It's Just Better

Directed by Beverly Shaffer · 1982

Ten-year-old Shawn Peter Dwyer lives on a Cape Breton farm with his mother and nine siblings, where empty pockets don't mean empty lives.

A warm NFB portrait showing that a full life doesn't need money, seen through a farm kid's eyes.

This short documentary takes us to a farmhouse on Cape Breton Island where Shawn Peter Dwyer, age 10, lives with his mother and nine brothers and sisters. While the children’s pockets are usually empty, their lives are w

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