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My Floating World: Miyuki Tanobe

1979 26 min
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This documentary short is a portrait of Miyuki Tanobe, a Japanese painter who has chosen to make Québec her home. She works in the Nihonga style, applying centuries-old techniques to scenes drawn directly from the working-class neighborhoods of Montréal. The film records the progression of one of her paintings from preliminary sketch to completion.

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My Floating World: Miyuki Tanobe

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This documentary short is a portrait of Miyuki Tanobe, a Japanese painter who has chosen to make Québec her home. She works in the Nihonga style, applying centuries-old techniques to scenes drawn directly from the working-class neighborhoods of Montréal. The film records the progression of one of her paintings from preliminary sketch to completion.

  • director
    Ian Rankin
    Stephan Steinhouse
    Marc F. Voizard
  • producer
    Andy Thomson
  • executive producer
    Peter Katadotis
  • camera
    Roger Rochat
  • sound
    Marie-Claude Bertrand
    Claude Lefebvre
    Joseph Champagne
  • editing
    Stephan Steinhouse
    Ian Rankin
  • music
    André Duchesne
    René Lussier

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Ages 11 to 17

Diversity - Diversity in Communities
History and Citizenship Education - Quebec Society Since 1980

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