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A Balancing Act
199223 min 43 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Helena Cynamon
Production: Chantal BowenGinny StikemanJosée Beaudet
Produced by the National Film Board of Canada with the collaboration of the Federal Women's Film Program.
Through the first-hand accounts of working women and men, A Balancing Act offers an inside look at the positive impact of structural change in the workplace. From flex time to satellite offices, from job sharing to telecommuting, these changes are designed to help working people, especially parents, strike a healthier balance between family life and work, and to increase job performance and productivity in the workplace.
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Subject categories
- Women > Family LifeWorking LifeWorking Mothers
- Work and Labour Relations > Family Life and WorkWomen
- Families > Family-Work ReconciliationWomen and WorkWork and Unemployment
Credits
- director
- Helena Cynamon
- producer
- Chantal Bowen
- executive producer
- Ginny Stikeman
- Josée Beaudet
- cinematography
- David Frazee
- sound
- Nathan Shandler
- editing
- Bonni Devlin
- sound editing
- André Galbrand
- Antonia McGrath
- re-recording
- Michel Descombes
- Luc Boudrias
- narrator
- Bonnie Dickie
- music
- Judith Gruber-Stitzer
Awards
- Honorable Mention International Film and Video Festival