Hélène Roy
Hélène Roy is a Québec independent programmer, screenwriter and filmmaker. She co-founded in 1973 the group Vidéo Femmes with Nicole Giguère and Helen Doyle. After studying fine arts, she got involved in the theatre and film industry, first in Montréal, and later on in Québec. In 1976, she collaborated with Luce Guilbeault and Nicole Brossard to document the creation of a feminist and revolutionary play; La nef des sorcières at the Théâtre du Nouveau Monde. The result is the documentary Une nef… et ses sorcières (1977) which bears witness to the creation of this play that became mythical.
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Une nef... et ses sorcières
For a year, thirteen authors and actresses teamed up to stage _La nef des sorcières_, played at the Théâtre du Nouveau Monde in Montréal in 1976. In addition to excerpts from the six monologues on the situations and contradictions experienced by the women, the film presents the comments of the participants in this adventure.
Histoire des luttes féministes au Québec
Histoire des luttes féministes au Québec
The film focuses on a lecture given by historian Michèle Stanton-Jean who traces the main women's movements that have marked the history of Quebec women. As in her essay Québécoises du 20e siècle, it is from an essentially feminist perspective that she analyzes the major stages of the women's liberation movement in Quebec.
Une nef... et ses sorcières
For a year, thirteen authors and actresses teamed up to stage _La nef des sorcières_, played at the Théâtre du Nouveau Monde in Montréal in 1976. In addition to excerpts from the six monologues on the situations and contradictions experienced by the women, the film presents the comments of the participants in this adventure.
Histoire des luttes féministes au Québec
Histoire des luttes féministes au Québec
The film focuses on a lecture given by historian Michèle Stanton-Jean who traces the main women's movements that have marked the history of Quebec women. As in her essay Québécoises du 20e siècle, it is from an essentially feminist perspective that she analyzes the major stages of the women's liberation movement in Quebec.
