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Variations on a Familiar Theme
199557 min 34 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Carmen GarciaGermán Gutiérrez
Production: Josée BeaudetJacques Vallée
Produced by the National Film Board of Canada with the participation of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Human Resources Development Canada, Canadian Heritage, Health Canada, Solicitor General Canada and the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation.
Single-parent, same-sex, blended, common-law, disabled, intercultural, traditional...today's family defies definition. Meet Löic, who has two mothers and no father. Véronique and Marcel have children whose voices they cannot hear. Helen, who lost and subsequently recovered her children, counsels Native families in crisis. Through portraits of seven very different families, this engaging documentary shows that, no matter what form it may take, the family is still the mainstay of the individual.
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Subject categories
- Families > Family PortraitsNontraditional Families
- Sexuality and Reproduction > Sexual minorities (2SLGBTQ+ people)
Credits
- director
- Carmen Garcia
- Germán Gutiérrez
- producer
- Josée Beaudet
- Jacques Vallée
- camera
- Martin Leclerc
- sound
- Diane Carrière
- editing
- Suzanne Allard
- sound editing
- Diane Boucher
- voice
- Lynne Adams
- Mark Camacho
- Luis de Cespedes
- Brian Dooley
- Joanna Noyes
- Jacques Tourangeau
- Jane Wheeler
- Jane Woods
- re-recording
- Serge Boivin
- Shelley Craig
- music
- Jimmy Tanaka