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The Impossible Takes a Little Longer
198645 min 35 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Anne Henderson
Production: Barbara JanesKathleen Shannon
Co-produced by the NFB and the Federal Women's Film Program, with the collaboration of Employment and Immigration Canada, Health and Welfare Canada, Secretary of State, and Status of Women Canada.
The Impossible Takes a Little Longer documents the work and personal lives of five physically disabled women. It shows how they are coping with the problems they share with all women, the problems they share with other disabled women and those unique to their particular circumstances. The film affirms that disabled women can lead full and productive lives as workers, as mothers and as valued community members. It informs both disabled women and the able-bodied about the possibilities of adaptations in the workplace, the use of technological aids and the need for support systems if disabled women are to have satisfying and productive lives. The Impossible Takes a Little Longer undermines the stereotypes and prejudices that further hinder a large segment of our population.
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Subject categories
- Women - Portraits > Health and Illness
- People with disabilities > LifestylesPeople with Physical DisabilitiesPortraitsWomen with DisabilitiesWorking Life
Credits
- director
- Anne Henderson
- producer
- Barbara Janes
- executive producer
- Kathleen Shannon
- cinematography
- Carlos Ferrand
- Nastaran Dibai
- sound
- Esther Auger
- Dan Latour
- editing
- Sidonie Kerr
- sound editing
- Wojtek Klis
- music
- Judith Gruber-Stitzer
Awards
- Honorable MentionMedikinale / International Medical and Scientific Film Festival - Prix Leonardo