Breaking the ice The Mary Ann Shadd story
(Videocassette)
Published
New York, NY : First Run/Icarus Films, c1997.
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Copies
| Location | Call Number | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Special Collections - Civil Rights Room | Special Coll. VIDEO 791.43 B8283i | Library Use Only |
Subjects
LC Subjects
African American women -- Biography -- Drama.
African American women abolitionists -- Biography -- Drama.
African American women educators -- Biography -- Drama.
African American women lawyers -- Biography -- Drama.
Cary, Mary Ann Shadd, -- 1823-1893 -- Drama.
Films for the hearing impaired.
Women journalists -- Canada -- Drama.
Women, Black -- Canada -- Drama.
African American women abolitionists -- Biography -- Drama.
African American women educators -- Biography -- Drama.
African American women lawyers -- Biography -- Drama.
Cary, Mary Ann Shadd, -- 1823-1893 -- Drama.
Films for the hearing impaired.
Women journalists -- Canada -- Drama.
Women, Black -- Canada -- Drama.
More Details
Published
New York, NY : First Run/Icarus Films, c1997.
Format
Videocassette
Physical Desc
1 videocassette (24 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
Language
English
Notes
General Note
"White Pine Pictures."
Creation/Production Credits
Producer, Peter Raymont ; director of photography, Ben Matilainen ; editors, Duncan Christie, Sylvia Sweeney ; original music composed & performed by Sylvia Sweeney.
Description
A dramatic recreation of the story of Mary Ann Shadd, an abolitionist, suffragete and integrationist. Living in Windsor, Ontario, she fought for integrated education, battled segregationists and started the first integrated school in Canada. She later became the first female newspaper editor and the first black female attorney in North America.
System Details
VHS.
Language
Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Sweeney, S., & Raymont, P. (1997). Breaking the ice: The Mary Ann Shadd story . First Run/Icarus Films.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Sweeney, Sylvia and Peter. Raymont. 1997. Breaking the Ice: The Mary Ann Shadd Story. First Run/Icarus Films.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Sweeney, Sylvia and Peter. Raymont. Breaking the Ice: The Mary Ann Shadd Story First Run/Icarus Films, 1997.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Sweeney, Sylvia., and Peter Raymont. Breaking the Ice: The Mary Ann Shadd Story First Run/Icarus Films, 1997.
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