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Ballads Not Bullets: Tom Jackson
20146 min 58 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Marie Clements
Production: Cory GenerouxBonnie ThompsonDavid Christensen
Script: Marie Clements
Produced by the National Film Board of Canada in co-operation with the National Arts Centre and the Governor General's Performing Arts Awards Foundation.
Intercut with footage of Tom performing the Huron Carol, images of street people and stylized archival footage, Ballads Not Bullets tells the story of how Tom came to use his gift of song to contribute millions of dollars to the fight against poverty and homelessness. With a rich soundtrack of music and Tom's spoken word, the film focuses on the importance of using our gifts to give back to society.
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Subject categories
- Social Issues > Community Projects and AssistanceSub-culture
- Indigenous Peoples in Canada (First Nations and Métis) > Métis
- Music > Portraits
- Intangible Culture & Literature > Biographies, Autobiographies Music & Dance
- Indigenous Peoples: Canada > Métis People
- Community > Poverty, Welfare, Social Service Delivery, Homelessness, Inequality
Credits
- recipient
- Tom Jackson
- writer
- Marie Clements
- director
- Marie Clements
- producer
- Cory Generoux
- Bonnie Thompson
- director of photography
- Sidney Bailey
- picture editor
- Darryl Whetung
- compositor
- Darryl Whetung
- actor
- Dawn Harvey
- Mitchell Poundmaker
- participant
- Max Ciesielski
- James Login Kangitok
- Henri Ramazani
- composer
- Wayne Lavallee
- musician
- Wayne Lavallee
- sound recordist
- Per Asplund
- sound designer
- Chris McIntosh
- assistant camera
- Rick Youck
- digital intermediate technician
- Rick Youck
- additional camera
- Mark Power
- makeup
- Libertee Muzyka
- colourist
- Darryl Whetung
- on-line
- Kody Davidson
- production coordinator
- Faye Yoneda
- Ginette D'Silva
- production supervisor
- Mark Power
- program administrator
- Bree Beach
- centre operations manager
- Darin Clausen
- executive producer
- David Christensen