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Mother-To-Be
19691 h 15 min 18 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Anne Claire Poirier
Production: Guy L. Coté
Script: Anne Claire Poirier
Can a woman fully achieve self-realization while at the same time giving herself to the role of wife and mother? This is one question raised in this film documentary. Introspective, partly biographical, the film delves into the emotions of joy, anticipation and anxiety that a young mother experiences during the last several weeks before the birth of her second child. There is some footage from Czechoslovakia concerning maternity: a natural childbirth in a hospital delivery room and state nursery care for the children of working mothers.
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Subject categories
- Women > Discrimination, Stereotyping and Equal RightsPregnancy and BirthSexuality and Reproduction
- Sexuality and Reproduction > Pregnancy
- Health and Medicine > Pregnancy and BirthWomen
- Families > Sexuality and ReproductionSocial Programs and ServicesWomen
- Health/Personal Development > Human Growth and Development
Credits
- director
- Anne Claire Poirier
- script
- Anne Claire Poirier
- producer
- Guy L. Coté
- photography
- François Séguillon
- Jean-Claude Labrecque
- sound
- Claude Pelletier
- editing
- Marc Hébert
- sound editing
- Sidney Pearson
- re-recording
- Ron Alexander
- Roger Lamoureux
- music
- Pierre F. Brault