The Spring and Fall of Nina Polanski

Directed by Joan Hutton and Louise Roy

Canada, 1974 (animation, 6 minutes, colour, English)

Image: © National Film Board of Canada

Film Description:
"An animation film depicting the life of a certain Nina Polanski, who could be any woman. She marries amidst much fanfare and photo-snapping, and settles into a domestic routine of cooking, washing dishes, ironing, and babies. Eventually she becomes the very machines she uses every day, until one day she walks into the woods and takes back her old self."
-- National Film Board of Canada (source)

Film Description [in French] :
"Une ménagère transformée en machines qu'elle utilise tous les jours."
-- Jana Vosikovska (source)

Film Credits (partial):
Produced by:	Kathleen Shannon, Len Chatwin
Animation:	Louise Roy
Music:	Kathleen Shannon
Production Company:	National Film Board of Canada / Office national du film du Canada

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Notes about The Spring and Fall of Nina Polanski

Part of the Working Mothers series.
Film produced as part of the National Film Board of Canada's 'Challenge for Change/Société nouvelle' program.

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Bibliography for The Spring and Fall of Nina Polanski

Dissertation Chapters

Saint-Pierre, Marie-Josée. "The Spring and Fall of Nina Polanski : le mariage et La Femme Mystifiée (Friedan, 1963)." In "Cinéma d'animation, féminismes et conditions de création : les réalisatrices de l'Office national du film du Canada (1970-1979)," 265-297. PhD diss., Université du Québec à Montréal, 2021. [in French]

Web Sites about The Spring and Fall of Nina Polanski

National Film Board of Canada. "NFB -- The Spring and Fall of Nina Polanski." National Film Board of Canada. http://onf-nfb.gc.ca/en/our-collection/?idfilm=11343.