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Earle Birney : Portrait of a Poet
Hierarchical level:Item (Accession level)Item number (ISN):319590Type 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: VIDÉOAccession:1982-0067Media:FilmPart:1 of 1Release date:1981Production company:National Film BoardProduction credit:director, Donald Winkler; producer, Tom Daly; executive producer, Barrie Howells; photography, Barry Perles; sound, Bev Davidson; editing, Susan Shanks; reading, Earl Pennington; narrator, Mavor Moore; music, Alain ClavierCountry of production:cnDescription:Writer, scholar, activist, Earle Birney is revered as the grand old man of Canadian poetry, In this intimate profile, Birney speaks lovingly of his craft and explains the process of translating poetic inspiration into a successful work of art. Highlighting this one hour film are excerpts from his moving epic "David", the lyric poem "from the Hazel Bough" and "Alaska Passage", which Birney performs with the percussion group Nexus. <53mn 9s>Language:EnglishOriginal number:106C 01681 032Notes:Detailed holdings information: -
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