01 Jan 1989
Black Mother Black Daughter
Black Mother Black Daughter explores the lives and experiences of black women in Nova Scotia, their contributions to the home, the church and the community and the strengths they pass on to their daughters.
Five Wives, Three Secretaries and Me
Filmmaker Teresa Blake's portrait of an 88-year-old man with a trail of Texas Exes: Houston oil man, Hollywood playboy, hotshot lawyer and serial monogamist Tommy Blake on a quirky and intimate journey, a daughter looks beyond myth, money, and society -- and all that hair -- in seeking the truth of her father.
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Thomas Walter Blake Jr. Self
Muffet Criner Adickes Blake The Current Wife
Sandra Tessman Blake Wife No. 4
Betty 'Boop' Blake Wife No. 3
Joanne Herring Self
Louise Turner Secretary No. 1
Barbara Tucker Secretary No. 2
Virginia Keasling Secretary No. 3
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