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"... and They Lived Happily Ever After"
197513 min 7 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Kathleen ShannonIrene AngelicoAnne Henderson
Production: Kathleen ShannonLen Chatwin
Made in 1975, as part of the Challenge for Change program, this film takes a long, hard look at marriage and motherhood as expressed in the views of a group of young girls and married women. Their opinions cover a wide range. At regular intervals glossy advertisements extolling romance, weddings, babies, flash across the screen, in strong contrast to the words that are being spoken. The film ends on a sobering thought: the solution to dashed expectations could be as simple as growing up before marriage.
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Subject categories
- Families > ChildrenCouplesSociety and the FamilyWomen
- Children and Youth > Family Life
- Women > Family LifeMass Media
Credits
- director
- Kathleen Shannon
- Irene Angelico
- Anne Henderson
- editing
- Kathleen Shannon
- Irene Angelico
- Anne Henderson
- producer
- Kathleen Shannon
- executive producer
- Len Chatwin
- photography
- Robert Nichol
- Don Virgo
- sound
- Ted Haley
- Gui Bernardes
- Claude Delorme
- sound editing
- Jackie Newell
- re-recording
- Jean-Pierre Joutel
Awards
- AMER Golden Eye Award - Category: Social ConcernsAnnual AMER Film Awards (The Association of Media Educators in Religion)