Agency - English program:.Studio D. Versions:.Also available in three half-hour films, each one focusing on one of the writers, title codes: 106C 0186 073, 106C 0186 074 and 106C 0186 075.

Director, Dorothy Todd Henaut ; producer, Barbara Janes ; executive producer, Kathleen Shannon ; script, Marthe Blackburn, Dorothy Todd Henaut, Louky Bersianik, Jovette Marchessault, Nicole Brossard ; camera, Zoe Dirse, David De Volpi ; animation camera, Robin L.P. Bain, Pierre Landry ; sound, Diane Carrière, Norma Denys, Claude Hazanavicius, Michel Charron, Marcel Delambre ; editing, Pascale Laverriere, Dorothy Todd Henaut ; sound editing, Jackie Newell ; re-recording, Jean-Pierre Joutel, Shelley Craig ; animation, Michèle Pauzé ; music, Anne Lauber, Richard Séguin, Francine Lévesque.

Narrator, Anne Skinner ; cast, Pol Pelletier, Marthe Blackburn, Raphaëlle Nadeau, Liz Hamilton.

Recorded 1986.

Firewords offers an intimate glimpse of three respected yet controversial Québec writers. Now recognized at home and abroad, Louky Bersianik, Jovette Marchessault and Nicole Brossard have contributed greatly to the creation of a distinctive women's literature. Confirming that fresh approaches to literature are still possible, they have helped to heighten the awareness of the politics of language. Excerpts from their works vividly convey each woman's style, concerns and rhythms. They examine personal and global issues from a feminist perspective: human relationships work, justice, poverty, loneliness, women's spirituality, and the future.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from title screen (National Film Board of Canada, viewed 2023-08-10).