Beverly Shaffer Fonds
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- Collection
- Beverly Shaffer Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- 6 film reels ; 2 folders of textual material
- Fonds No.
- 1070
- Date
- 1977-1986 (predominant 1977)
- Scope and Content
- Contains 6 film reels, mainly from the Children of Canada Series but also "Bioethics: Who Should Decide?" Also contains accompanying textual material for classroom and promotional use.
- Collection
- Beverly Shaffer Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- 6 film reels ; 2 folders of textual material
- Scope and Content
- Contains 6 film reels, mainly from the Children of Canada Series but also "Bioethics: Who Should Decide?" Also contains accompanying textual material for classroom and promotional use.
- Date
- 1977-1986 (predominant 1977)
- Fonds No.
- 1070
- Storage Location
- JPL
- 2-6C
- 2-6D
- 2-6G
- Creator
- National Film Board of Canada
- History / Biographical
- Oscar-winning director Beverly Shaffer (I'll Find a Way: Best Live Action Short, 1978) was born in Montreal, earning degrees from McGill and Macdonald College. She began working for the National Film Board under the Studio D project in 1975, directing for the next ten years all of the "Children in Canada" series films, which included "I'll Find a Way". Other notable films by Ms. Shaffer include "Mr. Mergler's Gift" (2005) and the 1999 follow-up to "I'll Find a Way", "It's Just a Wedding".
- Custodial History
- Transferred directly from Beverly Shaffer to the JPL-A
- Subjects
- Documentary films - Canada.
- Filmmakers.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
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