Mabel

Feisty fiercely independent and firmly rooted in place 90 yearold Mabel Robinson broke barriers back in the 40s when she became the first woman in Hubbards Nova Scotia to launch her own businessa hairdressing salon where she still provides shampoonsets over 70 years later Weaving animation and archival imagery with intimate and laugh out loud moments in the salon the film celebrates the power of friendship doing what you love and staying active With no desire to retire anytime soon Mabel gives voice to a generation who are not front and center of cinema or the pop hairstyles of the day and subtly shifts the lens on our perception of beauty and the elderly