Margaret Evergon

In 1999 the celebrated Montreal photographer Evergon took a remarkable series of nude portraits of his own mother then 80 years old The photographs were instantly recognized as a singular achievement the black and white images embodied not the infirmities of old age but the timeless strength dignity even majesty In 2007 Margaret Lunt left her longtime home in Niagara Falls Ontario and moved to Montreal to live with her son It was shortly afterwards that filmmaker Donald Winkler embarked on a project that would explore what lay behind that series of photographs uncovering in the process a poignant family history a womans determination to be her own person how readily she threw off her own deepest cultural conditioning when she discovered both her sons were gay and a most unique and inspiring relationship between mother and son The resultis Margaret Evergon