Sylvia Spring (partial data)
Country: Canada
Born: 1942
Films directed by Sylvia Spring
Quotes by Sylvia Spring
"I think it's important for women to make films by themselves, to get a sense of their own ability, power and talent."
-- Sylvia Spring
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"Just as our mothers learned how to budget very small bits of money and make it stretch to feed the whole family, I think the small budgets that we women filmmakers have gotten we've had to stretch and really use and make a difference with that resource."
-- Sylvia Spring
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"We [women film directors] are very concerned with what is going on in the world but it is very difficult to get the money for the films that need to be made. We have to approach male-dominated structures for funding. We also need a lot more support because of the prejudices we have to fight first. We need affirmative action and we need to make mistakes—women need to be able to learn from their mistakes."
-- Sylvia Spring
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Quote about Sylvia Spring
"Making a film—whether you're male or female—and getting it financed is no easy matter. [...] 'Showbusiness is a male-run world, and I had to break into the industry,' [Sylvia Spring] says. Some businessmen she approached pinched her on the cheek and told her she should be in front of the cameras, not behind; others patted her on the head and said, 'isn't that cute.' 'It was hard to tell if the reaction was to my sex or to my youth,' she says. 'Still, I got in a lot of doors simply because I was a female.'"
-- Helen Worthington
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For QUOTES about a specific film by Sylvia Spring, please see: Madeleine
Madeleine Is...
Notes about Sylvia Spring
- The first Canadian woman to direct a feature-length fiction film in Canada (the film was Madeleine Is..., 1971).
- Born in Galt, Ontario.
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Bibliography for
Sylvia
Spring
Section 1: Publications about Sylvia Spring
Articles from Newspapers, Magazines, or News Websites
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Worthington, Helen. "Sylvia Spring watches struggle for liberation because she's made it." Toronto Star, March 31, 1971.
Section 2: Publications about the Films of Sylvia Spring
Book Chapters
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Jordan, Randolph. "Vancouver Is...: Defining the City in Sylvia Spring's Madeleine Is... (1971)."
In World Film Locations: Vancouver, edited by Rachel Walls, 44-45. Bristol: Intellect Books, 2013.
Articles from Newspapers, Magazines, or News Websites
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Armatage, Kay. "Madeleine Is...." Review of Madeleine Is.... Take One (Montreal), vol. 2, no. 11 ['issue of May/June 1970, published June 3, 1971'], May-June 1970.
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Knelman, Martin. "Refuting the youth movie fantasy." Review of Madeleine Is.... Globe and Mail, April 24, 1971.
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Lee, Betty. "Making a movie despite the CFDC." Interview with Sylvia Spring. Globe and Mail, March 27, 1971.
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Loiselle, André. "Madeleine is... worth a second look." Take One (Toronto), July-August 2002.
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Stoffman, Daniel. "Canadian movie Madeleine Is: The self-discovery thing again." Review of Madeleine Is.... Toronto Star, April 24, 1971.
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Variety. "Madeleine Is." Review of Madeleine Is.... Variety, April 28, 1971.
Archival Collections
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