Finding Mary March (1988)
1h 40m
Running Time
August 31, 1988Release Date
Finding Mary March (1988)
1h 40m
Running Time
August 31, 1988Release Date
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Plot.
This film discusses the search for the last remains of Demasduit (Mary March), one of the last of the Indigenous Beothuk people, set in the Red Indian Lake area of Central Newfoundland. A young girl, Bernadette Buchans, believes that she is related to Mary March. Throughout the whole film, Bernadette and her father Ted are searching for the grave of her mother. An archaeologist/ photographer, Nancy George, accompanies them and she also believes that she has family connections to the Beothuks.
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Cast & Crew.
Jacinta Cormier
Mary March
Andrée Pelletier
Nancy George
Rick Boland
Ted Buchans
Tara Manuel
Bernadette Buchans
Tara Manuel
Bernadette Buchans
Yvon Joe
Micmac Boy
Ken Pittman
Director
Ken Pittman
Director
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Finding Mary March is a 1988 Canadian film, written and directed by Ken Pittman. A historical drama, the film discusses the search for the last remains of Demasduit (Mary March), one of the last of the Beothuk people, set in the Beothuk Lake (then known as "Red Indian Lake") area of Central Newfoundland. A young girl, Bernadette Buchans, believes that she is related to Mary March. Throughout the film, Bernadette and her father Ted are searching for the grave of her mother. An archaeologist/photographer, Nancy George, accompanies them; she also believes that she has family connections to the Beothuk.