Like the Trees
This short film is told in the first person by Rose, a Métis woman from northern Alberta who has left a difficult life in the city to rediscover her roots by returning to her Woodland Cree community. Rose reveals the racism, isolation and health issues she faced when trying to make a life for herself outside her home community, and how she is able to help others now that she has reconnected to her culture.
The film is part of a 1970s series of eleven films title Working Mothers by producer/director Kathleen Shannon, exposing inequality for women in accessing education, childcare, and equal pay. These films led to the creation of Studio D at the National Film Board, the world’s first feminist production studio.Pedagogical evaluations and study guides are only available to CAMPUS subscribers.
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Like the Trees, Kathleen Shannon, provided by the National Film Board of Canada
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Credits
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directorKathleen Shannon
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producerKathleen Shannon
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editingKathleen Shannon
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executive producerLen Chatwin
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photographyRobert Nichol
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soundTed Haley
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re-recordingJean-Pierre Joutel
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