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And We Knew How to Dance (1994) & Front Lines (2008)
And We Knew How to Dance
This screening is the first film in a First World War documentary double feature; Part 2: Front Line, starts at approx 3pm.
This feature documentary profiles 12 Canadian women who entered the male-dominated world of munitions factories and farm labour during World War I. In 1994, aged 86 to 101, these women recall their wartime work experiences and the ways in which their commitment and determination helped lead the way to postwar social changes for women (nfb.ca) (1994)
Front Lines
A tribute to the combatants in the First World War, this film traces the conflict through the war diary and private letters of five Canadian soldiers and a nurse. Hearing them, the listener detects between the lines an unspoken horror censored by war and propriety. The film mingles war footage, historical photos and readings of excerpts from the diary and letters. The directorial talent of Claude Guilmain breathes life into these 90-year-old documents and accompanying archival images so that we experience the human face and heart of the conflict (nfb.ca). (2008)
Doors open 30 minutes before show time. All movies are FREE.
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