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The Untilled Story

Cathy Quinn & Frances Leeming

1990 5 min

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In a mischievous feminist riff on vintage NFB instructional films, Quinn and Leeming tip their hat to Busby Berkeley, enlisting a kaleidoscope of petals in their resistance against the patriarchy.

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In a mischievous feminist riff on vintage NFB instructional films, Quinn and Leeming tip their hat to Busby Berkeley, enlisting a kaleidoscope of petals in their resistance against the patriarchy.

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Credits

• conception
  Cathy Quinn
  
  Frances Leeming
  
• producer
  Cathy Quinn
  
  Frances Leeming
  
• director
  Cathy Quinn
  
  Frances Leeming
  
• camera
  Julie Warren
  
• gaffer
  Paryse Normandeau
  
• sound recordist
  Justine Pimlott
  
• editor
  Susan Shanks
  
• sound editor
  Clare Bambrough
  
• music
  Clive Robertson
  
• mixer
  Jean-Pierre Joutel
  
  Shelley Craig
  

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