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Blackwood
197627 min 48 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Tony IanzeloAndy Thomson
Production: Tom DalyColin Low
Script: Barry Cowling
Richly woven of fine threads that mingle and separate, surface and disappear, this poetic documentary studies the works of one of Canada's greatest contemporary etchers: Newfoundland-born David Blackwood. The artist himself guides the viewer through a step-by-step explanation of the entire etching process. Scenes of his hometown outport, examples of his masterfully crafted prints, and the vivid tales of an old mariner recall the tragic seal hunts and a way of life that has now vanished.
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Subject categories
- Visual Arts > Atlantic RegionCarving and SculpturePortraitsPrintmaking
- Fishing and Hunting Industries > NewfoundlandSeal and Walrus Hunt
- History > Canada 1867-1914
- Health/Personal Development > Identity
- Geography > Territory: Regional
- Arts Education > Visual Arts
Credits
- director
- Tony Ianzelo
- Andy Thomson
- producer
- Tom Daly
- executive producer
- Colin Low
- commentary
- Barry Cowling
- camera
- Tony Ianzelo
- animation camera
- Richard Moras
- Raymond Dumas
- sound
- Joseph Champagne
- editing
- Les Halman
- sound editing
- John Knight
- re-recording
- Michel Descombes
- narrator
- Gordon Pinsent
- music
- Ben Low
Awards
- Golden Sheaf Award for Best Short FilmYorkton Film Festival
- Golden Sheaf Award for Best Sound Editing to John KnightYorkton Film Festival
- Grand Prize for the Quality of the ImageFestival international du film sur l'art
- Prize of the O.M.T. Tourist Film - International Commission given by the Office for Economic Expansion, Section of Tourism, of the Principality of Monaco for the Best Film evocating the past of a region by the means of art.Festival of Tourist and Folklore Films