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Paul-Émile Borduas (1905-1960)
196421 min 30 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Jacques Godbout
Production: Fernand DansereauHugh O'Connor
Script: Jacques Godbout
A film about the life and work of one of Canada's foremost modern painters. Borduas swung from religious painting to the purest of black-and-white abstraction. This film provides the opportunity to follow the development of his styles--surrealism, cubism, and automatism.
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Subject categories
- Visual Arts > Movement AutomatistePaintingQuébec
- Civics/Citizenship > Citizen Responsibilities
- Arts Education > Visual Arts
Credits
- director
- Jacques Godbout
- script
- Jacques Godbout
- editing
- Jacques Godbout
- producer
- Fernand Dansereau
- Hugh O'Connor
- photography
- Georges Dufaux
- Gilles Gascon
- James Wilson
- re-recording
- Ron Alexander
- Roger Lamoureux
- narrator
- Percy Rodriguez
- Stanley Jackson
- music
- Maurice Blackburn