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A Return to Memory
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.
Director and cast
- Clare Coulter as Self - Narrator (voice)
- Donald McWilliams as Self - Narrator (voice)
- John Grierson as Self (archive sound)
- Evelyn Cherry as Self (archive footage)
- Margaret Ellis as Self (archive footage)
- Margaret Ann Bjornson as Self (archive footage)
- Gudrun Parker as Self (archive footage)
- Susan Schouten as Self - group discussion leader
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