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On Our Own
198426 min 30 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Laurette Deschamps
Production: Michèle Renaud-MolnarMargaret PettigrewKathleen Shannon
Produced by Ciné-Contact Inc. in association with the NFB.
Women have not been encouraged by society to take charge of their lives, either financially or psychologically. In Canada, three out of every five poor adults are women. This film attempts to explain why by singling out two women. One divorced, the other widowed, they found themselves in financial difficulty; neither was trained for wage-earning work. This documentary outlines some of the resources available. A counsellor at the Montréal Women's Referral and Information Centre emphasizes the need for long-range financial planning.
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Subject categories
- Families > Aged ParentsProblems in the FamilyWomen
- Women > Elderly WomenFamily LifePovertySocial Conditions
- Seniors > Isolation and SolitudeSocial ProblemsWomen
Credits
- director
- Laurette Deschamps
- producer
- Michèle Renaud-Molnar
- Margaret Pettigrew
- executive producer
- Kathleen Shannon
- camera
- Moira Thompson
- Susan Trow
- sound
- Diane Carrière
- editing
- Ginny Stikeman
- sound editing
- John Knight
- re-recording
- Jean-Pierre Joutel
- music
- Chris Crilly