Mabel (2016)

ALL 01/01/2016 (en) Documentary 20 Min
  • Release
    01/01/2016
  • Production
    ONF | NFB
  • Rotten tomato
    0%
  • Original title
    Mabel
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

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.

  1. Teresa MacInnes

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Annette Clarke

    Producer



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Mabel (2016) 20 Min

ALL 01/01/2016 (en)
Documentary
  • Release 01/01/2016
  • Production
    ONF | NFB
  • Original title Mabel
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

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.

  1. Teresa MacInnes

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Teresa MacInnes

    Editor

  4. Annette Clarke

    Producer