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Sheldon Cohen · Canada · Comedy / Drama / Family / Animation · 12 min · 116K views

Directed by Sheldon Cohen · 1984

On the outskirts of Regina, a tidy German woman and her Polish neighbour, owner of a cow, feud over its droppings until coffee and mincemeat pie enter the picture.

A gentle, wry NFB fable about prejudice between neighbours, resolved in the most unexpected way.

This animated film about blind prejudice is based on a short story by Canadian author Wilma Riley. Mrs. Cherwak is Polish and owns a cow. Mrs. Meuser is a German with entrenched notions of cleanliness. She does not appre

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