NFB Collection
The Illuminated Life of Maud Lewis
199850 minFilm: Documentary
Direction: Peter d'Entremont
Production: Peter d'EntremontMike MahoneyKent MartinDon HaigChristopher ZimmerSally Bochner
Script: Lance Gerard Woolaver
Co-produced by Triad Film Productions Limited and the NFB in association with Vision TV; with the participation of the Nova Scotia Film Development Corp. and with sponsorship from the MT&T New Media and Culture Innovation Fund.
Maud Lewis was disfigured, impoverished and married to a man who "wasn't exactly Prince Charming"--but she produced a torrent of sparkling, joyous paintings. During her lifetime, Maud's works sold for as little as two dollars each. Today, she is Canada's most famous folk artist. Thousands pack galleries around the world to marvel at her uplifting paintings. The Illuminated Life of Maud Lewis is the first film to tell Maud's whole story: from her carefree childhood, to the onset of the rheumatoid arthritis that would cripple her body and gnarl her hands, to the tragic story of the daughter she never knew she had. Through this wonderful film, we experience the beauty and simplicity of the paintings that gave meaning to her life.
Subject categories
- Visual Arts > Atlantic RegionPaintingWomen Artists
- Women - Portraits > Visual Arts and Crafts
Credits
- director
- Peter d'Entremont
- producer
- Peter d'Entremont
- Mike Mahoney
- Kent Martin
- executive producer
- Don Haig
- Christopher Zimmer
- Sally Bochner
- script
- Lance Gerard Woolaver
- photography
- Michael Koszyca
- sound
- Arthur McKay
- editing
- Phil Comeau
- sound editing
- John Rosborough
- re-recording
- Serge Boivin
- narrator
- Deborah Allen
- music
- Sandy Moore
- cast
- Phyllis Essex-Fraser
- Ken Maher
- participation
- Cora Greenaway
- Philip Raymond Woolaver
- Nate Bain
- Kathleen Gavel
- Marie Hersey
- Theresa Hersey
- Arthur Sullivan
- Frank Lewis
- Keith Amiro
- Paul Muise
Awards
- Award for Sound Editing (John Rosborough)Atlantic International Film Festival
- Award for Music Composition (Sandy Moore)Atlantic International Film Festival
- Margaret Perry Award - Best Nova Scotia Produced Film - with a cash prize of 2,000$ in film stock.Atlantic International Film Festival
- Special Jury AwardYorkton Film Festival