Come Into My Parlour

Come Into My Parlour

| 5 min

Joyously reclaiming "spinsterhood" from its sexist implications, the filmmaker recalls the undauntable great aunt who provided her first driving lesson. Female agency grabs the wheel in a beautifully constructed animated homage.

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Come Into My Parlour, Mary Lewis, provided by the National Film Board of Canada

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Credits
  • director
    Mary Lewis
  • producer
    Jennice Ripley
  • animation
    Anne MacLeod
    Mary Lewis
  • camera
    Dominique Gusset
    Jamie Lewis
  • sound
    Stephanie Squires
  • picture edit
    Peggy Hogan
  • sound editing
    Antonia McGrath
  • sound mix
    Shelley Craig

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