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Wanda Koop: In Her Eyes
199946 minFilm: Documentary
Direction: Gordon McLennan
Production: Phyllis LaingJoe MacDonaldGraydon McCrea
Script: Gordon McLennanÜstün Reinart
Produced by Buffalo Gal Pictures Inc. in co-production with the National Film Board of Canada with the participation of Manitoba Film & Sound, the Canadian Television Fund created by the Government of Canada and the Canadian Cable Industry, Telefilm Canada: Equity Investment Program, the Government of Manitoba - Manitoba Film and Video Production Tax Credit, the Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit, Palliser Furniture Ltd., and in association with Vision TV and also with Bravo! New Style Arts Channel, Saskatchewan Communications Network (SCN) and CBC Manitoba.
1919. Erika Koop is born on a wealthy estate in southern Ukraine. But her family's idyllic life comes to an end when bandits raid their home. They kill Erika's parents and confiscate the family home in the name of the Russian Revolution. Soon after, Erika and her family flee to Canada.
1997. Erika and her daughter, internationally acclaimed painter and video artist Wanda Koop, make an emotionally searing journey back to Ukraine. They search for their heritage, find the cemetery where so many relatives are buried and visit the elegant estate that was once theirs. From its dreamlike opening to a stunning presentation of the paintings created from her pilgrimage, Wanda Koop: In Her Eyes takes us into the heart of the artistic process. It shows one of Canada's finest visual artists at the height of her skills, as she transforms the images and emotions of her journey into an unforgettable work of art.
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Subject categories
- Foreign Countries > Eastern Europe and BalkansImmigration
- Women - Portraits > Immigrant ExperienceVisual Arts and Crafts
- Cultural Diversity and Multiculturalism > Immigration Experience and Social AdjustmentUkrainian OriginsWomen
- Visual Arts > Women Artists
Credits
- writer
- Gordon McLennan
- director
- Gordon McLennan
- producer
- Phyllis Laing
- co-producer
- Joe MacDonald
- executive producer
- Graydon McCrea
- editor
- Dean Evans
- director of photography
- Brian Rougeau
- co-writer
- Üstün Reinart
- stills photographer
- William Eakin
- additional photography
- Michael Marshall
- narrator
- Tom Anniko
- gaffer
- Bruce Claydon
- sound recordist
- Russ Dyck
- Dino Schiavone
- props master
- Mark Gebel
- lighting technician
- Claude Robert
- installation manager
- Robert Epp
- installation assistant
- Krzysztof Adamczyk
- Tim Parynuik
- costumes
- Carla Oliphant
- hair artist
- Beverly Hamilton
- makeup artist
- Beverly Hamilton
- production manager
- Liz Jarvis
- assistant production manager
- Shawn Watson
- production accountant
- Cameron Neumann
- Lisa Craik
- administrator
- Cyndi Forcand
- location manager
- Carmen Katz
- travel coordinator
- Walter Loewen
- guide
- Olga Smakina
- production assistant
- Shannon Lotecki
- sound editor
- Saul Henteleff
- foley artist
- Saul Henteleff
- assistant sound editor
- Ruth DeGraves
- video loop editor
- Richard Unruh
- post-production video
- Fertile Images Inc.
- online editor
- Dean Evans
- post-production services
- Midcanada Productions Services
- mixer
- Bruce Little
- documentary participant
- Wanda Koop
- Heather Oliphant
- Adrianna Oliphant
- Jessica Oliphant
- Allison Ryzebol
- Erika Koop
- Kaitlin Livingston
- Tamar Sawatzky
- Shaun Finnigan
- Elise Finnigan
- video loops conceiver
- Wanda Koop
- original music composer
- Greg Lowe
- original music performer
- Greg Lowe
- viola musician
- Richard Moody
- additional music
- Associated Production Music
- opening quotation
- Wanda Koop