Black Mother Black Daughter

Directed by Sylvia Hamilton and Claire Prieto

Canada, 1989 (documentary, 29 minutes, colour, English)

Image: © National Film Board of Canada

Video (National Film Board of Canada)

Film Description:
"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."
-- National Film Board of Canada (source)

Film Credits (partial):
Written by:	Sylvia Hamilton
Produced by:	Shelagh Mackenzie, Germaine Ying Gee Wong
Narrator:	Sylvia Hamilton
Cinematography:	Dominique Gusset
Film Editing:	Claire Henry
Music:	Delvina Bernard, George Elliot Clarke
Production Company:	National Film Board of Canada / Office national du film du Canada

(sources)

Quote about Black Mother Black Daughter

"Black Mother Black Daughter reached far beyond the Black communities that figure at the centre of the documentary. The audience response to Hamilton's first film was overwhelmingly positive in a number of national and cultural contexts. Over a thousand people attended the opening screenings in Halifax and similarly large numbers were present at screenings in Toronto and other cities across the country; the film was screened at more than forty international film festivals."
-- Shana McGuire, Darrell Varga (source)

Web Sites about Black Mother Black Daughter

National Film Board of Canada. "NFB -- Black Mother Black Daughter." National Film Board of Canada. http://onf-nfb.gc.ca/en/our-collection/?idfilm=18030.