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Mabel

2016-01-01 en 20m
Documentary
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.

Director

Teresa MacInnes

Writer

Teresa MacInnes

Director of Photography

Kent Nason

Sound Recordist

Arthur McKay

Animation

Frank Forrestall

Sound Designer

Judith Gruber-Stitzer

beauty woman director elder hairdressing women nova scotia

Status

Released

Countries

  • Canada

Companies

  • ONF | NFB