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Woman's History TV Series Seeks Experts
by Ontario Women's History Network Newsletter (Summer 2003), 6/1/2003

In the pilot program of "Mother Tongue: The Other Side of History" teenager Toni Parker tells us the story of her great great great grandmother, Eliza Parker, a fugitive slave who fought for freedom during the Christiana Riot of September 11, 1851.

Toni still lives in Buxton, Ontario, where many fugitive slaves from the United StatesЪЪа including Eliza and her husband William а settled in the mid 1800s. And while Toni tells us about her dramatic family history, she shows us around this colourful, historic town.

The concept behind "Mother Tongue" is to portray Canada's multi-cultural history from a woman's perspective. Each of the 13 programs will feature a different historic community where the neighbourhood retains much of its historic and ethnic character.

The goal of the series is threefold: to show that Canadian history is not just the story of the English and the French; to explore the role women played in Canada's early years; and to encourage Canadians to visit and explore the culturally exotic parts of the country.

The series has already received pre-licensing offers from provincial broadcasters Access and SCN. But producer Susan Poizner is filming the Buxton pilot program at the end of August to help sell the project to other Canadian broadcasters and funding agencies.

Susan looking for experts in women's history who have specialised knowledge of а and contacts in - Canada's historic communities. For more information, please contact Susan at susan.poizner@sympatico.ca or telephone 416 784 2826. You can also visit the series' demo website at www.mothertongue.ca.

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Mother Tongue: A woman's history of ethnic Canada is a 13-part TV series that documents Canada's multicultural history from a female perspective. Each program tells the story of a notable woman in one of Canada's communities, including a Black fugitive slave, an Acadian mail order bride, and an Icelandic suffragette. mother, tongue, woman, history, ethnic, Canada, video, DVD, TV, tele, television, series, show, think, stock, inc., canada, ontario, british, columbia, quebec, education, school