Like the Trees

Shannon, Kathleen, (film director.). Shannon, Kathleen, (film producer.). Chatwin, Len, (film producer.). National Film Board of Canada (Montreal), (film producer.).

Summary: This short film is told in the first person by Rose, a Métis woman from northern Alberta who has left a difficult life in the city to rediscover her roots by returning to her Woodland Cree community. Rose reveals the racism, isolation and health issues she faced when trying to make a life for herself outside her home community, and how she is able to help others now that she has reconnected to her culture. The film is part of a 1970s series of eleven films title Working Mothers by producer/director Kathleen Shannon, exposing inequality for women in accessing education, childcare, and equal pay. These films led to the creation of Studio D at the National Film Board, the world's first feminist production studio.?

Record details

Physical Description: access
remote
1 streaming video (14 min., 30 sec.) : sound + 1 study guide
Publisher: Montreal : National Film Board of Canada, 2017.
Copyright: ©1974

Content descriptions

General Note:	Also available:.Also available in a video compilation: Working Mothers produced by English Program Studio D.. Study guide available.
Restrictions on Access Note:	No restrictions.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Director, Kathleen Shannon ; producer, Kathleen Shannon ; editing, Kathleen Shannon ; executive producer, Len Chatwin ; photography, Robert Nichol ; sound, Ted Haley ; re-recording, Jean-Pierre Joutel.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:	Recorded 1974.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Source of Description Note:	Description based on online resource; title from title screen (National Film Board of Canada, viewed 2024-03-01).