Pink Ribbons Inc.

20111 h 37 min 43 secFilm: Documentary

G

Direction: Léa Pool

Production: Ravida Din

Script: Patricia KearnsNancy GuerinLéa Pool

Breast cancer has become the poster child of cause-related marketing campaigns. Countless people walk, run and shop for the cure. Each year, millions of dollars are raised in the name of breast cancer, but where does this money go and what does it actually achieve? 

Directed by Léa Pool and produced by Ravida Din, Pink Ribbons, Inc. is a feature documentary from the National Film Board of Canada that shows how the devastating reality of breast cancer, which marketing experts have labeled a “dream cause,” has become obfuscated by a shiny, pink story of success.

Subject categories


  • Health and Medicine > CancerCoping with Illness and DyingWomen
  • Women > Health and Illness
  • Family Studies/Home Economics > Aging/Death and Dying
  • Health/Personal Development > Disease Prevention

Credits


director
Léa Pool
producer
Ravida Din
writer
Patricia Kearns
Nancy Guerin
Léa Pool
director of photography
Daniel Jobin
Sylvaine Dufaux
Nathalie Moliavko-Visotsky
editor
Oana Suteu
animation
Francis Gélinas
associate producer
Nancy Guerin
executive producer
Ravida Din
research
Nancy Guerin
Patricia Kearns
Léa Pool
archival research
Nancy Marcotte
additional research
Feyrouz Abdulrahman
Katherine Kasirer
Paul Schliesmann
Cyndi Taylor
consultant
Samantha King
art director
Patrice Bengle
set decorator
Patrick Lee
additional camera
Édith Labbé
Léa Pool
assistant camera
Chantal Vary
Martin Lebel
Stéphane Caron
Éric Morin
Yan Clement
Carla Clarke
sound recordist
Claude La Haye
Yann Cleary
Thierry Morlaas
Sylvain Vary
sound design
Claude Beaugrand
sound editor
Claude Beaugrand
dialogue editor
Francine Poirier
re-recording
Jean Paul Vialard
video assist
Nathalie Lebel
grip
Pierre André Fournier
makeup
Diane Simard
Lizane LaSalle
location crew
Darcy Schlitt
Rosemary Ponzo
Bruce Liffiton
Michael Coleman
Chris Cardno
Kristen Liffiton
Leslie Chauncy
Blackford Vincent, III Shelton
Evan Guilfoyle
Paul Nordin
J.P. Sichelschmidt
Joshua Eldridge
Olfert Kempff
Cullen Quave
Alex Conroy
Toby Conroy
Paul Bélanger
Aimee Mannella
Daniel Grant
James Hellyer
Raphaëlle Bilodeau
Emmanuel Hessler
Catherine Boudreau
participation
Judy Brady
Barbara Brenner
Nancy Brinker
James Brophy
Janet Collins
Carol Cone
Barbara Ehrenreich
Charlene Elliott
Charlotte Haley
Jane Houlihan
Marc Hurlbert
Mhel Kavanaugh-Lynch
Margaret Keith
Samantha King
Ellen Leopold
Susan Love
Kim McInerney
Olufunmilayo Olopade
Jeanne S. Collins
Sandra Kugelman
Maricela Ochoa
Rosemary Parker
Mary Sue Rimel
Dao Tran
Gina De Santis
Debra Fields
Ilene King
Sandy Knight
Debbie Logan
Janet McKenzie
Sari Sairanen
publicity photographer
Véro Boncompagni
additional voice
Maria Bircher
Sarah Camacho
Lucinda Davis
Richard M. Dumont
Angela Galuppo
Eleanor Noble
ADR supervisor
Nathalie Fleurant
foley
Lise Wedlock
foley assistant
Maxime Potvin
online editor
Denis Pilon
title design
Francis Gélinas
titles
Gaspard Gaudreau
digital editing supervisor
Danielle Raymond
digital editing technician
Isabelle Painchaud
Pierre Dupont
Patrick Trahan
graphic designer
Mélanie Bouchard
Patrick Morand
transcription
Dyane Provost
Hélène Laporte-Rawji
Corinne Smith
technical coordinator
Steve Hallé
France Couture
Brigitte Sénéchal
marketing manager
Leslie Stafford
Moira Keigher
publicist
Pat Dillon
Nadine Viau
production studio intern
Feyrouz Abdulrahman
Cyndi Taylor
production manager
Lynn Trout
Stefanie Brantner
production coordinator
Christine Williams
Stefanie Brantner
Camila Blos
program administrator
Leslie Anne Poyntz
Stephanie Brown
Dan Emery