Monday, March 23, 2026

Doors open at 7:30 p.m
Trailers & voting start at 8:00 PM
Movie starts at: 8:15p.m

Run Time: 49 MIN
Language: English
Director(s): Colin Field
Country: Canada
Language: English
Year: 2025

We Lend a Hand: The Forgotten Story of the Ontario Farmerettes is a 49-min documentary which reveals the true and forgotten story of the Ontario Farm Service Force. It put 40,000 volunteer teenage girls to work between 1941 and 1952, arriving from different parts of Ontario and Quebec to many locations in Southwestern Ontario. They were called The Farmerettes. Their job: to ensure critical food production during the most perilous period of modern history. Through reenactments and unique archival images, We Lend a Hand: The Forgotten Story of Ontario Farmerettes recounts the story of these magnificent young women, now in their late 90s, bringing back their most cherished memories while reminding us — perhaps for the last time — that service comes in many forms.

TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ImJcqxbZgs

Run Time: 49 MIN
Language: English
Director(s): Colin Field
Country: Canada
Language: English
Year: 2025

Featuring: Shirleyan English, Joyce Jones, Betty-Lou Clark
Distributor: Albireo Films
Tagged with: Documentary, Homegrown Talent, Social Awareness, Period Piece

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