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Poets on Film No. 3

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1977 6 min
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This short film brings together animated interpretations of 2 poems by great Canadian wordsmiths: “Perishing Bird” by D.G. Jones, and “Mon école” by Sylvain Garneau.

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Poets on Film No. 3

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This short film brings together animated interpretations of 2 poems by great Canadian wordsmiths: “Perishing Bird” by D.G. Jones, and “Mon école” by Sylvain Garneau.
Literature and Language Literature and Language - Canada All subjects
  • poem
    D.G. Jones
    Sylvain Garneau
  • design
    Robert Doucet
    Françoise Hartmann
  • animation
    Robert Doucet
    Françoise Hartmann
  • direction
    Robert Doucet
    Françoise Hartmann
  • poem - narration
    D.G. Jones
    François Tassé
  • animation camera
    Alan Ward
    Simon Leblanc
  • music
    Karl Duplessis
  • re-recording
    Jean-Pierre Joutel
    Michel Descombes
  • producer
    Guy Glover
  • program administrator
    Signe Johansson
  • executive producer
    Wolf Koenig

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