Angels on Call
Street nurses Evanna Brennan, 75, and Susan Giles, 68, provide full time care to hundreds of sick, addicted and mentally ill people living in decrepit hotels and makeshift shelters in Vancouver’s gritty Downtown Eastside. Funded by TELUS STORYHIVE and Creative BC — 2021.
Mightier Than The Sword
Mightier Than The Sword, produced, directed and written by Roberta Staley, is a 48-minute documentary about Afghan female journalists and filmmakers and their impact on gender perceptions and gender equality. It premiered in Toronto in 2017 at the Female Eye Film Festival, winning Best Canadian Documentary.
In 2018, Mightier Than The Sword won Best Foreign Documentary at the Artemis Women in Action Film Festival in California. It also received nominations for best direction and screenplay from British Columbia’s Leo Film Awards and Best Investigative Documentary at the Regina International Film Festival.
Mightier Than The Sword has been screened around the world at festivals, private showings and fundraisers.
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