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The Vacant Lot
197716 min 55 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Judith Merritt
Production: Donald BrittainStanley JacksonDerek Lamb
The charming story of how a group of senior citizens managed to transform a useless vacant lot in Montréal belonging to the Jewish General Hospital into a garden of delights--vegetables, flowers, and parties. But the garden means much more to them than what it produces. It has completely changed their attitude about inactivity and retirement.
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Subject categories
- Agriculture > Crops - Cultivation and HarvestingQuébec
- Sports and Leisure > Elderly People
- Seniors > Lifestyles
Credits
- director
- Judith Merritt
- editing
- Judith Merritt
- producer
- Donald Brittain
- Stanley Jackson
- executive producer
- Derek Lamb
- photography
- Wolf Koenig
- Andreas Poulsson
- Robert Humble
- sound
- Claude Delorme
- Claude Chevalier
- Raymond Marcoux
- sound editing
- André Galbrand
- re-recording
- Jack Burman
- narrator
- Patrick Watson
- music
- Donald Douglas
- participant
- Mrs. Bruels
- Gordon Korman
- Gordon Aaron
- Mr. Katofsky
- Solomon Baliastok
- Mr. Cohen
- Mr. Greenberg
- Irving Bloom
- Howard Brock
- Joe Rosen
- Joseph Schecter
- Boshenna Schomlo