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Tanya Ballantyne (May 4, 1944 - June 18, 2015), also known later in her career as Tanya Ballantyne Tree, was a Canadian film director, [1] most noted for her 1967 documentary film The Things I Cannot Change . [2]

Created for the National Film Board of Canada, the film was broadcast by CBC Television on May 3, 1967, as an episode of the anthology series Festival , [3] and received a special mention from the jury at the 1967 Montreal International Film Festival. [4]

However, with the film having generated some controversy around whether it was exploitative of stars Kenneth and Gertrude Bailey, she opted to concentrate on raising her family with her then-husband Bruce Mackay, [5] and did not return to filmmaking until deciding in the 1980s to track down the Baileys to update their story in a new film, Courage to Change. [6] Having divorced from Mackay, she added Tree to her surname at this time, telling the press that she wanted to be known by a surname that she had chosen for herself, instead of being defined solely by the surnames of her father and ex-husband. [6]

She subsequently directed the documentary films Nurses Care: One Day at a Time, [7] Niagara Falls and Ted Allan: Minstrel Boy of the 20th Century, [8] before her death in 2015.

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References

  1. ↑ Ina Warren, "Filmmmaker shoots update of a disputed documentary". The Globe and Mail , December 28, 1984.
  2. ↑ "The Tragic Face of Poverty". Montreal Star , April 29, 1967.
  3. ↑ Frank Daley, "Television". Ottawa Journal , May 4, 1967.
  4. ↑ "Canadian Film Festival Winners Booed". Montreal Gazette , August 14, 1967.
  5. ↑ Bruce Bailey, "Controversial documentary revived at NFB screening". Montreal Gazette , March 30, 1985.
  6. 1 2 Bruce Bailey, "Film-maker tells her side of the Baileys controversy". Montreal Gazette , June 1, 1985.
  7. ↑ Maxine Ruvinsky, "Nursing documentary in the works". Vancouver Sun , May 29, 1989.
  8. ↑ Brendan Kelly, "Ted Allan, 'missing man of Canadian letters'". Montreal Gazette , March 6, 2002.
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