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Asking Different Questions: Women and Science
199651 minFilm: Documentary
Direction: Gwynne BasenErna Buffie
Production: Merit Jensen-CarrSigne JohanssonMargaret PettigrewGinny Stikeman
Script: Gwynne BasenErna Buffie
Co-produced by Artemis 2000 Films Inc. and the NFB with the assistance of Gouvernement du Québec, the Discovery Channel (Canada), Industrie Canada/Industry Canada, the Cable Production Fund, CFCF 12, the Canadian Film Development Corporation and the Canadian Independent Film and Video Fund.
In Canada and around the world a new scientific revolution is taking place, propelled by a new breed of feminist scientists. Challenging the traditional practices of science, these women offer a new approach to the study of nature and our place in it. This film documents how the increasing participation of women is transforming the fabric of science and technology. It also examines the ways in which science has been applied, often to the detriment of women and the environment.
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Subject categories
- Women > Nontraditional Employment
- Sciences > Scientific Perspectives
- Technology > Technological Perspectives
- Work and Labour Relations > Women - Nontraditional Employment
Credits
- director
- Gwynne Basen
- Erna Buffie
- script
- Gwynne Basen
- Erna Buffie
- producer
- Merit Jensen-Carr
- Signe Johansson
- Margaret Pettigrew
- executive producer
- Merit Jensen-Carr
- Ginny Stikeman
- cinematography
- Susan Trow
- animation camera
- Raymond Dumas
- sound
- Diane Carrière
- Hans Oomes
- Justine Pimlott
- Emily Mokoena
- Yves Gendron
- editing
- Denise Beaudoin
- sound editing
- Jackie Newell
- re-recording
- Shelley Craig
- narrator
- Sheila McCarthy
- music
- Judith Gruber-Stitzer
Awards
- Bronze Apple AwardNational Educational Media Network Competition
- Honorable Mention International Film and Video Festival