Mama's Going to Buy You a Mockingbird

Directed by Sandy Wilson

Canada, 1987 (fiction, colour, English)

Film Description:
"Based on Jean Little's acclaimed Canadian children's novel of the same name, it is set in the '50s and describes a family picking up the pieces after the father dies of cancer."
-- Rita Zekas (source)

Film Credits (partial):
Written by:	Anna Sandor
Based on:	Mama's Going to Buy You a Mockingbird, a novel by Jean Little
Produced by:	William Gough, Joseph Partington
Principal Cast:	Linda Griffiths, Geoffrey Bowes, Louis Tripp, Marsha Moreau, Martha Gibson, Ken James, Rosa Anderson-Barker, Helen Hughes, Sam Aaron, Stuart Clow, Alana Shields, Sherry Bie
Cinematography:	Ken Gregg
Film Editing:	Bruce Annis
Music:	Tommy Ambrose, Rick Wilkins
Production Company:	Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

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Notes about Mama's Going to Buy You a Mockingbird

Made-for-TV-movie.

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Bibliography for Mama's Going to Buy You a Mockingbird

Articles from Newspapers, Magazines, or News Websites

Clarke, Greg. "Circa '59." Interview with Sandy Wilson. Cinema Canada, December 1987.
Lee, Helen. "Mama's Going to Buy You a Mockingbird." Review of Mama's Going to Buy You a Mockingbird. Cinema Canada, January 1989.
Quill, Greg. "Mockingbird rises with love from hearts of real people." Review of Mama's Going to Buy You a Mockingbird. Toronto Star, December 3, 1988.
Variety. "Mama's Going to Buy You a Mockingbird." Review of Mama's Going to Buy You a Mockingbird. Variety, January 4, 1989.
Zekas, Rita. "My Cousin's director brings you tears next." Toronto Star, October 18, 1987.

Web Sites about Mama's Going to Buy You a Mockingbird

"IMDb: Mama's Going to Buy You a Mockingbird." Internet Movie Database, Inc. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093484/combined.