Stages salutes Canada’s performing artists, the singers, dancers and actors, some already famous and others struggling to make a name for themselves. In a film featuring a small group of them, they communicate through the medium of their craft the significance of being Canadian entertainers. Excerpts from such shows as Billy Bishop Goes to War, Margie Gillis’s one-woman show and Clemence Desrochers’s bitingly witty monologues highlight the vitality and multicultural flavour of the country’s performing arts. (Award: Salerno.)
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ACMI Identifier
015930
Language
English
Subject categories
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Entertainers
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Film festivals - Italy - Salerno - Awards
Crafts & Visual Arts → Arts - Canada
Documentary → Documentary films - Canada
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Cross-cultural studies
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Cultural relativism
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Multiculturalism
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Cross-cultural studies
Music & Performing Arts → Actors
Music & Performing Arts → Dancers
Music & Performing Arts → Entertainers
Music & Performing Arts → Performing arts
Music & Performing Arts → Singers - Canada
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)