WED, SEP 5 / 7 pm
DIR. LEON MARR | 1986 | CANADA | 98 MIN
FREE ADMISSION!
SHELAGH CARTER INTRODUCES: DANCING IN THE DARK
This remarkable early work of Canadian cinema features a stunning performance by actress Martha Henry as Edna Cormick, a devoted housewife who has spent 20 years establishing a safe and comfortable life. Equating her own fulfillment with the unwavering satisfaction of her career-driven husband, Harry, Edna has sacrificed her desires and needs to the impossible dream of permanent and total domestic bliss… despite her obsessive dedication to their home — Edna’s life consists of daily preparing-for and cleaning-up-after household rituals — their tranquil existence is undone with a single phone call. Hailed upon its release as the most impressive and assured feature film debut by an English-Canadian director in many years….Henry’s performance is electrifying as Edna, a woman whose dreams have shattered into more pieces than she can pick up… – CANADIAN FILM ENCYCLOPEDIA
Shelagh Carter is a filmmaker who lives and works in Winnipeg, New York and Los Angeles. She is a Lifetime Member of The Actors Studio as an Actress and Director, a Professor of Theatre and Film at the University of Winnipeg and a graduate of the Canadian Film Centre’s Directors Lab in Toronto. She has directed numerous shorts including One, Canoe and Night Travellers. Shelagh is in development on her second feature project, a prairie film noir called The Shooting Party. She is a recent recipient of the award, Women in the Director’s Chair Career Advancement Module 2010, in collaboration with Women in Film Festival Vancouver.
Courtesy of Library and Archives Canada
