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Introduction to Fogo Island

Name: Introduction to Fogo Island
Duration: 16 min

Colin Low

1968 | 16 min

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This film introduces the Fogo Island/Newfoundland Project series which is an experiment in how film can be a catalyst for social change by serving as a direct means of communication. It gives some basic facts about Fogo Island, Newfoundland, and explains why it was chosen for the film project.

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Credits

director

Colin Low
producer

John Kemeny
photography

Robert Humble
editing

Dennis Sawyer

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The last scene, with the family boardng the ferry and leaving for Carmanville, was that a fisherman's family leaving Fogo Island on Saturday, August 3rd, 1968?
CUFFER, 3 May 2012
My Grandmother came from Fogo Island...makes me seem closer to her somehow.
MudderJuggs, 22 Jun 2010
I have a good friend from Fogo. I now understand why he wants never to return.
Confessor, 29 May 2010

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