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In Search of Innocence

Léonard Forest

1964 27 min

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A questioning filmmaker from Québec finds out how Vancouver's poets and painters look at life and art. Among the people seen are sculptor Donald Jarvis, painters Jack Shadbolt, Joy Long and Margaret Peterson, and printmaker Sing Lim.

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A questioning filmmaker from Québec finds out how Vancouver's poets and painters look at life and art. Among the people seen are sculptor Donald Jarvis, painters Jack Shadbolt, Joy Long and Margaret Peterson, and printmaker Sing Lim.

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Literature and Language - Canada

Visual Arts

Music

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Credits

• director
  Léonard Forest
  
• script
  Léonard Forest
  
• producer
  Jacques Bobet
  
• photography
  Jack Long
  
• sound
  Joseph Champagne
  
• editing
  Pierre Lemelin
  
• music
  Alan Neil
  
  Glenn MacDonald
  
  Don Thompson
  

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