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Poets on Film No. 1

Name: Poets on Film No. 1
Duration: 8 min

Bozenna Heczko , Elizabeth Lewis , Gayle Thomas & Janet Perlman

1977 | 8 min

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This short film brings together animated interpretations of four poems by great Canadian wordsmiths: "Riverdale Lion" by John Robert Colombo, "A Kite Is a Victim" by Leonard Cohen, "Klaxon" by James Reaney and George Johnston’s "The Bulge."

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Credits

design

Bozenna Heczko

Elizabeth Lewis

Gayle Thomas

Janet Perlman
animation

Bozenna Heczko

Elizabeth Lewis

Gayle Thomas

Janet Perlman
direction

Bozenna Heczko

Elizabeth Lewis

Gayle Thomas

Janet Perlman
reading

John Robert Colombo

Paul Hecht

James Reaney
animation camera

Raymond Dumas

Jacques Avoine

Simon Leblanc

Richard Moras
sound editing

Gloria Demers

Bernard Bordeleau

Bill Graziadei
music

Karl Duplessis
re-recording

Jean-Pierre Joutel

Michel Descombes
producer

Guy Glover
program administrator

Signe Johansson

Louise Spence
executive producer

Wolf Koenig

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