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"Gail Singer (b. 1946) is one of the few Canadian women filmmakers able to make a living in independent documentary production, and she has been a committed advocate of feminism and socially progressive issues. She began as a researcher and assistant in the late 1960s, but quickly established herself as a director of intelligence in social documentaries on mercury poisoning in Canada's waterways, native cultures, arctic oil spills, battered women, breastfeeding, abortion, obstructive government bureaucracy, and children of divorce, as well as several films about artists. She has worked at various times with the CBC and Studio D, but she manages to maintain an independent profile in Canadian film culture. She has often worked with women as principal crew members [...]."
-- Kay Armatage

Source:
Armatage, Kay. "A Brief History of Women Filmmakers in Canada." In Changing Focus: The Future for Women in the Canadian Film and Television Industry, edited by Toronto Women in Film and Television. Toronto: Toronto Women in Film and Television, 1991. (p. 138)