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Black mother, Black daughter / , Canada - Montreal : National Film Board of Canada, [2005?] - 1 videodisc (28 min., 59 sec.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Originally produced in 1989.

Editing, Claire Henry ; cinematography, Dominique Gusset ; music, Four The Moment. Editing, Claire Henry ; cinematography, Dominique Gusset ; music, Four The Moment.

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.


DVD-R, NTSC; multizone.

Standard No.: 698193067575

Publisher. No.: 0189025 NFB/ONF

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Women, Black--History.--Nova Scotia
African American women--Nova Scotia.
Mothers and daughters.
Femmes noires--Histoire.--Nouvelle-Écosse
Noires américaines--Nouvelle-Écosse.
Mères et filles.
African American women.
Mothers and daughters.
Women, Black.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Nova Scotia.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Documentaries and Factual Films
Short films--Canada.
Documentary films.
History.
Nonfiction films.
Short films.
Nonfiction films.
Documentary films.
Short films.
Films autres que de fiction.
Documentaires.
Courts métrages.