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Toward Intimacy
19921 h 1 min 46 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Debbie McGee
Production: Nicole HubertRina FraticelliGinny Stikeman
Women with disabilities are working towards full participation in all areas of life. Toward Intimacy is a cross-disability affirmation of the right of women with disabilities to seek, develop and sustain intimate relationships with the partners of their choice. In this moving one-hour film, four disabled women from across Canada share their personal experiences, with particular emphasis on sexuality, self-esteem, stereotyping, and parenting.
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Subject categories
- People with disabilities > Family LifeInterpersonal RelationshipsLifestylesPeople with Physical DisabilitiesPortraitsWomen with Disabilities
- Women - Portraits > Group PortraitsHealth and Illness
- Sexuality and Reproduction > Interpersonal Relationships
- History and Citizenship Education > Culture and Currents of Thought (1500-present)
- Family Studies/Home Economics > Feminism
- Diversity > Identity
Credits
- director
- Debbie McGee
- producer
- Nicole Hubert
- executive producer
- Rina Fraticelli
- Ginny Stikeman
- cinematography
- Susan Trow
- sound
- Esther Auger
- Diane Carrière
- editing
- Francine Fleming
- sound editing
- Antonia McGrath
- re-recording
- Adrian Croll
- music
- Judith Gruber-Stitzer
Awards
- Blue Ribbon Award - Category: General / Special NeedsItinerant - American Film and Video Festival
- Special Mention - by the Jury of the Association of Women JournalistsFestival international de films de Femmes
- Special Mention - Look on the HandicapInternational Festival Cine-video Psy