NFB Collection
In Praise of Hands
197427 min 35 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Donald Winkler
Production: Tom DalyColin Low
Produced by the NFB in cooperation with the World Crafts Council and the Sports and Recreation Bureau of the Province of Ontario.
A tribute to the craftsmen everywhere whose work adds colour and richness to life. Filmed in the Canadian Arctic, Finland, India, Nigeria, Japan, Mexico, and Poland, it shows the special skills of artisans working at their crafts--stone sculpture, pottery, ceramics, weaving, dyeing, puppet making, embroidery. Each indigenous skill is a reflection of the culture of the country. Film without words.
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Subject categories
- Developing Countries > AfricaArts and CultureIndia, Nepal and PakistanMexicoOccupations and Work
- Crafts > Ceramics, Pottery and GlasswareCrafts in Foreign CountriesSculpture and WoodcarvingTextile Crafts
Credits
- director
- Donald Winkler
- producer
- Tom Daly
- Colin Low
- camera
- Michel Thomas-d'Hoste
- sound
- Claude Hazanavicius
- Bill Graziadei
- editing
- Albert Kish
- music
- Alain Clavier
Awards
- AwardInternational Craft Film Festival
- Diploma for "impressive transmission of deep thought of unity of the sources of folk creativity"International Festival of Television Programs of Folk Crafts (RADUGA)