A Sigh and a Wish: Helen Creighton's Maritimes
A National Film Board of Canada production
2001 | 74m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Donna Davies |
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| Writer: | Donna Davies |
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| A Sigh and a Wish tells the story of pioneer folklorist Helen Creighton and of the enduring appeal of her remarkable collections of song and story. Creighton helped define Maritime culture as we know it. Thanks to her, folk songs moved out of the kitchens and the fishing boats and into the mainstream. Top contemporary Maritime musicians - talents like Mary Jane Lamond and Lennie Gallant - describe how deeply they have been influenced by Creighton. For 60 years, Creighton sought out ghost stories, superstitions and tales of buried treasure, as well as songs handed down from generation to generation: fishing songs, work songs, love songs. Timeless songs. A Sigh and a Wish is a moving tribute to the genius of a self-taught folklorist and to the continuing strength of the deep oral traditions she helped preserve. But it also raises important questions. Does Creighton's collection truly reflect Maritime culture, or is it tinged by her own upper-middle-class assumptions? | |
| Release Date: | Jan 01, 2001 |
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| Director: | Donna Davies |
| Writer: | Donna Davies |
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| Keywords | woman director |
| Production Companies | ONF | NFB |
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Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 03, 2025 Entered: May 07, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
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| Odile Boyd | Himself |
| Clary Croft | Himself |
| Teresa Doyle | Herself |
| Lennie Gallant | Himself |
| Mary Jane Lamond | Herself |
| Ashley MacIsaac | Narrator |
| Rod C. MacNeil | Himself |
| Catherine Martin | Herself |
| Raylene Rankin | Herself |
| Pete Seeger | Himself |
| Name | Job |
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| Donna Davies | Director, Writer |
| Mary Jane Lamond | Original Music Composer |
| Kent Nason | Director of Photography |
| Kimberlee McTaggart | Editor |
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| Sally Bochner | Executive Producer |
| Kent Martin | Producer |
| Patsy Coughran | Associate Producer |
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