A creative video set in rural Victoria, which revolves around two friends, Maureen and Fay, and Maureen’s daughter Di. The program targets women over 50, promotes the benefits of having a Pap Smear on a regular basis and deals with the barriers women face to having them. The storyline is interwoven with professional opinions from experts and practitioners in women’s health, and reveals commonly held attitudes to the subject by women in this age group.
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Collection
In ACMI's collection
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
306281
Language
English
Subject categories
Documentary → Documentary films - Australia
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Aged women - Health and hygiene
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Cancer - Prevention
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Cervix uteri - Cancer
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Cervix uteri - Cancer - Diagnosis
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Middle aged women - Health and hygiene
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Women - Health and hygiene
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
MPEG-1 Digital File - 2MB Rate; Copy
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)