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Nommé aux Oscars®, catégorie Meilleur court métrage documentaire, 1976

David Blackwood

1978 27 min
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C'est sur des plaques de cuivre que David Blackwood grave les souvenirs et l'histoire des habitants de son village natal, à Terre-Neuve.

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David Blackwood

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C'est sur des plaques de cuivre que David Blackwood grave les souvenirs et l'histoire des habitants de son village natal, à Terre-Neuve. Nous suivons étape par étape la composition, la réalisation et l'impression d'une eau-forte qu'il exécute sous nos yeux tandis qu'un regard sur ses oeuvres précédentes nous permet de mieux saisir le passé difficile de ces villageois chasseurs de loups-marins, capitaines ou constructeurs de bateaux.

  • director
    Tony Ianzelo
    Andy Thomson
  • producer
    Tom Daly
  • delegate producer
    Colin Low
  • camera
    Tony Ianzelo
  • animation camera
    Richard Moras
    Raymond Dumas
  • sound
    Joseph Champagne
  • editing
    Les Halman
  • sound editing
    John Knight
  • sound mixer
    Michel Descombes
  • narration
    Luc Durand
    Gérard LeBlanc
    Vincent Davy
  • music
    Ben Low

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Ages 12 to 17
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Before viewing, create an anchor chart on Newfoundland, including its history, industry, culture and people. After viewing, add additional thoughts to the chart. What is the mood of the film? What is the connection between the painstaking process of printmaking and the stories of hardship in Blackwood's art? What message is he trying to convey? Discuss the impact of the narrator in the film. Have students make a drawing of a place that is significant to them using the line technique seen in the film. Experiment with printmaking using Styrofoam flats and paint, or silk-screening on cloth.

David Blackwood
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