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Produced by Peter O'Brian Initial release 1988 | 7.6/10 IMDb Cinematography Guy Dufaux | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Directed by Glen Salzman
Rebecca Yates Written by Glen Salzman
Trevor Rhone Starring Josette Simon
Lyman Ward
Richard Mills
Djanet Sears
Leonie Forbes Music by Maribeth Solomon
Micky Erbe Directors Glen Salzman, Rebecca Yates Awards Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television Award for Best Screenplay Screenplay Trevor Rhone, Glen Salzman Music director Maribeth Solomon, Micky Erbe Cast Josette Simon, Lyman Ward, Djanet Sears Similar Poverty and Other Delights, Rejeanne Padovani, Tar Angel, The Waiting Room, Joe's So Mean To Josephine | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1988 milk and honey
Milk and Honey is a Canadian drama film, released in 1988. 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).
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The cast also includes Lyman Ward, Djanet Sears, Leonie Forbes, Errol Slue, 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.
The film premiered at the 1988 Toronto International Film Festival. Due to a creative conflict with producer Peter O'Brian, however, Salzman and Yates refused to attend the film's premiere, and released an open letter to the media stating that the finished film did not reflect their personal artistic vision.
Milk and honey short film 2014
Awards
The film garnered four Genie Award nominations at the 10th Genie Awards in 1989:
Rhone and Salzman won the award for Best Original Screenplay.