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Dorothea Mitchell

Dorothea Mitchell

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A pioneering filmmaker in Canada. Mitchell co-founded the first amateur film group in Canada, the Port Arthur Amateur Cinema Society, in 1929, and made three feature-length films: A Race For Ties (1929), Sleep Inn Beauty (1929), and The Fatal Flower (1930 but left unfinished). The society's first film, A Race For Ties, has the distinction of being the first amateur feature-length film in Canada

Known for

A Race for Ties
The Fatal Flower
Sleep-Inn Beauty
Dorothea Mitchell: A Reel Pioneer

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