Mabel

MacInnes, Teresa, (film director.). Clarke, Annette, (film producer.). Clarke, Annette, (film producer.). National Film Board of Canada (Montreal), (film producer.).

Summary: Feisty, fiercely independent and firmly rooted in place, 90 year-old Mabel Robinson broke barriers back in the 40s when she became the first woman in Hubbards, Nova Scotia, to launch her own business-a hairdressing salon where she still provides shampoo-n-sets over 70 years later. Weaving animation and archival imagery with intimate and laugh out loud moments in the salon, the film celebrates the power of friendship, doing what you love and staying active. With no desire to retire anytime soon, Mabel gives voice to a generation who are not front and center of cinema or the pop hairstyles of the day, and subtly shifts the lens on our perception of beauty and the elderly.

Record details

Physical Description: 1 streaming video (20 min., 39 sec.) : sound
remote
access
Publisher: Montreal : National Film Board of Canada, 2016.
Copyright: ©2016

Content descriptions

General Note:	Dossier des droits. Approbation technique. Agency - English program:.Atlantic Centre.
Restrictions on Access Note:	No restrictions.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Writer, Teresa MacInnes ; director, Teresa MacInnes ; director of photography, Kent Nason ; sound recordist, Arthur McKay ; animation, Frank Forrestall ; sound design, Judith Gruber-Stitzer ; original music, Judith Gruber-Stitzer ; editor, Teresa MacInnes ; foley artist, Karla Baumgardner ; researcher, Teresa MacInnes, Wanda Nolan ; music recording, Luc Léger ; re-recording, Jean Paul Vialard ; producer, Annette Clarke ; executive producer, Annette Clarke.
Participant or Performer Note:	Featuring, Mabel Robinson, Lola Ewing, Ruby Johnstone, Nellie Westhaver.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:	Recorded 2016.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Awards Note:	Best Social and Investigative Program, 2017
Source of Description Note:	Description based on online resource; title from title screen (National Film Board of Canada, viewed 2023-04-05).