Mary Graham
BIO
Biography

Author Mary Graham is a documentary journalist and film historian with a Bachelors degree in Arts and graduate degrees in Journalism and Marine Law. 

Her book "A Stunning Backdrop: Alberta in the Movies, 1917-1960" was published in October of 2022 by the Bighorn Books imprint of the University of Calgary Press. It won the 2023 Alberta Book Publishing Awards "Regional Book of the Year" and the 2023 PubWest Bronze Medal for Cover Design.

Mary's research for A Stunning Backdrop included communal work with 10 Nakoda Elders from Mini'Thni (Morley) over several years to recapture their unrecognized contributions, and illustrate their historic importance, to film making in Alberta. She has appeared as a feature film specialist at CBC Radio and ARTE, the European Culture Channel. In 2017, she was nominated for an Alberta Literary Award.  A second book, on film making in Alberta after 1960, is underway.

ADDRESS
City: Calgary, Province/Territory: Alberta
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GENRE
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LANGUAGES
English
PUBLICATIONS
Publications
Title
A Stunning Backdrop: Alberta in the Movies, 1917-1960
Publisher
Bighorn Books (University of Calgary Press)
Year
2022
AWARDS
Awards
Name
Winner, Regional Book of the Year, Alberta Book Publishing Awards
Publication
"A Stunning Backdrop: Alberta in the Movies, 1917-1960"
Year
2023
Name
Winner, PubWest Book Design Bronze Medal, Cover Design
Publication
"A Stunning Backdrop: Alberta in the Movies, 1917-1960"
Year
2022
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Nominated: Jon Whyte Memorial Essay Award, Alberta Literary Awards
Publication
"The Plight and the Power of the Stoney Nakoda"
Year
2017
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