In search of innocence

A questioning filmmaker from Quebec finds out how Vancouver’s poets and painters look at life and art. Among the people seen are sculptor Donald Jarvis, painters Jack Shadbolt, Joy Long and Margaret Peterson, and printmaker Sing Lim. (Award: Chicago)

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Credits

director

Leonard Forest

production company

ONF | NFB

Duration

00:27:39:00

Production places

Canada

Production dates

1963

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

311073

Language

English

Subject categories

Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Film festivals - United States - Chicago - Awards

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Vancouver (B.C.)

Crafts & Visual Arts → Art - Canada

Crafts & Visual Arts → Art and society

Crafts & Visual Arts → Artists

Crafts & Visual Arts → Arts - Canada

Crafts & Visual Arts → Painters - Canada

Crafts & Visual Arts → Printmakers

Crafts & Visual Arts → Sculptors - Canada

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Canada

Literature → Poets

Places → Vancouver (B.C.)

Short films

Short films → Short films - Canada

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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Canada, 1963

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