CinemaOSMovie · 1989 · 0h 5m

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

100%(1)IMDbHistoryAnimationDocumentary

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.

Directed byEllen Besen

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Status
Released
Runtime
0h 5m
Language
EN
Released
July 4, 1989
Studios
ONF | NFB

Featuring

Cast & crew

1 credited
Starring

Margaret Pacsu

Self - Narrator (voice)

Creative team
Directed by
Ellen Besen
Written by
Wendy Lill
Gloria Demers
Produced by
Margaret Pettigrew

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