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.

Rick Boland
Ted Buchans

Jacinta Cormier
Mary March

John Budden

Yvon Joe
Mi'kmaw boy

Austin Davis

Mary Lewis
Wardrobe Assistant

Tara Manuel
Bernadette Buchans

Paul Roe
Lou

Andrée Pelletier
Nancy George

Des Walsh

Ken Pittman
Director / Writer / Producer / Publicist

Michael Jones
Director of Photography

Stirling Norris
Executive Producer / Production Manager / Production Accountant

Alex Salter
Sound

Paul Steffler
Music

Derek Norman
Editor

Pamela Morgan
Music

Jim Rillie
Sound

Michael Jones
Cinematographer

Sharon Halfyard
Production Assistant

John Harris
Executive Producer

Rob Iveson
Producer / Production Manager

Pam Hall
Art Direction / Set Designer

Peggy Hogan
Costume Design / Wardrobe Designer

Paulette Cable
Makeup & Hair

Jennice Ripley
Assistant Production Manager

Barbara Doran
First Assistant Director

Barry Nichols
Third Assistant Director

Paul Pope
First Assistant Director

Dave Roe
Property Master

Robert J. Petrie
Gaffer

Nigel Markham
Key Grip / First Assistant Camera / Second Unit Cinematographer

Jamie Lewis
Second Assistant Camera

Dominique Gusset
First Assistant Camera

Manfred Buchheit
Still Photographer

Val Teodori
Title Designer

Rob MacDonald
Generator Operator

Karen Crummell
Wardrobe Designer

Jim Maunder
Casting

Antonia McGrath
Assistant Editor

Pierre Comte
Negative Cutter

Barbara Gordon
Script Supervisor

Rosemary House
Continuity

Bob Joy
Script Consultant

Erika Pittman
Production Assistant

Sean Doran
Production Assistant

Stephanie Squires
Production Secretary
Media.

Details.
Release DateAugust 31, 1988
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 40m
Budget$987,000
Genres
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Wiki.
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.