NFB Collection
Prairie Album
197914 min 47 secFilm: Animation, Documentary
Direction: Blake James
Production: Edward Le LorrainKathleen Shannon
Script: Stanley Jackson
A woman reminisces about her childhood on a Prairie farm during the Depression. Her memory album is a collection of watercolours by artist/filmmaker Blake James that describe a family's struggle to survive despite drought and poverty. The film is a historical account of the land and the times, simply told through paintings that are alive with warmth and colour.
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Subject categories
- History - Canada - 1920-1945 > DroughtGreat DepressionWestern Canada
- Agriculture > Historical PerspectivesNatural disastersPioneersPrairiesRural LifeSocial Issues
Credits
- director
- Blake James
- paintings
- Blake James
- producer
- Edward Le Lorrain
- editing
- Edward Le Lorrain
- executive producer
- Kathleen Shannon
- script
- Stanley Jackson
- animation camera
- Raymond Dumas
- sound editing
- Jackie Newell
- re-recording
- Jean-Pierre Joutel
- narrator
- Vera Steacy