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.
Crew
Claire Prieto
Director, Researcher
Dionne Brand
Writer, Assistant Director, Researcher
Ginny Stikeman
Editor, Producer
Joan Hutton
Director of Photography
Lana Lovell
Production Coordinator, Post Production Assistant
Rina Fraticelli
Executive Producer
Mitch Ness
Assistant Camera
Véronique Lehouck
Assistant Camera
Durwin Partridge
Assistant Camera
Lynnie Johnston
Assistant Camera
Deborah Parks
Additional Camera
Clare Bambrough
Sound Editor
Shelley Craig
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Peter Sawade
Sound Assistant
Peter Clements
Sound Assistant
David Lee
Sound Assistant
Diane Carrière
Sound
John Whynot
Music Coordinator
Faith Nolan
Music
Diane Le Floc'h
Music Editor
Cheryl Crawley
Still Photographer
Roger McTair
Still Photographer
Jan Madlener
Electrician
Noelle Richardson
Researcher
Gisèle Guilbault
Unit Manager
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