BIPOC filmmaker. Agency - English program:.Atlantic Centre.

Director, Sylvia Hamilton, Claire Prieto ; producer, Shelagh Mackenzie ; executive producer, Shelagh Mackenzie, Germaine Ying Gee Wong ; script, Sylvia Hamilton ; cinematography, Dominique Gusset ; sound, Jane Porter ; sound editing, Jane Porter ; editing, Claire Henry ; music, Delvina Bernard, George Elliot Clarke.

Narrator, Sylvia Hamilton.

Recorded 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 passed on to their daughters. Some of the women appearing in the film are Edith Clayton, a basket maker; Pearleen Oliver, a historian; Dr. Marie Hamilton, an educator and community leader; and Daurene Lewis, a weaver and politician. Also appearing is the dynamic female a capella quartet Four the Moment.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

NFB Kathleen Shannon Documentary Award - with a cash prize of 1,000, 1990 Honorable Mention, 1991

Description based on online resource; title from title screen (National Film Board of Canada, viewed 2023-08-10).