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My Father's Hands

Item number (ISN):

330242

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1999

Item number (ISN):

330242

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

HUNGRY EYES / FILM FOOD

Accession:

2001-0185

Media:

Film

Original title:

My Father's Hands

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1999

Release date:

1999

Production company:

Hungry Eyes / Film Food Inc.

Production credit:

director/scenario, David Sutherland; producer, Jennifer Holness; photography, Arthur Cooper; music, David Coscina; Orin Isaacs

Cast credit:

Hayden Baptiste, Ardon Bess, Norma Clarke, Andrew Christopher Erin, Lisa Hurd, Mark Taylor

Country of production:

cn

Distributor name:

Hungry Eyes / Film Food Inc.

Current distributor:

Hungry Eyes / Film Food Inc.

Description:

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Marcus is a dancer. Don, Marcus' father, is a butcher. They haven't talked in years, and neither knows exactly how they got to this space in their lives. The point is no one is moving one micron towards the other.~Marcus wants to be a great dancer and choreographer. His acceptance to the Alvin Ailey School of Dance in New York brings him one step closer to achieving his goal. He saves for the move by working at his father's butcher shop. Only thing is, he's a vegetarian.~At the end of a busy day in the butcher shop, where Marcus is closing up for the last time, robbers break in and demand the day's take. Don refuses to cooperate and give them the money, and in doing so, gets himself shot in the hand, and Marcus shot in the leg. They are locked in the freezer.~Left to bleed and freeze to death, they huddle together to keep warm. Struggling to survive, they are forced, for the first time in their lives to deal with each other. Told in a series of flashbacks, we uncover the source of the breakdown in their relationship. We travel from Marcus' infancy to his adulthood, and learn what makes them tick. Marcus and Don attempt to heal old wounds as well as tend to their new ones, before it's too late. <27 mn>

Language:

English

Notes:

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1. Subject description obtained from the Screen Trade Canada website as provided by the production company.~2. Winner of the following Golden Sheaf Awards from the Yorkton Short Film & Video Festival (2000): Best Drama; Best Direction (David Sutherland); Performance by a Male (Ardon Bess); Best Script (David Sutherland).~3. Produced with the financial assistance of the Canada Council, the Ontario Arts Council and the National Film Board.

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Vault ISN:

366438

Format:

FILM

Location number:

2001-10-0065

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

COMP

Stock:

REL PRT

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

367622

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V1 2002-01-0010

Number of items:

1

Duration:

120:00

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

977399

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V4 2002-01-0019

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Made from:

2001-12-0024
2001-10-0065
7911-0160
8502-0012
9905-0043
8010-0115
9112-0022
9112-0023

Status:

MASTER
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Conditions of access:

Open

Consultation copy number:

V1 2002-01-0010

Donor restrictions:

No donor restrictions.

Copyright status:

Under copyright

Copyright owner:

Copyright holder: Hungry Eyes / Film Food Inc.

Reproduction access:

with written permission of copyright owner : no donor restrictionsCopyright owner: Hungry Eyes / Film Food.

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