
Challenge for Change: “… and They Lived Happily Ever After”
Synopsis
Women relate their experiences with marriage and motherhood, punctuated by commercials for weddings, among other things. A seminal work by Kathleen Shannon, who founded Studio D, a production entity dedicated to women making films at the National Film Board of Canada.
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