Mabel

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Documentary

Overview

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.

Keywords

woman director
beauty
women
nova scotia
woman
hairdressing
elder

Details

Status: Released
Release date: January 1, 2016
Original language: English
Countries: Canada
Production: ONF,NFB
Cast: Nellie Westhaver,Mabel Robinson,Lola Ewing,Ruby Johnstone
Director: Teresa MacInnes
Writer: Teresa MacInnes
Producer: Annette Clarke
Cinematography: Kent Nason
Music: Judith Gruber-Stitzer
Budget: Not recorded
Revenue: Not recorded
Homepage: Official site
IMDb: tt29712291