Shawna Dempsey

Good Citizen: Betty Baker

Shawna Dempsey, Lorri Millan

Shawna Dempsey, Sharon Bajer

Good Citizen: Betty Baker is a tongue-in-cheek mystery, full of unexpected twists. It features Betty, a civic-minded housewife who inhabits a cartoonish, 2-D, 1950s-inspired world, replete with narrow-minded peril. The story begins when Prince Philip goes missing and Betty finds a clue that leads her on a thrilling chase from her neighbour’s trash, to a strangely exciting all-girls bar, to the local chapter of 100% Women. Accompanied by the musical stylings of Marilyn Lerner, this frolicking satire irreverently unravels right-wing family values.

A Day in the Life of a Bull-Dyke

Shawna Dempsey, Lorri Millan

Lorri Millan, Shawna Dempsey

A Day in the Life of a Bull-Dyke follows a big boned butch into skirmishes, drag, and the arms of a beautiful recruit. The public and private lives of this "strange animal" are explored with the reverence and glee found in the educational exposés like Reefer Madness and bad-boy films like Rebel without a Cause. However, because this fictionalized lesbian history is a first-person narrative, it is filled with all the joy, pain, and ambivalence each of us experiences while negotiating a marginalized identity.

Through the Looking Glass

Thirza Cuthand

Thirza Cuthand, Shawna Dempsey

Half-breed Alice attempts to become queen and struggles with the Red Queen and the White Queen's disapproval of her racial transgressions.

Medusa Raw

Shawna Dempsey, Lorri Millan

Shawna Dempsey, Lorri Millan

Medusa Raw, Shawna Dempsey and Lorri Millan’s first video, is a re-telling of the classical Medusa myth from the Medusa’s perspective.

What Does a Lesbian Look Like?

Shawna Dempsey, Lorri Millan

What Does a Lesbian Look Like? was a video created for Much Music, Canada's music video station. A fast-paced spoken word piece, it exposes all the common myths and stereotypes about lesbians, and revels in them!

Homogeneity

Shawna Dempsey, Lorri Millan

Using the metaphor of suburban architecture, Homogeneity archly critiques the desire for conformity within the queer community.

We're Talking Vulva

Tracy Traeger, Shawna Dempsey

At long last, everything you've always wanted to know about "down there" but were afraid to ask. A tender tale wherein our heroine, Ms. V..soul sisters her way into your heart with the hottest rap this side of the uterus. She sings!!! She dances!!! She's Big!!! It's a wear and care manual, it's a delightful tour.

Object/Subject of Desire

Shawna Dempsey, Lorri Millan

This video tape is a triptych about love and desire.

Lesbian National Parks and Services: A Force of Nature

Shawna Dempsey, Lorri Millan

Debbie Patterson, Pat Aylesworth

Lesbian National Parks and Services: A Force of Nature follows the intrepid Lesbian Rangers as they patrol, educate, and illustrate lesbian survival skills. This documentary about the Force archly parodies the so-called objectivity of educational films, while playfully recasting the wilds from a lesbian perspective, calling into question prevalent notions of nature and normalcy.

Lesbian National Parks and Services Presents: Endangered Species

Shawna Dempsey, Lorri Millan

Nadin Gilroy, Hannah Godfrey

Lesbian National Parks and Services' Endangered Species are a series of public service announcements, created by the indefatigable Lesbian Rangers, who serve the lesbian wilds from dawn to dusk and well beyond.