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Ruth and Harriet: Two Women of the Peace

1973 27 min
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Viewer Advisory: This film contains scenes of animal slaughter. This short documentary profiles Ruth and Harriet, two women in their thirties who live in the Peace River area of northern Alberta. Strongly individualistic, Ruth and Harriet care for their families and homesteads in a manner as self-reliant as that of any pioneer of the past. The river, the bush, and the wildlife make up their true home. This film offers a portrait of a uniquely Canadian rural landscape and lifestyle.

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Ruth and Harriet: Two Women of the Peace
  • West
    West
    1973 12 films
    This is the Canadian West that the traveller seldom sees, each film an intimate look at some facet of life of the three Prairie provinces. From the west, the east, the NFB and independent filmmakers, the films in this series show Canadians in many walks of life--the whole colorful mosaic that spreads from the plains of Manitoba and Saskatchewan to the towering peaks of Alberta's mountains.

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Viewer Advisory: This film contains scenes of animal slaughter.

This short documentary profiles Ruth and Harriet, two women in their thirties who live in the Peace River area of northern Alberta. Strongly individualistic, Ruth and Harriet care for their families and homesteads in a manner as self-reliant as that of any pioneer of the past. The river, the bush, and the wildlife make up their true home. This film offers a portrait of a uniquely Canadian rural landscape and lifestyle.
This work contains scenes of violence. Viewer discretion is advised.
  • director
    Barbara Greene
  • producer
    Cynthia Scott
  • executive producer
    John N. Smith
  • photography
    Andreas Poulsson
  • sound
    Hughes Mignault
  • editing
    Claude Duquette
  • sound editing
    John Knight
  • re-recording
    Michel Descombes
  • music
    Larry Crosley

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