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Head Start: Meeting the Computer Challenge
198427 min 25 secFilm: Fiction
Direction: Diane Beaudry
Production: Diane BeaudryKathleen Shannon
Script: Diane BeaudryJacqueline Barrette
Produced by the National Film Board of Canada in collaboration with the Federal Women's Film Program.
Intended for women in the paid work force and young girls about to choose a career, this half-hour film, part drama, part documentary, urges viewers to acquire the skills for careers involving new technologies. In the documentary segments, women who hold senior positions in the field of microtechnology describe changing occupational patterns, and stress the need for training and job-mobility programs. In the dramatic portions, an office worker and her teenaged daughter discover how the technological revolution will affect their careers and decide how to attain their goal of financial independence.
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Subject categories
- Work and Labour Relations > Automation and Technological ChangeCareer GuidesPortraitsWomenWomen - Nontraditional Employment
- Technology > Career GuidesComputer Technology, Internet and ElectronicsPortraitsTechnology and Society
- Women > Nontraditional EmploymentWorking LifeWorking Mothers
Credits
- director
- Diane Beaudry
- producer
- Diane Beaudry
- executive producer
- Kathleen Shannon
- script
- Diane Beaudry
- Jacqueline Barrette
- cinematography
- André-Luc Dupont
- sound
- Esther Auger
- editing
- Hélène Girard
- sound editing
- Louise Blais
- Bill Graziadei
- re-recording
- Hans Peter Strobl
- narrator
- Lindalee Tracey
- music
- Marie-Claire Séguin
- cast
- Bruno Doyon
- Réjean Gauvin
- Charlotte Laurier
- Patricia Nolin
Awards
- Certificate for Creative ExcellenceUS International Film and Video Festival