Accueil / Packing Heat - DVD
Numéro de catalogue: NFB522628
Producteur: National Film Board Of Canada
Producteurs: Sally Bochner, Wendy Rowland, Don Haig
Réalisateurs: Wendy Rowland
Agences de production: National Film Board of Canada (Montreal)
Sujet: Documentaire, Droit criminel, Études féminines, Histoire mondiale, Sports, Violence
Langue: Anglais
Pays d'origine: Canada
Année du droit d’auteur: 1996
Durée: 49:58
Sous-titrage: Oui
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Packing Heat - DVD
Numéro de catalogue: NFB522628
Producteur: National Film Board Of Canada
Producteurs: Sally Bochner, Wendy Rowland, Don Haig
Réalisateurs: Wendy Rowland
Agences de production: National Film Board of Canada (Montreal)
Sujet: Documentaire, Droit criminel, Études féminines, Histoire mondiale, Sports, Violence
Langue: Anglais
Pays d'origine: Canada
Année du droit d’auteur: 1996
Durée: 49:58
Sous-titrage: Oui
Cliquez ici pour les prix
In a culture of fear, where women are assaulted by images of themselves as victims, the idea of picking up a gun and getting even is tempting. Women who carry firearms don't fit stereotypes: they can be soft-spoken liberals, doctoral students, or nurses. They see the right to pack a gun as an issue of women's empowerment. Many call themselves feminists. Packing Heat profiles women of this emerging gun culture, from self-styled guru Paxton Quigley, to a University of Toronto psychology professor who spends her weekends at the gun club. The video also features self-defence advocates and anti-gun feminists who say that security doesn't come from the barrel of a gun, and that weapons-makers are profiting from fear. Most of the women featured in Packing Heat say they feel safer armed. But with guns far more likely to kill a child than an intruder, is that sense of safety or illusion? This lively documentary looks at why women want to carry firearms, and at the ethical and practical implications of a gun in every purse.