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