I don't have to work that big

Canada, 1973

Film
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Episode of Series “West”.
Joe Fafard knows cows - the way they tuck in their forelegs to lie down and ruminate, the way a calf romps in the barnyard. He also knows people - all his friends and neighbors of the farming community of Pense, Saskatchewan. And he sculpts them all, in clay, in eloquent little miniatures. Joe’s work has been exhibited throughout western Canada as well as in Paris and New York. Here you see what he does.

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Credits

director

Michael McKennirey

producer

John Smith

production company

National Film Board of Canada

Duration

00:27:18:00

Production places
Canada
Production dates
1973

Appears in

West

Group of items

West

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

005097

Language

English

Subject categories

Crafts & Visual Arts → Art - Study and teaching

Crafts & Visual Arts → Carving (Decorative arts)

Crafts & Visual Arts → Sculptors - Canada

Crafts & Visual Arts → Sculpture, Canadian

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Canada

Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Art - Study and teaching

Short films

Short films → Short films - Canada

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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