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The Midway

Kathleen Weldon

2014 | 1 min

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Children wait their turn for a once-in-a-lifetime roller coaster ride. A loving and poignant meditation on childhood and the passage of time.

Inspired by found sound of a theme park in the distance, lyrically rendered in pencil and paper, and produced as part of the 10th edition of the NFB’s Hothouse apprenticeship.

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Credits

director

Kathleen Weldon
producer

Maral Mohammadian
executive producer

Michael Fukushima

See also

Child Rearing and Development; Sports, Leisure and Play
Subjects: Indigenous Cinema

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It appears these children were deceived into a pleasant experience to end up in a trap of evil. Why can't the plot includes a smart one inching his way back to the origin to warn those waiting in line a trap is awaiting them?
YeeKokCheong, 13 Mar 2015

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