N.S. news: Filmmaker Margaret Perry spotlighted in new book [Video]

A Nova Scotia artist known as one of Canada’s most prolific early filmmakers is having the focus put on her story.

Margaret Perry’s (1905-1998) works and life are being collected and told in a new book by researcher Jennifer VanderBurgh, an associate professor of film and media studies in the Department of English Language and Literature at Saint Mary’s University.

“I’ve written a few chapters about her development as an artist, looking at her early work. Where I’m focusing now is actually looking at the films themselves and seeing themes that exist across the body of her work and what they say about the value of everyday labour, about the way in which Nova Scotia offers lots of opportunities for people to really explore and connect with the land in various ways,” VanderBurgh says.

A widow and mother of one son, Perry made a living creating promotional films for the Nova Scotia Film Bureau …