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Poets on Film No. 1

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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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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Literature and Language - Canada

Literature and Language

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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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