NFB Collection
Bookmaker's Progress
197927 min 33 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Donald Winkler
Production: Marrin CanellBarrie Howells
Script: Donald Winkler
A film on the Québec publishing scene in general, and on Robert Davies's Les Éditions l'Étincelle in particular. Davies, an anglophone publishing French books, is attempting to expand into the international marketplace without sacrificing his own integrity. He discusses the difficulties of survival in the limited Québec book market, and is shown at work in Montréal, Paris, and at the Frankfurt Book Fair.
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Subject categories
- Media and Communication > Print Media and Publishing
Credits
- director
- Donald Winkler
- writer
- Donald Winkler
- producer
- Marrin Canell
- executive producer
- Barrie Howells
- camera
- Michel Thomas-d'Hoste
- sound
- Joseph Champagne
- narrator
- Katie Malloch
- music
- Alain Clavier