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Making a Decision in the Family

Directed by Julia Murphy
Canada, 1957 (fiction, 7 minutes, black and white, English)
Making a Decision in the Family
Image: © National Film Board of Canada

Film Description:
"This film presents the same situation for discussion as does the film Making a Decision but slants it towards adults. It carries the question a bit further in that it brings in the matter of parental authority. When a high-school girl declares her preference for going to a gathering of her own friends rather than to a family gathering, she runs headlong into her parent's objections. It is their decision and not hers which is to abide. The result is a clash of wills. The question of what might have been a better approach is left with the film audience."
-- National Film Board of Canada (source)

Film Credits (partial):
Written by: Gudrun Parker
Produced by: Nicholas Balla
Cinematography: Robert Humble
Film Editing: Gilbert Choquette
Production Company: National Film Board of Canada / Office national du film du Canada
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