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Black Mother Black Daughter

Sylvia Hamilton & Claire Prieto

1989 28 min

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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 pass on to their daughters.

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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 pass on to their daughters.

See also

Cultural Diversity and Multiculturalism

Women

All subjects

Black Communities in Canada

Black Communities in Canada

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Credits

• director
  Sylvia Hamilton
  
  Claire Prieto
  
• producer
  Shelagh Mackenzie
  
• executive producer
  Shelagh Mackenzie
  
  Germaine Ying Gee Wong
  
• script
  Sylvia Hamilton
  
• narrator
  Sylvia Hamilton
  
• cinematography
  Dominique Gusset
  
• sound
  Jane Porter
  
• sound editing
  Jane Porter
  
• editing
  Claire Henry
  
• music
  Delvina Bernard
  
  George Elliot Clarke
  

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