Black Mother Black Daughter

198928 min 59 secFilm: Documentary

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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.

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