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Margaret Perry—Filmmaker

Name: Margaret Perry—Filmmaker
Duration: 24 min

Les Krizsan

1987 | 24 min

Margaret Perry, now in her eighties, is the unsung heroine of the Nova Scotia film industry. For over a quarter of a century, she shot, directed, wrote and edited all the tourist films for the province. Through her camera, we view changes in the landscape, in lifestyles, and in film technology.

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Credits

director

Les Krizsan
producer

Shelagh Mackenzie
executive producer

Barry Cowling

Shelagh Mackenzie
camera

Les Krizsan

Kent Nason

Lionel Simmons
sound

Arthur McKay

Geoffrey Richards
editing

Eric Emery
sound editing

Eric Emery
narrator

Ned Norwood
re-recording

Hans Peter Strobl

Adrian Croll

Margaret Perry—Filmmaker

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