Clothesline Patch

Story

Synopsis

Clothesline Patch is the story of a young girl trying to keep a secret in a small Newfoundland outport (c. 1966), an unlikely setting for keeping secrets. The central focus is the clothesline patch, the communal clearing where washing is set out to dry. It is also the place where gossip is shared. Hannah is determined that her secret of becoming a woman must never reach the clothesline patch. To ensure this, she goes to extraordinary lengths to hide the fact that she has entered puberty, sometimes with amusing results.

Director

Mary Lewis

Writers

Donna Morrissey

Language

English

Country

Canada

Release date

1 January 2000

Ensemble

Cast

• Robyn Lundrigan

  Hannah

• Berni Stapleton

  Clair

• Susan Stacey

  Dot

• Jacqueline St. Croix

  Aunt Hope

• Sheila Redmond

  Aunt Paish

• Sara Meyer

  Maggie

• Christopher Downey

  Eli

• Glenn Downey

  Luke

• Liam Lewis

  Baby Tom

• Janet Edmonds

  Narrator (voice)