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This Borrowed Land

Directed by Bonnie Kreps
Canada, 1984 (documentary, 29 minutes, colour, English)
This Borrowed Land
Image: © National Film Board of Canada

Film Description:
"The Peace River Valley in British Columbia is an area of rich farmland threatened by the construction of a hydro-electric dam. This Borrowed Land gives the women who farm the Peace the chance to voice their growing concern over the conversion of farmland to uses not related to the production of food. They ask: 'Will we leave our children enough land to grow food on?' They are firmly committed to their lifestyle despite the difficulties, both concrete and imponderable. A film about agriculture, ecology, land misuse, and stout-willed farmers who happen to be women."
-- National Film Board of Canada (source)

Film Credits (partial):
Written by: Bonnie Kreps
Produced by: Signe Johansson, Kathleen Shannon
Narrator: Anna Hagan
Cinematography: Nina Wisnicki
Film Editing: Haida Paul
Music: Hildegard Westerkamp
Production Company: National Film Board of Canada / Office national du film du Canada
(sources)

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