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Rebel With a Cause : Bonnie Sherr Klein
 

A legendary figure in the documentary film world, Bonnie Sherr Klein was a member of Challenge for Change and Studio D, the National Film Board's famed Women's Unit, where she directed the controversial film, Not a Love Story: A Film about Pornography. Deeply involved in the feminist and peace movements, Klein made several films that showed her passion for these topics.

The focus of Klein's lens shifted after a brainstem stroke at the age of 46; her latest film titled Shameless: The ART of Disability reveals her life following the stroke, and a passion for a new cause.

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What Have You Gained?: Bonnie Klein's Journal
What Have You Gained?: Bonnie Klein's Journal
What Bonnie Klein has gained from her disability....
Not a Love Story: A Film about Pornography (clip 3)
Not a Love Story: A Film about Pornography (clip 3)
A male porn star talks about how pornography degrades women....
Deciding to Organize
Deciding to Organize
Saul Alinsky discusses the makings of organizing for social change and a revolution....
The Pay-Off: Bonnie Klein's Journal
The Pay-Off: Bonnie Klein's Journal
Bonnie Klein describes how it feels to be making the film. ...
Nuclear Addiction
Nuclear Addiction
A lecture by Dr. Rosalie Bertell a nun and anti-nuclear activist on the effects of the nuclear bomb....
I Could Not Live Spontaneously: Bonnie Klein's Journal
I Could Not Live Spontaneously: Bonnie Klein's Journal
Bonnie describes the difficult years that followed her stroke. ...
Speaking Our Peace (Clip 1)
Speaking Our Peace (Clip 1)
Writer Margaret Lawrence asks, if peace is subversive, then what is war?...
Filmmaking and Stress: Bonnie Klein's Journal
Filmmaking and Stress: Bonnie Klein's Journal
Life gets in the way of art sometimes, even during the making of a film. ...
Speaking Our Peace (Clip 2)
Speaking Our Peace (Clip 2)
Women from around the world speak out on the costs of war....
Feminism and Disability: Bonnie Klein's Journal
Feminism and Disability: Bonnie Klein's Journal
Bonnie Klein talks about how her views on feminism have changed in the years following her ...
Dark Lullabies
Dark Lullabies
A collection of stories of the children of survivors of the Holocaust....
The Right Candidate for Rosedale
The Right Candidate for Rosedale
A chronicling of the political life of Anne Cools, as she moves from community leader to federal candidate. ...
SHAMELESS: The ART of Disability (Clip 2)
SHAMELESS: The ART of Disability (Clip 2)
An introduction to poet and human rights advocate Catherine Frazee....
Patricia's Moving Picture
Patricia's Moving Picture
Patricia Garner talks about her emotional state as she enters a new phase in her life....
Stanford in the 60s: Bonnie Klein
Stanford in the 60s: Bonnie Klein
The story of Bonnie Klein's introduction to documentary filmmaking at Stanford University....
The Transformative Power of Art: Bonnie Klein (Clip 5)
The Transformative Power of Art: Bonnie Klein (Clip 5)
Bonnie Klein tells how she came back to filmmaking after experiencing a loss of identity....
Harmonie
Harmonie
A documentary on the Canadian Amateur Musicians summer camp in the Laurentian Mountains of Quebec....
The NFB and Challenge for Change: Bonnie Klein
The NFB and Challenge for Change: Bonnie Klein
Resistance to the Vietnam war brought Bonnie Klein to Canada, where she joined the National Film Board....
SHAMELESS: The ART of Disability (Clip 4)
SHAMELESS: The ART of Disability (Clip 4)
David Roche's wife Marlena tells the story of how they fell in love....
Citizens Medicine
Citizens Medicine
A film about a community health center set up by a citizens group, aided by volunteers and medical students....
Studio D: Bonnie Klein
Studio D: Bonnie Klein
The story of the early days of Studio D, the women's film unit founded in 1974 at the NFB....
SHAMELESS: The ART of Disability (Clip 3)
SHAMELESS: The ART of Disability (Clip 3)
Dancer/choreographer Geoff McMurchy discusses movement and choreographs one of his own pieces....
Little Burgundy
Little Burgundy
A group of citizens try to save their beloved neighbourhood from demolition....
The Story Behind Not a Love Story: Bonnie Klein
The Story Behind Not a Love Story: Bonnie Klein
Bonnie Klein talks about the controversial film, Not a Love Story: A Film about Pornography. ...
Mile Zero: The SAGE tour
Mile Zero: The SAGE tour
Students Against Global Extermination tour across Canada to raise awareness about nuclear war....
VTR St-Jacques (Clip 1)
VTR St-Jacques (Clip 1)
Citizens of Montreal's St-Jacques use a VTR to document problems in their community health clinic....
Stroke One and Two: Bonnie Klein's Journal
Stroke One and Two: Bonnie Klein's Journal
Bonnie Klein relates the story of the catastrophic strokes that changed her life at the age of 46. ...
Not a Love Story: A Film about Pornography (clip 1)
Not a Love Story: A Film about Pornography (clip 1)
Bonnie Sherr Klein interviews David S. Wells, an adult magazine proprietor and editor....
VTR St-Jacques (Clip 2)
VTR St-Jacques (Clip 2)
Citizens of Montreal's St-Jacques discuss the footage they have shot of community members....
Filming My Life: Bonnie Klein's Journal
Filming My Life: Bonnie Klein's Journal
The personal nature of this film makes it a different kind of filmmaking experience....
Not a Love Story: A Film about Pornography (clip 2)
Not a Love Story: A Film about Pornography (clip 2)
An adult entertainer talks candidly about her perceptions about the audience....
People and Power
People and Power
Saul Alinsky criticizes mainstream solutions to addressing social problems....
Unspeakable Introduction
Unspeakable Introduction
Introducing film-maker and stutterer, John Paskievich...
Obstacles in the Interview
Obstacles in the Interview
John tries to navigate through yet another frustrating broadcast interview. ...
Stuttering Through History
Stuttering Through History
Stuttering has been part of human conversation throughout recorded history, so how is it we know so little about it?...
Experiments in Self Therapy
Experiments in Self Therapy
John tries a new approach to coping with his stutter and the first step is to change his license plate. ...
SHAMELESS: The ART of Disability (Clip 1)
SHAMELESS: The ART of Disability (Clip 1)
The artists who appear in the film sit around a table with Bonnie Klein and brainstorm ideas for a title....
Therapy in Action
Therapy in Action
John learns that some aspects of his stuttering can be controlled through slow and deliberate exercises in repetition....
Ignorance in the Classroom
Ignorance in the Classroom
Evan is not only taunted by his peers for his stutter, but by his teachers too. ...
Stuttering on Air
Stuttering on Air
John confidently stutters his way through a CBC radio interview. ...
Bonnie Klein with husband Michael
Bonnie Klein in rehabilitation (1989)
Bonnie with family in hospital (1987)
Bonnie Klein in hospital (1987)
Bonnie Klein and Sandi Sissel (1983)
Shooting Mile Zero (1987)
Bonnie Klein in front of Marquee - Not a Love Story (1981)
Bonnie Klein editing Not a Love Story: A film about Pornography (1980)
Bonnie Behind the Lens (1983)
Group shot from SHAMELESS: The ART of Disability (2004)
Bonnie Klein directing Harmonie (1976)
Bonnie Klein with Geoff McMurchy (2004)
Bonnie Klein teaching kids about video (1972)
Bonnie Klein and Persimmon Blackbridge (2004)
Family Portrait

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