Collection search - The Paradox of Norval Morisseau = Norval Morisseau : Un paradoxe
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Record information – Brief The Paradox of Norval Morisseau = Norval Morisseau : Un paradoxe
Hierarchical level:Item (Accession level)Item number (ISN):95919Type of material:Moving imagesFound in:Archives / Film, Video and Sound -
Record information – Details Fonds/collection:NATIONAL FILM BOARD OF CANADA / OFFICE NATIONAL DU FILM DU CANADA: 1988Accession:1988-0264Media:FilmPart:1 of 1Release date:1974Production company:Henning Jacobsen Productions LimitedProduction credit:director, Duke Redbird; Henning Jacobsen; scenario, Bruce Martin; photography, David M. Ostriker; Naohiko Kurita; Maurice Jackson-Samuels; editing, Michael MacLaverty; music, ShingooseCountry of production:cnDistributor name:National Film BoardDescription:In this revealing study of Norval Morrisseau, filmed as he works among the lakes and woodlands of his ancestors, we see a remarkable Indian artist who emerged from a life of obscurity in the North American bush to become one of Canada's most renowned painters. Morrisseau the man is much like his paintings: vital and passionate, torn between his Ojibway heritage and the influences of the white man's world. Jack Pollock, the Toronto art gallery owner who discovered Morrisseau's paintings in the early 1960s, comments on what makes them so unique. <28mn>Language:EnglishOriginal number:106C 0174 543Notes:Detailed holdings information: -
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