Illuminated Lives: A Brief History of Women's Work in the Middle Ages
1989•G•5m•10.0•Released
HistoryAnimationDocumentary
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.
Director
Ellen Besen
Writer
Wendy Lill, Gloria Demers
Languages
English
Studio
ONF | NFB
Cast
Margaret Pacsu
Self - Narrator (voice)
Production
Company
ONF | NFB
Producer
Margaret Pettigrew
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