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Prairie Women (1987)
Directed by Barbara Evans
Documentary, History · 45m
This film illustrates the struggles of Canadian prairies women to achieve a more just and humane society within the farm movement and at large. During the early 1900s, women on the prairies looked for ways to overcome their isolation. Out of the resulting farm women's organizations grew a group of women possessing remarkable intellectual abilities, social and cultural awareness, and advanced worldviews.
Cast
V
Virginia Beckner
Farm Couple
D
Dennis Cyr
Farm Couple
B
Brandi Beckner
Child
D
David Beckner
Child
S
Shaun Umscheid
Child
M
Miriam Newhouse
Violet McNaughton
J
Judith Lebane
Irene Parlby
J
Juliet Brown
Meeting Chairperson / Voices
B
Brenda Prentice
Rally Speaker
S
Sandi Gregg
Peace Petitioner
Elan Ross Gibson
Narrator
C
Cori Stent
Voices
Crew
- Director
- Barbara Evans
- Writer
- Barbara Evans
- Director of Photography
- Doug Cole, Moira Simpson, Roger Vernon
- Editor
- Peter Svab, Barbara Evans
- Producer
- Caryl Brandt
Details
- Release date
- 1987-01-01
- Runtime
- 45m
- Genres
- Documentary, History
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- Canada
- Production
- ONF | NFB