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Family Circles
194931 minFilm: Documentary
Direction: Morten Parker
Production: Tom DalyGudrun Parker
Script: Morten ParkerGudrun Parker
Shows how the interplay of home and school influences the development of children. The experiences of three children illustrate vividly how parental indifference, lack of imagination, and emotional conflict at home can destroy the confidence and enthusiasm necessary for a child's success at school.
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Subject categories
- Education > Child EducationTeacher Training and Function
- Children and Youth > Child Rearing and DevelopmentEducation and School Life
- Families > Child Rearing and DevelopmentSociety and the Family
- Psychology and Psychiatry > ChildrenEmotional LifeFamily LifePsychological Processes
Credits
- director
- Morten Parker
- producer
- Tom Daly
- Gudrun Parker
- script
- Morten Parker
- Gudrun Parker
- photography
- Grant McLean
- sound
- Clarke Daprato
- Stan Clemson
- editing
- Horace Clarke
- narrator
- John Drainie
- music
- Eldon Rathburn
Awards
- First Award - Category: Non-theatricalGenie Awards
- Best Film - Category: InformationAnnual Film Festival
- One of 10 Best 16mm Information Films of 1950Scholastic Teachers Magazine Annual Film Awards
- Special Mention - Category: Cultural FilmsSODRE International Festival of Documentary and experimental Films