Kelly Rebar

Writing

Kelly Rebar

Known for

Writing

Credits

5 titles

Playwright, born 1956 in Lethbridge Alberta, and grew up in Calgary, where her first play, Chatters was produced in 1974 at Factory Theatre West. She graduated from York University in Film Studies in 1978, and returned to Alberta to write Checkin’ Out, commissioned by Northern Light Theatre, produced in 1981. It subsequently played across Western Canada. She is best known for Bordertown Café which was commissioned by Blyth Festival and premiered there in 1987. Set in a café on the Canadian side of the Alberta/Montana border, it features a hybrid American/Canadian family whose members are torn between their unrealized hopes and dreams and family loyalties. The teenage son finally opts to sta…

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9.0

Marlene is the owner of a nostalgic cafe on the border of Canada and the USA. Filled with quirky and charming characters, life at the cafe is exciting, entertaining and sometimes chaotic.

Bordertown Cafe

1992

Lives of Girls & Women poster
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A coming of age story for Del Jordan, growing up first on the outskirts, and later in the centre, of the small, southern Ontario town of Jubilee. Del is portrayed as something of an outsider, unsatisfied with small-town life though unwilling to acknowledge the similarities between herself and her mother, who also seeks to expand her mind beyond the limited experiences of Jubilee.

Lives of Girls & Women

1996

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9.0

One of a series of short, open-ended dramas designed to stimulate discussion of values and ethics in relation to modern medical technology. This film considers the chronic patient's right to quality care, and the acutely ill patient's right to a hospital bed. Jean is suffering from multiple sclerosis and is almost completely paralyzed. It seems that the only ones who care about her are the nurses. With the arrival of a patient in need of an operation, it becomes apparent that chronic patients have little priority.

Discussions in Bioethics: A Chronic Problem

1985

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10.0

A 17-year-old girl refuses medical treatment that will prolong her life due to religious convictions.

Discussions in Bioethics: The Courage of One's Convictions

1985

Connection poster
7.0

A half-hour drama based on a short story by Alice Munro in which a young woman has to deal with her snobbish husband when her aunt comes to dinner. The aunt is unsophisticated and perhaps boring, but the young wife comes to realize how this fat woman's warmth and humanity have so much more value than her husband's cold sophistication.

Connection

1986

Behind the camera

No artwork available
9.0

Marlene is the owner of a nostalgic cafe on the border of Canada and the USA. Filled with quirky and charming characters, life at the cafe is exciting, entertaining and sometimes chaotic.

Bordertown Cafe

1992

Lives of Girls & Women poster
NR

A coming of age story for Del Jordan, growing up first on the outskirts, and later in the centre, of the small, southern Ontario town of Jubilee. Del is portrayed as something of an outsider, unsatisfied with small-town life though unwilling to acknowledge the similarities between herself and her mother, who also seeks to expand her mind beyond the limited experiences of Jubilee.

Lives of Girls & Women

1996

No artwork available
9.0

One of a series of short, open-ended dramas designed to stimulate discussion of values and ethics in relation to modern medical technology. This film considers the chronic patient's right to quality care, and the acutely ill patient's right to a hospital bed. Jean is suffering from multiple sclerosis and is almost completely paralyzed. It seems that the only ones who care about her are the nurses. With the arrival of a patient in need of an operation, it becomes apparent that chronic patients have little priority.

Discussions in Bioethics: A Chronic Problem

1985

No artwork available
10.0

A 17-year-old girl refuses medical treatment that will prolong her life due to religious convictions.

Discussions in Bioethics: The Courage of One's Convictions

1985

Connection poster
7.0

A half-hour drama based on a short story by Alice Munro in which a young woman has to deal with her snobbish husband when her aunt comes to dinner. The aunt is unsophisticated and perhaps boring, but the young wife comes to realize how this fat woman's warmth and humanity have so much more value than her husband's cold sophistication.

Connection

1986