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Record information – Brief Episode 8, Between Worlds
Series title:Middle of SomewhereHierarchical level:Item (Accession level)Date:2006Item number (ISN):378957Type of material:Moving imagesFound in:Archives / Film, Video and Sound -
Record information – Details Fonds/collection:JUXTAPOSE PRODUCTIONSAccession:2007-0013Media:VideoPart:1 of 1Production date:2006Production company:Juxtapose Productions
Plan9FilmsProduction credit:director/executive producer, Darryl Kesslar; producer, Sandra Panko; executive producer, Dennis Hrapchak; scenario/script/host/narrator, Sean Virgo; editing/music, J.S. Mills; sound/sound editing/music, Jason Plumb; music, Joel FafardCountry of production:cnDescription:MIDDLE OF SOMEWHERE is a 13-part documentary TV series that explores the province of Saskatchewan in a spellbindingly poetical fashion. Written and hosted by Sean Virgo, the series challenges the old stereotypes of vast, daunting, flat, and diminishing, and concentrates instead on the intimate, warm, detailed, and personal aspects of this great Canadian province. In this episode host Seán Virgo goes in search of the Métis, an ancient culture with rich cultural heritage that featured unique music, language and poetry. He interviews John Arcand, musician-Luthier; Rita Bouvier, poet-educator; and Mark Callette, site manager of Batoche National Historic Site. Virgo and his interviewees display fascination with the history and culture of the Métis, once loathed "half-breeds", the people who linked European and Aboriginal worlds, and whose ill-fated and courageous fight for self-governance might have altered the nature and justice of our own society. <27mn>Language:EnglishNotes:Detailed holdings information: -
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