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Manon Rhéaume: Woman Behind the Mask
200047 minFilm: Documentary
Direction: Wendy Hill-Tout
Production: Colin Neale (Les Productions Colin Neale Inc.)Wendy Hill-Tout (Voice Pictures Development Corporation)Carolyn McMasterJerry Krepakevich (National Film Board of Canada)
Script: Wendy Hill-Tout
Co-produced by Voice Pictures Development Corporation and Les Productions Colin Neale Inc. with the National Film Board, in association with WTN - Women's Television Network, with the participation of the Canadian Television Fund, Telefilm Canada: Equity/Investment Program, developed with the financial participation of the CFCN Production Fund in association with CTV Television Inc., and with the financial participation of The Alberta Film Development Program of the Alberta Foundation for the Arts and Forefront Releasing.
In 1992, Manon Rhéaume, a young woman from Lac Beauport, Québec, made history as the first and only female ever to play in the National Hockey League. Manon Rhéaume: Woman Behind the Mask is an intimate portrait of this remarkable goalie who just wanted the chance to play hockey. Filmmaker Wendy Hill-Tout charts Rhéaume's rise from her first forays onto the neighbourhood rink to her struggles to play professional hockey with men. Having endured intense media pressure and the loneliness of the road, Rhéaume returns to play for the Canadians in the first Olympic women's hockey series. Combining grace and determination, Rhéaume emerges as a trailblazer for women in hockey: a sportswoman who balances new motherhood and marriage with her drive to play the game she loves. Featuring interviews from hockey greats such as Phil Esposito and USA team captain Cammi Granato, this story will inspire athletes, fans and general audiences alike.
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Subject categories
- Families > Family-Work Reconciliation
- Sports and Leisure - Winter Sports > HockeyPortraitsWinter Games
- Sports and Leisure > Olympic and Commonwealth GamesWomen
- Women - Portraits > Sports
Credits
- producer
- Colin Neale
- Wendy Hill-Tout
- Carolyn McMaster
- Jerry Krepakevich
- writer
- Wendy Hill-Tout
- director
- Wendy Hill-Tout
- participant
- Phil Esposito
- Cammi Granato
- Hayley Wickenheiser
- Donald Marier
- Gerry St-Cyr
- Caroline Gagné
- director of photography
- Bill Casey
- location sound
- François Proulx
- Sanjay Mehta
- editor
- Lenka Svab
- online editor
- Kenna Kozak
- music
- Daniel Scott
- sound design
- Frank Laratta
- sound editor
- Beau Shiminsky
- Jason Lawrence
- narration
- Brenda Finley
- translation
- Judith Ana Johnson
- production manager
- Melissa Malkin
- Michelle Wong
- production assistant
- Sue Farqhuar
- assistant editor
- Nikola Svab
- stock footage research
- Tanya Fleet
- Hélène Choquette
- additional research
- Leanna Knutsen
- Claudia Durnford
- Bev Bliss
- stills photographer
- Chris Kralic
- production accounting
- Pricilla Hui
- Maria Lanni
- on-line facility
- Post Master Digital Post
- closed captioning
- Post Master Digital Post