Madeleine Is (1971)

The first Canadian fiction feature directed by a woman, Sylvia Spring’s Madeleine Is… investigates themes of patriarchy, art, and emancipatory politics in the context of Vancouver’s counterculture. Madeleine (Nicola Lipman), an aspiring painter from Quebec, relocates to Vancouver at the height of the hippie era and has a series of encounters with men — a macho political radical, a fantasy figure-cum-young businessman, an older homeless man — which help her to find herself. The city and its paradoxes and politics are vividly evoked; the era’s emergent feminism informs the film’s perspective. Spring and her film provided a model for indie cinema British .Columbia Thanks to director Sylvia Spring for giving me permission to post this on YouTube. Director: Sylvia Spring Writers: Kenneth Specht, Sylvia Spring Stars: Nicola Lipman, John Juliani, Wayne Specht | More about Sylvia Spring here: http://gci.wrdsb.ca/files/2016/04/Sylvia-Spring.pdf