream of representing their country as boxers at the 2012 Olympics, embarking on a journey of both personal and political transformation.

  • Making Movie History: The Women
    Making Movie History: The Women
    Denys Desjardins 2013 11 min

    This short documentary profiles a selection of pioneering French female filmmakers from the history of the NFB, including Paule Baillargeon, Aimée Danis, Mireille Dansereau, Marthe Blackburn, and Anne Claire Poirier. These women speak frankly of the challenges and joys of making films for, by, and about women.

  • Sisters in the Struggle
    Sisters in the Struggle
    Dionne Brand  &  Ginny Stikeman 1991 49 min

    This documentary features Black women active in politics as well as community, labour and feminist organizing. They share their insights and personal testimonies on the double legacy of racism and sexism, linking their personal struggles with the ongoing battle to end systemic discrimination and violence against women and people of colour.

  • Michaëlle Jean: A Woman of Purpose
    Michaëlle Jean: A Woman of Purpose
    We're sorry, this content is not available in your location.
    Jean-Daniel Lafond 2016 52 min

    In 2005, Michaëlle Jean became the Governor General of Canada. A social activist, global citizen, and black woman, she would redefine the possibilities of that office. While her national priorities were at-risk youth, women, and Indigenous peoples, her international success came from her cultural diplomacy. 2010: the earthquake in Haiti tragically brings her back to her homeland. Michaëlle Jean: A Woman of Purpose is an intimate and sensitive portrait of the stateswoman she came to be.

  • Standing Tall
    Standing Tall
    Marie Ka 2015 23 min

    In this short documentary, three French-speaking women (from Senegal, Mexico and Belgium) examine their own experiences as immigrants in Vancouver, where they raise their children alone. With strength and resilience, these women take up the challenge of rebuilding their lives to provide a “new world of possibility” for their children, while seeking to find their place in Canadian society.

  • I Like Girls
    I Like Girls
    Diane Obomsawin 2016 8 min

    In love for the first time

  • Have You Eaten?
    Have You Eaten?
    We're sorry, this content is not available in your location.
    Lina Li 2020 5 min

    Living in downtown Toronto to attend school, Lina Li returns to the comfort of home in Thornhill and her mother's cooking. In this candid short, filmmaker Lina Li and her mother engage in an intimate conversation about immigration to Canada, misunderstandings, barriers to communicating, love and the taste of home.