By the time girls have become women, they've been socialized to associate beauty with slenderness. In All Things Nice, filmmakers Lulu Keating and Elisabeth Belliveau all but founder themselves in an act of hilarious subversion-a contest to see who can stomach the most Cherry Blossom chocolate bars! Beneath the humour, they wordlessly proffer a more serious message. Food is not the enemy, despite the fact that women are conditioned to repress and deny themselves.
Also available on the compilation Forever Independent: Films by Lulu Keating. Includes:
• Lulu's Back in Town
• The Jabberwock
• Funny Things People Can Do To Themselves
• City Survival
• Ladies in Waiting
• Inside Out
One of Canada's most prolific and dynamic filmmakers serves up a potpourri of short films she made between 1980-2005. Her personal narratives are creative yet accessible, filled with insight and humour and employing a variety of techniques including animation, hand processing and optical printing. She is an instructor as well as a filmmaker. In an Extras section, the Director shares what she learned when making each film with comments that are informative, encouraging and inspiring.
