Motherland: Tales of Wonder

19941 h 29 min 45 secFilm: Documentary

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Direction: Helene Klodawsky

Production: Signe JohanssonGinny Stikeman

This wryly humorous and provocative feature-length documentary casts a critical eye at the North American experience of motherhood over the latter half of this century. Through conversations with seven mothers, a wonderful selection of archival footage from the 1950s, as well as some very candid and funny home movies from the director, Motherland offers new ways of thinking about what it means to be a good mom.

Subject categories


  • Women > Changing RolesHistorical PerspectivesMass Media
  • Families > Child Rearing and DevelopmentWomen

Credits


director
Helene Klodawsky
narrator
Helene Klodawsky
producer
Signe Johansson
executive producer
Ginny Stikeman
cinematography
Zoe Dirse
Joan Hutton
animation camera
Pierre Landry
Raymond Dumas
Lynda Pelley
sound
Justine Pimlott
Marie-France Delagrave
editing
Sidonie Kerr
sound editing
Jackie Newell
re-recording
Serge Boivin
animation
Meilan Lam
music
Kathryn Moses

Awards


  • Bronze Apple Award - Category: Domestic and International ConcernsNational Educational Media Network Competition
  • First Place Award - Category: #11 / Parenting IssuesItinerant - National Council on Family Relations