Milk and Honey (film)
Milk and Honey | |
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Directed by | Glen Salzman Rebecca Yates |
Written by | Glen Salzman Trevor Rhone |
Produced by | Peter O'Brian |
Starring | Josette Simon Lyman Ward Richard Mills Djanet Sears Leonie Forbes |
Cinematography | Guy Dufaux |
Edited by | Bruce Nyznik |
Music by | Maribeth Solomon Micky Erbe |
Release date | September 9, 1988 |
Running time | 89 minutes |
Country | Canada |
Language | English |
Budget | £1.3 million[1] |
Milk and Honey is a Canadian drama film, released in 1988.[2] The film stars Josette Simon as Joanna Bell, a young woman from Jamaica who takes a job in Toronto as a nanny for a wealthy couple (Tom Butler and Fiona Reid), in the hope of permanently immigrating to Canada with her son David (Richard Mills).[3]
The cast also includes Lyman Ward, Djanet Sears, Leonie Forbes, , Charles Hyatt, Jackie Richardson, Robert Wisden and Diane D'Aquila. The film was written by Glen Salzman and Trevor Rhone, and directed by Salzman and Rebecca Yates.[2]
The film premiered at the 1988 Toronto International Film Festival.[4] Due to a creative conflict with producer Peter O'Brian, however, Salzman and Yates refused to attend the film's premiere,[5] and released an open letter to the media stating that the finished film did not reflect their personal artistic vision.[6]
Awards[]
The film garnered four Genie Award nominations at the 10th Genie Awards in 1989:[7]
- Best Actress: Josette Simon
- Best Original Screenplay: Trevor Rhone and Glen Salzman
- Best Original Score: Maribeth Solomon and Micky Erbe
- Best Original Song: Louise Bennett, "You're Going Home"
Rhone and Salzman won the award for Best Original Screenplay.[8]
References[]
- ^ "Back to the Future: The Fall and Rise of the British Film Industry in the 1980s - An Information Briefing" (PDF). British Film Institute. 2005. p. 26.
- ^ a b "Life of 'Milk and Honey' Is Anything but Sweet". The New York Times, June 16, 1989.
- ^ "Jamaican nanny's bound for glory". Toronto Star, September 8, 1988.
- ^ "Toronto festival draws stars". Ottawa Citizen, September 7, 1988.
- ^ "Everyone loved movie—except the directors". Toronto Star, September 12, 1988.
- ^ "Directors explain film dispute". Toronto Star, September 13, 1988.
- ^ "List of nominees for the Genie Awards". Montreal Gazette, February 14, 1989.
- ^ "10 Genies for Dead Ringers". The Globe and Mail, March 23, 1989.
External links[]
- English-language films
- 1988 films
- Canadian films
- Canadian drama films
- Black Canadian films
- Films scored by Maribeth Solomon
- Films scored by Micky Erbe
- 1980s Canadian film stubs