Documentary,
10:14 minutes,
English,
BC,
2007
Synopsis
Three women - a childless woman, a single mother, and a step-mother - discuss the deep emotions they have and do confront regarding having children.
Each of the women has different reasons for their decision, and each of the women have led very different lives as the result of those decisions.
Creative team
Writer/director/producer: Sandy Brown, Catherine Cooper, Marsha Mildon & Julia Szucs
Personal statement
Marsha Mildon says:
"I believe that our world works on the basis of the stories that we tell. With the visual dimension of video, our stories gain enormously in their vitality and impact on audiences."
Julia Szucs says:
"I am drawn to filmmaking because it is the most complex and multi-layered creative medium I could imagine working in.
Just as I have been inspired and moved by so many great films, my aim is to create films that stir audiences to move in their own inspired directions."
Marsha Mildon
Marsha Mildon has worked as playwright, novelist, teacher, photographer, and video-maker throughout her life. From teaching media literacy to children in the 70s to helping street kids make their own videos in the 21st century, her career has often included children.
Her projects include Video Real, made with street kids in Ecuador; Casa Zapote, a promotional video for a Guatemalan bed & breakfast; and Romancing the Home, a personal exploration of her ambivalence between wandering and settling down. Romancing the Home was chosen for a juried show exploring women's role in the global world.
Julia Szucs
Julia Szucs is a filmmaker, environmental educator, leadership facilitator and conflict resolution coach. As co-founder of the independent film production company Meltwater Media, Julia creates documentaries that examine the impacts of humanity on planet earth.
She co-produced Closer to Home, a film on local food production, and is currently in production of a film on the effects of climate change on arctic marine ecosystems.
Audio | Interview with Marsha Mildon
About this audio
Filmmaker Marsha Mildon talks to NSI's Liz Janzen about her short documentary Life Lines, selected to play in the NSI Online Short Film Festival 2008.