Where's Pete?

Canada, 1986

Film
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Addresses the response of a seven-year-old to the death of his teenage brother. Chad, who hopes his brother, Pete, will coach the grade two hockey team, arrives home from school to discover that Pete has died in a car accident. The film details the experiences and feelings of Chad and his parents during the first few weeks of bereavement. Throughout, Chad has flashbacks of the good times he had with his brother.

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Credits

director

Jim Purdy

co-producer

John Spotton

Michael Scott

production company

ONF | NFB

Duration

00:26:17:00

Production places
Canada
Production dates
1986

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

316294

Language

English

Subject categories

Short films

Short films → Short films - Canada

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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