Mabel
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.
Key Crew
Director: Teresa MacInnes
Writer: Teresa MacInnes
Director of Photography: Kent Nason
Producer: Annette Clarke
Top Cast
Mabel Robinson
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Lola Ewing
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Ruby Johnstone
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Nellie Westhaver
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