
A Return to Memory
“We learned to work with chaos.”
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.
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Top Cast

Clare Coulter
Self - Narrator (voice)
Donald McWilliams
Self - Narrator (voice)

John Grierson
Self (archive sound)

Evelyn Cherry
Self (archive footage)
Margaret Ellis
Self (archive footage)
Margaret Ann Bjornson
Self (archive footage)
Gudrun Parker
Self (archive footage)
Susan Schouten
Self - group discussion leader
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