Body Politics

199746 min 3 secFilm: Documentary

Direction: Anne Henderson

Production: Don HaigLise PayetteHuguette MarcotteJean-François MercierRaymond Gauthier

Script: Rina FraticelliAnne HendersonErna Buffie

Co-produced by NFB and Les Productions Point de Mire Inc.

This episode traces efforts to rescue the female body from old paternalistic ideologies, and to restore its full power and dynamism.

Subject categories

  • Education > Educational Perspectives
  • Women > Historical Perspectives

Credits

director
Anne Henderson
producer
Don Haig
Lise Payette
Huguette Marcotte
Jean-François Mercier
Raymond Gauthier
executive producer
Don Haig
Raymond Gauthier
script
Rina Fraticelli
Anne Henderson
Erna Buffie
camera
Rodney Gibbons
location sound
Gabor Vadnay
editing
Hannele Halm
sound editing
Michel Bordeleau
Florence Moureaux
sound mix
Pierre Tessier
narrator
Susan Sarandon
music
Osvaldo Montes