The read
It runs a compact 45m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
TMDB10/10
1 audience votes
Key crew
- Barbara EvansWriter
- Barbara EvansDirector
Cast
- Virginia BecknerFarm Couple
- Dennis CyrFarm Couple
- Brandi BecknerChild
- David BecknerChild
- Shaun UmscheidChild
- Miriam NewhouseViolet McNaughton
- Judith LebaneIrene Parlby
- Juliet BrownMeeting Chairperson / Voices
- Brenda PrenticeRally Speaker
- Sandi GreggPeace Petitioner
- Elan Ross GibsonNarrator
- Cori StentVoices
Themes
rural areasocial lifesocial issuessocial historyprairieswomen farmerssocial actionwestern canada