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Black Mother Black Daughter
198928 min 59 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Sylvia HamiltonClaire Prieto
Production: Shelagh MackenzieGermaine Ying Gee Wong
Script: Sylvia Hamilton
Black Mother Black Daughter explores the lives and experiences of black women in Nova Scotia, their contributions to the home, the church and the community and the strengths they passed on to their daughters. Some of the women appearing in the film are Edith Clayton, a basket maker; Pearleen Oliver, a historian; Dr. Marie Hamilton, an educator and community leader; and Daurene Lewis, a weaver and politician. Also appearing is the dynamic female a capella quartet Four the Moment.
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Subject categories
- Cultural Diversity and Multiculturalism > African OriginsAtlantic RegionHistorical PerspectivesWomenWorking Life Since 1970
- Women > Cultural GroupsHistorical Perspectives
Credits
- director
- Sylvia Hamilton
- Claire Prieto
- producer
- Shelagh Mackenzie
- executive producer
- Shelagh Mackenzie
- Germaine Ying Gee Wong
- script
- Sylvia Hamilton
- narrator
- Sylvia Hamilton
- cinematography
- Dominique Gusset
- sound
- Jane Porter
- sound editing
- Jane Porter
- editing
- Claire Henry
- music
- Delvina Bernard
- George Elliot Clarke
Awards
- NFB Kathleen Shannon Documentary Award - with a cash prize of 1,000Yorkton Film Festival
- Honorable MentionInternational Film and Video Festival