Toronto Public Library – Pape/Danforth Branch
701 Pape Ave, Toronto, ON , Toronto, ON, M4K 3S6
As part of THE NFB IN LIBRARIES programming, the Pape/Danforth Branch of the Toronto Public Library will present A Return to Memory as part of the Movie Monday’s series.
A Return to Memory a film by Donald McWilliams (2024 | 116 minutes)
“We learned to work with chaos.”
The intrepid women who helped create Canadian cinema come to vibrant life in A Return to Memory, a documentary masterwork illuminating their vital but little-known role in establishing Canada’s National Film Board.
Juxtaposing a dazzling array of archival material with dynamic animation by NFB infographics artist Mélanie Bouchard, director Donald McWilliams evokes the heady wartime years, when women played a key part in transforming the NFB into a major international studio.
With men engaged elsewhere in the war effort, hundreds of women pursued careers at the newly formed public producer—and pioneering figures like Evelyn Spice Cherry, Red Burns and Jane Marsh Beveridge made movie history, creating work that spoke to the world with a distinctive Canadian voice.
More information on the film: A Return to Memory – Media Space : Media Space (nfb.ca)
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FREE SCREENING
For more information on this event and to register, visit the library’s page event.