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Speaking Our Peace -- Film Description:
"Filmed in Canada, Britain and the U.S.S.R., this hour-long documentary focuses on local and international peace initiatives by women. Featured in the film are Rosalie Bertell, Marion Dewar, Muriel Duckworth, Ursula M. Franklin, Darlene Keju, Margaret Laurence, Solanges Vincent and Kathleen Wallace-Deering. In interviews and in encounters with Soviet women, they outline their views on war and peace. The film includes scenes of women in mass demonstrations at Litton Systems Canada and at Greenham Common in England, as well as footage of ordinary citizens who must live with the health and environmental problems caused by uranium mining and nuclear weapons testing."
-- National Film Board of Canada


Source:
National Film Board of Canada. "NFB -- Speaking Our Peace" National Film Board of Canada. http://www.onf-nfb.gc.ca/eng/collection/film/?id=15297.