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| Director: | Claire Prieto | 
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| Writer: | Dionne Brand | 
| Staring: | 
| In this short documentary, five black women talk about their lives in rural and urban Canada between the 1920s and 1950s. What emerges is a unique history of Canada’s black people and the legacy of their community elders. Produced by the NFB’s iconic Studio D. | |
| Release Date: | Jan 01, 1989 | 
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| Director: | Claire Prieto | 
| Writer: | Dionne Brand | 
| Genres: | History, Documentary | 
| Keywords | agriculture, portrait, woman director, people of color, short film, black canadian | 
| Production Companies | ONF | NFB | 
| Box Office | Revenue: $0 Budget: $0 | 
| Updates | Updated: Jun 23, 2024 Entered: Jun 23, 2024 | 
| Name | Character | 
|---|---|
| Marva Jackson Lord | Narrator (voice) | 
| Name | Job | 
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| Ginny Stikeman | Editor | 
| Claire Prieto | Researcher, Director | 
| Dionne Brand | Researcher, Assistant Director, Writer | 
| Joan Hutton | Director of Photography | 
| Diane Carrière | Sound | 
| Clare Bambrough | Sound Editor | 
| Shelley Craig | Sound Re-Recording Mixer | 
| Faith Nolan | Music | 
| Lana Lovell | Post Production Assistant, Production Coordinator | 
| Noelle Richardson | Researcher | 
| Mitch Ness | Assistant Camera | 
| Véronique Lehouck | Assistant Camera | 
| Durwin Partridge | Assistant Camera | 
| Lynnie Johnston | Assistant Camera | 
| Peter Sawade | Sound Assistant | 
| Peter Clements | Sound Assistant | 
| David Lee | Sound Assistant | 
| Deborah Parks | Additional Camera | 
| Jan Madlener | Electrician | 
| Cheryl Crawley | Still Photographer | 
| Roger McTair | Still Photographer | 
| John Whynot | Music Coordinator | 
| Diane Le Floc'h | Music Editor | 
| Gisèle Guilbault | Unit Manager | 
| Name | Title | 
|---|---|
| Ginny Stikeman | Producer | 
| Rina Fraticelli | Executive Producer | 
| Organization | Category | Person | 
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