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A sigh and a wish : Helen Creighton's maritimes /

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Renowned folklorist Helen Creighton single-handedly compiled North America's largest collection of folklore and music, much of which would have disappeared forever if not for her tenacity, collecting stories and songs from the Gaelic singers of Cape Breton, French Acadians, the Mi'kmaw, an...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Davies, Donna
Other Authors: Creighton, Helen, 1899-1989, Martin, Kent, MacIsaac, Ashley
Format: Video
Language:English
Published: Watertown, Mass. : Documentary Educational Resources, 2001.
Series:Ethnographic video online.
Subjects:
Creighton, Helen, > 1899-1989.
Acadians > Folklore.
Black people > Canada > Folklore.
Micmac Indians > Folklore.
Cape Breton Island (N.S.)
Acadiens > Folklore.
Personnes noires > Canada > Folklore.
Micmac > Folklore.
Cap-Breton, Île du (N.-É.)
Acadians.
Black people.
Micmac Indians.
Canada.
Nova Scotia > Cape Breton Island.
Documentary.
Documentaries and Factual Films
Encoded moving images.
Documentary films.
Ethnographic films.
Folklore.
Nonfiction films.
Documentaires.
Films autres que de fiction.
Films ethnographiques.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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Summary:Renowned folklorist Helen Creighton single-handedly compiled North America's largest collection of folklore and music, much of which would have disappeared forever if not for her tenacity, collecting stories and songs from the Gaelic singers of Cape Breton, French Acadians, the Mi'kmaw, and the Black communities of Nova Scotia.
Physical Description:1 online resource (73 min.)
Production Credits:Writer and director, Donna Davies ; producer, Kent Martin ; cinematographer, Kent Nason ; editor, Kimberlee McTaggart.