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1980-1985 (Creation)
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- Keating, Lulu, 1952-
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69 film reels and other material
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Halifax-based filmmaker Lulu Keating was born at Antigonish, N.S. in 1952. She attended St. Francis Xavier University 1969 to 1972 and in 1971 became a volunteer with Canadian Crossroads International in Zimbabwe. She also attended the Vancouver School of Art, Ryerson Polytechnical Institute, and the Summer Institute of Films, participating in motion picture studies programs. Her first film, an animated short entitled Lulu's Back in Town (1980) was part of a national tour and played at the Guttenburg Gallery in Washington. Keating formed her own production companies, Red Snapper Films Ltd. ca. 1983 and Mission Piece Productions Ltd. with Chris Zimmer in 1988. She wrote and directed her first feature film, Midday Sun, in 1989, based on her experiences in Zimbabwe. Keating has also worked with CBC Television and the National Film Board, and taught film workshops across Canada as well as a film production course in Oxford, England. She is active in a variety of organizations including the Canadian Film and Television Association, Atlantic Independent Film and Video Association, Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia, Dramatists Cooperative, and the Atlantic Filmmakers Cooperative which she joined in 1980 and served as president, 1984-1986.
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Consists of films written and directed by Lulu Keating, including those produced by her company, Red Snapper Films, and films made during her association with the Atlantic Filmmakers' Cooperative. Genres include educational, dramatic, humourous, and artistic. Subjects include an animated interpretation of Lewis Carroll's Jabberwocky (The Jabberwock, 1981), urban migration and its impact on a small town girl (City Survival, 1982), and a look at people and their physical eccentricities (Funny Things People Can Do To Themselves, 1982). The cast and crew of her films are comprised of regionally-based actors and members of the filmmaking community. Also contains recordings of original musical scores composed by Nova Scotians.
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Donated by Lulu Keating between 1983 and 1991.
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Open for consulation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction until 2040.
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Includes: 6 audio reels (1/2" and 1/4"), 1 videocassette (3", master), 2 folders of textual records.