NFB Collection
Soap-Box Derby
197422 min 5 secFilm: Fiction, Children's film
Direction: André Melançon
Production: Jacques Bobet
Script: André Melançon
Two very determined groups oppose each other: a group of boys who have feverishly prepared for a soap-box derby, and a group of girls who want very much to be included in the event. The boys make it clear to them that the derby is just not the place for girls, but in this battle of the sexes, the strong will and courage of the girls wins out, although in the end everyone is laughing. (Film in French, useful for teaching French as a Second Language.)
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Subject categories
- Children and Youth > Children's StoriesDiscrimination and StereotypingSports, Leisure and Play
- Literature and Language > Children's Stories
- Education > Educational AV Materials
- Literature and Language - Canada > French as a Second Language
- Health/Personal Development > Bullying & DiscriminationHuman Growth and Development
- English Language Arts > Children's Stories/Fables
- Family Studies/Home Economics > Relationships
Credits
- cast
- Mireille Bienvenu
- Gilles Guillemette
- Franco Lamazzi
- Alain Tremblay
- Josée Boisvert
- Robert Trudel
- Léandre Bergeron
- Mireille Jolicoeur
- Sylvie Perron
- Ronald Perrault
- Claude Blanchard
- Carmen Perron
- director
- André Melançon
- script
- André Melançon
- producer
- Jacques Bobet
- camera
- Pierre Mignot
- Georges Dufaux
- sound
- Raymond Marcoux
- Serge Beauchemin
- music
- Gilles Rivard
Awards
- First Prize - Category 5: Film - mediaItinerant - AMTEC
- First Prize - Category: 5 - producers, commercialItinerant - AMTEC
- Special AwardInternational Festival of Cinema for Youth and Children