Pies

Canada, 1983

Film
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A bizarre animated tale in which two women on the edge of town argue over whether one of them should be entitled to keep a cow. The argument develops into a planned revenge but the tale has a wry twist to it

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Credits

director

Sheldon Cohen

producer

Caroline Leaf

production company

National Film Board of Canada

Duration

00:12:00:00

Production places
Canada
Production dates
1983

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

508722

Language

English

Subject categories

Animation

Animation → Animated films - Canada

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Culture conflict

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Ethnic attitudes

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Ethnic relations

Short films

Short films → Short films - Canada

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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