Janine Manatis

Movies

Woman on Trial: The Lawrencia Bembenek Story
Dr. Swales
The true story of a woman who is sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering her husband's ex-wife.
Mindfield
Dr. Harriet Mendel
In the long shadow of an experimental CIA mind control program, Sergeant Kellen O'Reilly begins experiencing violent flashbacks of his “treatments” at the hands of the sinister Dr. Satorius. When the body count on his latest case inexplicably begins pointing toward his own fragmented past, a romance with Satorius’ criminal prosecutor raises the stakes. O'Reilly must forge a path forward through a hall-of-mirrors conspiracy stretching from the Mafia to the highest levels of the CIA, culminating in a shocking, stadium-sized confrontation.
A Time to Live
Mangie
The problems of a mother who helps her son in his struggles against muscular dystrophy. From the true story of Peter and Mary-Lou Weisman.
I, Maureen
Writer
A 1980 Canadian drama by Janine Manatis.
I, Maureen
Director
A 1980 Canadian drama by Janine Manatis.
Goldenrod
Writer
A champion rodeo rider receives crippling injuries in the ring, resulting in the ending of his career. When his wife deserts him, he's left with the responsibility of raising two young sons with no job and no prospects.
The Ottawa Valley
Director
Based on the Alice Munro short story, in which the narrator tries in vain to write a portrait of her mother’s family.