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