Women in Focus (WIF) was a feminist film and video distribution centre and gallery based in Vancouver, Canada.
Its original mandate was to "produce feminist video and film" as an "alternative to male-defined images of women was long overdue.
[9] Marion Barling, and as a result, Women in Focus, took a very strong anti-pornography stance, citing the perceived impossible reconciliation between feminism and porn.
[12][13][14] In Visible Colours jumpstarted a national discussion around identity politics that continues to deeply affect Canadian cultural production and funding.
Notable members of Women in Focus include original founders Jeanette A. Auger, Yvette Perreault, Nicola Sumners, Corinne Angell, Judy Morton and Marion Barling as well as Susan Moore, Jill Pollack, Julie Warren, Zainub Verjee, Michelle Nickel, Kem Windwraith, Venge Dixon, Sharon Costello, Judy Hayward, Syvi Kristman, and Marion Dodds.