Not So Different

19856 min 48 secFilm: Animation, Children's film

Direction: Don Arioli

Production: Keith PackwoodFloyd Elliott

Produced by National Film Board of Canada for Multiculturalism Canada.

This delightful, humorous fable is set in the Land of Same, where the law of the land is SAMENESS. Everyone has to behave the same, wear the same clothes, live in the same houses, drive the same cars, eat the same food -- you name it, it's the SAME! Everything runs, smoothly (although it's a bit dull!), until the arrival of some DIFFERENT people, causing a wave of differentness to spread across the land. So the law is changed to DIFFERENTNESS. Things aren't dull any more, but life is chaotic! Eventually a meeting is held to vote on SAME OR DIFFERENT. The outcome? Well, see for yourself -- it's not the same -- but not so different...

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Subject categories


  • Cultural Diversity and Multiculturalism > Cultural Diversity
  • Social Issues > Cultural GroupsIndividual in Society
  • Civics/Citizenship > Citizen ResponsibilitiesHuman Rights
  • Family Studies/Home Economics > Parenting
  • Social Studies > Social Policies and Programs

Credits


director
Don Arioli
animation
Don Arioli
producer
Keith Packwood
executive producer
Floyd Elliott

Awards


  • Award of Merit - Category: Sound/SlidesItinerant - AMTEC
  • Silver Screen AwardUS International Film and Video Festival