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One Heart Broken Into Song

Item number (ISN):

379540

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1999

Item number (ISN):

379540

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

PICTURE PLANT LTD.

Accession:

2005-0132

Media:

Video

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1999

Production company:

Picture Plant Ltd.

Production credit:

director, Clément Virgo; producer, Terry Greenlaw; William D. MacGillivray; photography, Thom Best; editing, Susan Maggi; sound, Eric Apps; sound editing, John Rosborough; music, Paul Cram

Cast credit:

Linette Robinson, Rainbow Sun Francks, Djanet Sears, Ardon Bess, Christian Maguire, Eugene Clark, Tara Baxter, Troy Adams, Vivian Anopucchi, Walter Borden

Country of production:

cn

Description:

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ONE HEART BROKEN INTO SONG is a made-for-TV feature film based on a script by the award-winning Nova Scotia writer George Elliott Clarke. Set in a small African-Canadian community of Whylah Falls during the Depression era, the film tells a story of Lyla Cromwell, an attractive god-fearing romantic who lives in an impoverished patriarchal family and escapes the harsh realities of life by writing beautiful poetry. One summer, Lyla falls in love with Hank Johnson, a conceited young smooth-talker who looks down on the local men and their harsh and perilous work at the nearby mine. Against her family wishes, Lyla runs away with Hank, settling in a poverty-stricken community on the outskirts of Halifax. In the city, things do not go as well as the couple had hoped. Hank and Lyla try to grapple with the social problems facing them, but their dreams eventually get shattered once Hank realizes he cannot get a high-paying job he had fantasized about. Disillusioned, Hank finds comfort with another woman. Lyla, brokenhearted and depressed, goes back home and is taken in by her overprotective Uncle Hud. When Hank returns to see his sweetheart again, a horrible tragedy ensues. This film is a rare glimpse into the culture of Canadian black community situated during the Depression-era. At the same time, it is a universal romantic story of life, love, and loss. <89mn 17s>

Language:

English

Notes:

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1. Produced in association with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.~2. Produced with the participation of the Canadian Television Fund created by the Government of Canada and the Canadian cable industry (CTF: Licence Fee Program); Telefilm Canada: Equity Investment Program; Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit; Nova Scotia Film Development Corporation and the Nova Scotia Film Industry Tax Credit.

Genre:

DRAMA

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

439281

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V7 2007-05-0451

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Duration:

89:17

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

960161

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

379540.MXF

Number of items:

1

Made from:

V7 2007-05-0451

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

960162

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

379540.MP4

Number of items:

1

Made from:

V7 2007-05-0451

Status:

REF
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Conditions of access:

Open

Restrictions on consultation:

No Restrictions / Pas de restrictions

Copyright status:

Under copyright.

Copyright owner:

Copyright owner: The Heart Broken Company Limited, 1998.

Reproduction access:

With written permissions / Avec les permissions écrites

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