In 2016, the National Film Board of Canada launched a pioneering gender parity initiative and has maintained its commitment to ensuring that half of its productions are directed by women and half of its key creative positions -screenwriting, editing, sound mixing, cinematography - are filled by women.
Flamenco at 5:15 by Cynthia Scott is a favourite of mine. Produced by Studio D, the women's studio of the NFB, the film won an Oscar in 1984 for Documentary Short Subject.
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What beauty. The smiles are just wonderful - so simple and complex, clapping with others.
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