NFB Collection
Voices of Change
19951 h 31 min 18 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Lyn WrightBarbara Doran
Production: Keith ClarksonSilva BasmajianBarbara Barde
Produced by Why Not Productions Inc. in association with the CBC and the NFB and in association with the Canadian International Development Agency, UNICEF, WETV/IDRC, Catalyst Entertainment, Rogers Telefund and the the financial participation of Human Resources Development - Women's Program.
Voices of Change is a documentary that chronicles the stories of five women with courage. Women from Australia, Guatemala, Canada, Latvia and Pakistan who balance age old traditions with new roles as creators of social change in the areas of aboriginal rights and labour rights and against racism, sexism and poverty. They confront oppression, injustice and indifference, determined to create a better life for their children, for their communities and for their countries.
Subject categories
- Developing Countries > AsiaCentral America and the CaribbeanSocial ChangeWomen
- Foreign Countries > Australia and New ZealandEastern Europe and Balkans
- Women > Changing RolesDeveloping CountriesSocial Action
- Social Issues > Social ChangeWomen
Credits
- director
- Lyn Wright
- Barbara Doran
- producer
- Keith Clarkson
- Silva Basmajian
- executive producer
- Barbara Barde
- photography
- Kent Nason
- sound
- Diane Carrière
- editing
- Bruce Lange
- sound editing
- Michael MacLaverty
- sound mixer
- Paul Seller
- David Midgley
- music
- Ken Myhr
- Anne Bourne
- participation
- Barbara Cummings
- Sandra Gonzales
- Mara Kimele
- Tam Goossen
- Carolyn Goossen
- Asma Jahangir