BEFORE HIS TIME
Before His Time
(2001) Length 00:22:24
PRODUCED BY WHITE PINE PICTURES
Before His Time is the astonishing story of a determined Trinidadian doctor who immigrated to Halifax. The son of a headmaster, Alfred Waddell set out for New York in 1923 with dreams of becoming a doctor. But it was Nova Scotia's Dalhousie University that opened its doors for him to study medicine. Graduating in 1933, he faced the suspicions of Halifax's white and black communities who regarded him as an "outsider."
Undaunted, Waddell brought medicine to far-flung black communities; spoke out against injustice; and even billeted black musicians like Cab Calloway, when he could not get a hotel room.
A champion of social equality, Dr. Waddell raised his children with ideas of fairness and earned the respect of an entire city.
The film is a sensitive and tender interweaving of interviews, archival footage and beautiful photography highlighting the heroic tale of a Trinidadian doctor whose humanity helped bridge the divide between Halifax's black and white communities.
Before His Time, written and directed by Lalita Krishna, is one story of a 52-part series titled A Scattering of Seeds produced by White Pine Pictures.
FILM CREDITS
WRITER/DIRECTOR :
LALITA KRISHNA
PRODUCER :
PETER RAYMONT
PRODUCER/STORY EDITOR :
LINDALEE TRACEY
PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR :
FRASER STEELE
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY :
KEN HILLIER
ADDITIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY :
DOUGLAS PIKE
RUDOLPH BLAHACEK
SOUND RECORDIST :
BRUCE G. THOMPSEN
ADDITIONAL SOUND :
FRANK KAVANAGH
CHRIS DOHN,
SCOTT CHISHOLM
EDITOR :
ALAN COLLINS
MUSIC COMPOSED AND ARRANGED BY:
JOHN WELSMAN
RESEARCHER :
DONNA GABRIEL
NARRATOR :
SYLVIA SWEENEY
PRODUCTION MANAGER :
JENNIFER HORVATH
PRODUCTION COORDINATOR :
JOANNE FISHBURN
POST-PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR :
MARY ANN GRAINGER
PRODUCTION ACCOUNTANT :
PATRICIA JOHNSTON
LEGAL COUNSEL :
GEORGE MILLER
SOUND EFFECTS EDITOR :
JANICE MACNEIL
DIALOGUE EDITOR :
STEVE PAYNE
MIXER :
PAUL SHUBAT
ON-LINE EDITOR :
AL FRANCOIS
POST PRODUCTION FACILITIES :
MPI,
KITCHEN SYNC
DIGITAL AUDIO,
BULLET DIGITAL POST
SPECIAL THANKS TO:
WINNIE MILNE,
SYLVIA BELL,
RON MILNE,
MARY MOHAMMED,
BUCKY ADAMS,
LORNE WHITE,
NOVA SCOTIA MEDIAL HISTORY MUSEUM,
SISTERS OF CHARITY,
MARITIME MUSEUM OF THE ATLANTIC
ARCHIVAL FOOTAGE AND PHOTOGRAPHS COURTESY OF NOVA SCOTIA ARCHIVES,
FORD MOTOR COMPANY,
DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES,
PIER 21 SOCIETY,
NATIONAL FILM BOARD OF CANADA ,
TVONTARIO,
COMMUNICATIONS NOVA SCOTIA,
CHISHOLM STOCK FOOTAGE,
ALBERT LEE COLLECTION
LOCATION COURTESY OF:
DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY
DIRECTOR :
LALITA KRISHNA
PRODUCERS :
PETER RAYMONT - LINDALEE TRACEY
PRODUCED WITH THE PARTICIPATION OF:
Canadian Television Fund created by the Government of Canada and the Canadian Cable Industry
Telefilm Canada - Equity Investment Program
Rogers Cable Network Fund Rogers Telefund
Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit
Citizenship and Immigration Canada
PRODUCED IN ASSOCIATION WITH:
History Television
Le Reseau de L'information de la Society
Radio-Canada
Vision TV
Knowledge Network
Saskatchewan Communications Network
PRODUCED BY:
White Pine Pictures
Tel: 416.703.5580 Fax: 416.703.1691
www.whitepinepictures.com
BEFORE HIS TIME is available through:
McNabb Connolly
60 Brianwood Avenue
Mississauga, Ontario
Canada L5G 3N6
Call: 1-866-722-1522
Fax: 1-866-722-1822
E-Mail: mcnabbconnolly@homeroom.ca
Web: www.mcnabbconnolly.ca
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