Illuminated Lives: A Brief History of Women's Work in the Middle Ages

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Illuminated Lives: A Brief History of Women's Work in the Middle Ages (1989)

Name: Illuminated Lives: A Brief History of Women's Work in the Middle Ages
Genre: History, Animation, Documentary
Released: 1989
Duration: 5 min

Directed by Ellen Besen

History, Animation, Documentary · 5m

This animated short challenges enduring myths, spawned by fairy tales and romances, about women in medieval society. It explores the differences and similarities between that distant period and our own, and shows what medieval women’s lives were really like.

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Cast

Margaret Pacsu Self - Narrator (voice)

Crew

Director: Ellen Besen
Writer: Wendy Lill, Gloria Demers
Original Music Composer: Sharon Smith
Editor: Sidonie Kerr, Cathy Gulkin
Producer: Margaret Pettigrew

Details

Release date: 1989-07-04
Runtime: 5m
Genres: History, Animation, Documentary
Original language: EN
Spoken languages: English
Countries: Canada
Production: ONF | NFB