Pies
2004
12 min
Coming soon
This animated film about blind prejudice is based on a short story by Canadian author Wilma Riley. Mrs. Cherwak is Polish and owns a cow. Mrs. Meuser is a German with entrenched notions of cleanliness. She does not appreciate the cow's inevitable by-product. The film describes their conflict and its curious resolution over coffee and mincemeat pie. While the author chose to write about the Germans and the Poles she grew up with on the outskirts of Regina, the situation she describes could apply anywhere in the world.
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This animated film about blind prejudice is based on a short story by Canadian author Wilma Riley. Mrs. Cherwak is Polish and owns a cow. Mrs. Meuser is a German with entrenched notions of cleanliness. She does not appreciate the cow's inevitable by-product. The film describes their conflict and its curious resolution over coffee and mincemeat pie. While the author chose to write about the Germans and the Poles she grew up with on the outskirts of Regina, the situation she describes could apply anywhere in the world.
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designSheldon Cohen
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animationSheldon Cohen
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directionSheldon Cohen
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producerCaroline Leaf
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original musicAlex Pauk
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voiceHanna PoznanskaSuzanne Roth
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background rendering and colour - supervisionElaine Gasco
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background rendering and colour - assistantFrance Trudeau
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assistant animatorGeorge Ungar
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colour renderingColette BrièreMaggie MacaulayGabriel CayaJohn Churchill
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checkingNancy Crossgrove
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animation cameraJacques AvoineRaymond DumasPierre Landry
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sound editingJackie Newell
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post-sync effectsKen Page
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music recordingGuy Rhéaume
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re-recordingJean-Pierre Joutel
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scriptingSheldon CohenCaroline Leaf
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unit administratorDiane Bergeron
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executive producerDavid VerrallDouglas MacDonald
Education
Ages 11 to 17
Civics/Citizenship - Ideologies
Diversity - Diversity in Communities
Have students write a fable, draw a cartoon or make an animated movie of their own to demonstrate a similar moral (dangers of prejudice and the rewards of loving one's neighbour).
