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Portrait of the Artist

Gordon Burwash, Julian Biggs & John Howe

1964 28 min

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Glimpses into the lives of three artists: Erhabor Amokpae of Lagos; Cid de Sosa Pinto of Sao Paulo; and Gord Smith of Montréal. Each artist provides his own commentary on how he lives, works, thinks and feels.

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Glimpses into the lives of three artists: Erhabor Amokpae of Lagos; Cid de Sosa Pinto of Sao Paulo; and Gord Smith of Montréal. Each artist provides his own commentary on how he lives, works, thinks and feels.

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Developing Countries

Visual Arts

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Credits

• director
  Gordon Burwash
  
  Julian Biggs
  
  John Howe
  
• producer
  Gordon Burwash
  
• executive producer
  Guy Glover
  
• camera
  John Gunn
  
  Paul Leach
  

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