A four part series, containing a total of 8 short films for which contempory British painters were commissioned to script in picture, a poem. Each film is accompanied by music and narrated by English performers. The films were produced by John Halas in association with Joan Maude and Michael Warre who devised the script in co-operation with the painters.
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