Pies

This is about ethnic prejudice in all its blind viciousness. Mrs. Cherwak is Polish and owns a cow. Mrs. Meuser is a German with entrenched notions of cleanliness. She does not appreciate the cow's inevitable byproduct. One day, the conflict between the two neighbors escalates to physical proportions. Mrs. Meuser, feeling mortally insulted, invents an ingenious way to get back at Mrs. Cherwak and carries it out over afternoon coffee. The conflict is curiously resolved over coffee and mincemeat pie. While the author chose to write about the Germans and the Poles she grew up with on the outskirts of Regina, Saskatchewan, the situation she describes could apply anywhere in the world.

Mrs. Cherwak, Mrs. Meuser, Cow

Based on "Pies," a short story for children by Wilma Riley.

Blue Ribbon Award, Short Takes, Itinerant - American Film and Video Festival, New York, 1986.
One of the Best Films of 1986, American Librarian Association