Shelagh Mackenzie Trailers

Margaret Perry: Filmmaker Trailer (1987)

09 September 1987

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.

Where the Bay Becomes the Sea Trailer (1985)

31 December 1985

This is a documentary about the fragile and complex marine ecosystem in the Bay of Fundy. The film traces relationships within the food chain - from tiny plankton to birds and seals and finally to whales and humans.

Black Mother Black Daughter Trailer (1989)

01 January 1989

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.

Remember Africville Trailer (1991)

01 January 1991

This short film depicts Africville, a small black settlement that lay within the city limits of Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Reaction: A Portrait of a Society in Crisis Trailer (1973)

01 January 1973

This feature documentary gives voice to various English-speaking groups in Montréal and other places in Québec as they react to the October Crisis of 1970, when Québec nationalism took a violent turn.

Singlehanders Trailer (1982)

01 January 1982

Follow two Canadians, Bob Lush and Mike Birch, aboard their yachts during the 1980 Observer Singlehanded Transatlantic Race.

Lypa Trailer (1988)

01 January 1988

A portrait of Inuit hunter and artist Lypa Pitsiulak, who decided to return to the land several years ago.

Unstructured for a Summer Trailer (1969)

01 January 1969