Firewords [videorecording]
By: National Film Board of Canada ; directed by Dorothy Hodd Henaut ; produced by Barbara Janes, Kathleen Shannon.
Contributors: Henaut, Dorothy Hodd.; Janes, Barbara.; Shannon, Kathleen.; National Film Board of Canada.
Publisher: National Film Board
Published: 1990
Place of publication: Montreal
Language: eng
Subjects: Bersianik, Louky, 1943-; Brossard, Nicole.; Feminism and literature -- Canada.; Language and languages -- Sex differences.; Sociolinguistics -- Canada; Women -- Canada -- Social conditions; Women -- Language.
Notes: FOR CLASSROOM USE ONLY. VHS. Library has: Part 1 and Part 3. Part 1. Louky Bersianik - Part 3. Nicole Brossard. Seven feminist writers from Quebec and English Canada meet in a small restaurant in Montreal to discuss the absence of female reality in language. A lively tete-a-tete in which the participants compare - and transcend - cultural differences to explore complex issues of women, politics and language. The group includes Nicole Brossard, Susan Crean, Louky Bersianik, Jovette Marchessault, Daphne Marlatt, Gail Scott and Betsy Warland.

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