Ruth and Harriet: Two Women of the Peace

Directed by Barbara Greene

Canada, 1973 (documentary, 27 minutes, colour, English)

Ruth and Harriet: Two Women of the Peace

Image: © National Film Board of Canada

Video (National Film Board of Canada)

Film Description:
"Ruth and Harriet are two women in their thirties who live in the Peace River area of northern Alberta. Both have families, and are strongly individualistic, as self-reliant as any pioneer of the past. The homestead, the river, the bush, the wildlife of the forest, their children and their men—that is what they want out of life."
-- National Film Board of Canada (source)

Film Credits (partial):
Produced by:	Cynthia Scott, John N. Smith
Cinematography:	Andreas Poulsson
Film Editing:	Claude Duquette
Music:	Larry Crosley
Production Company:	National Film Board of Canada / Office national du film du Canada

(sources)

Quote by the Director

"I was talking about women in the town of Peace River [...] and then someone piped up and said 'I think you should see my babysitter,' and I said, 'Babysitter?' and she said 'Well yes, she's Ruth, and she's very ordinary, but she's wonderful. She's a great babysitter.' So I looked the babysitter up. And I just took one look at her and I knew that she was a special person—for me. She just looked great. And she was easy, a nice sense of humour, and kind of rooted to the earth. And very much unlike all the other persons that I'd been hearing about."
-- Barbara Greene (source)

Web Sites about Ruth and Harriet: Two Women of the Peace

National Film Board of Canada. "NFB -- Ruth and Harriet: Two Women of the Peace." National Film Board of Canada. http://onf-nfb.gc.ca/en/our-collection/?idfilm=10761.