The Petticoat Expeditions

Bronze Apple Award National Educational Media Network Competition
Bronze Plaque Award - Category: Humanities International Film and Video Festival

The Petticoat Expeditions recounts the captivating stories of three British women whose pioneering spirits led them to travel in 19th-century Canada. Author Anna Jameson, painter Frances Hopkins, and social activist Lady Ishbel Aberdeen chronicled their journey from perspectives as unique as the women themselves. Using dramatization, breathtaking cinematography and their own words, photos, and works of art, this film paints an inspiring portrait of these extraordinary women who would not be constrained by the conventions of their times.

Directed by: Pepita Ferrari

Produced by: Kent Martin

Editor: Denise Beaudoin

Writer: Erna Buffie

Cinematography: Savas Kalogeras

Music: Judith Gruber-Stitzer

Narration: Helena Bonham-Carter

Executive Producer: Don Haig