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Capturing A Short Life

Item number (ISN):

429331

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

2008

Item number (ISN):

429331

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

CANADIAN TELEVISION FUND

Accession:

2008-0076

Media:

Video

Original title:

Capturing A Short Life

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

2008

Production company:

Long Version Master
Dimestore Productions Inc.

Production credit:

director/producer/script/research, Sheona McDonald; photography, Robin Lupita Bain; editing, Seth Poulin; sound/sound editing, Mike Filippov; music, Kurt Swinghammer; narrator, Caroline Cave; production manager, Susan McGrath; still photographer, Heather Rivlin; research, Elizabeth Klinck

Description:

CAPTURING A SHORT LIFE is a beautiful and life-affirming documentary about families dealing with infant loss. Combining verité and interview footage with still photography, this poignant documentary details the stories of families who are dealing, in an immediate sense, with the loss of a newborn baby. CAPTURING A SHORT LIFE portrays in a sensitive, intimate and cinematic manner, the emotional, medical and ethical choices that parents are often faced with when they are told that their baby is incompatible with life. Although this subject matter is impossibly sad, the lives and relationships that evolve, even in this context, are not.This film follows the stories of four families as they live through, and detail, their baby's lives. Although the circumstances surrounding the births, lives and deaths of their children vary significantly, at the core of their stories there is a similar emotional resonance. <53mn 40s>

Language:

English

Notes:

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1. Produced with the participation of Canadian Television Fund created by the Government of Canada (Telefilm Canada : Equity Investment Program) and the Canadian Cable Industry (CTF : License Fee Program); The Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit; Heritage Canada; Government of Ontario - Film and Television Tax Credit.~2. Produced in association with CBC Newsworld; SCN; Knowledge Network; Canadian Learning Television (CLT).~3. Festivals and awards: Gemini Award nominationfor documentary writing, 2009; Whistler Film Festival, Whistler, B.C., Dec. 2008; The Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival, Hot Springs, Arkansas, USA, Oct. 2008; The Rhode Island International Film Festival, Providence, RI, USA, Aug. 2008; Special Jury Prize - Yorkton Short Film and Video Festival, Yorkton, Saskatchewan, May 2008.~4. Synopsis taken from the CBC website - http://www.cbc.ca/documentaries/thelens/2008/ashortlife/~5. Betacam copy received; Ch 1&2: Stereo Mix, Ch 3&4: M&E.

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

528330

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

6618AV

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Duration:

53:40

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

1134655

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

429331.MP4

Number of items:

1

Made from:

6618AV

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

1134654

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

429331.MXF

Number of items:

1

Made from:

6618AV

Status:

MASTER
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Conditions of access:

Open

Restrictions on consultation:

Open for consultation.

Donor restrictions:

No donor restrictions.

Copyright status:

Under copyright.

Copyright owner:

Copyright owner: Dimestore Productions Inc., 2008.

Reproduction access:

With written permission of Copyright Owner / Avec la permission écrite du détenteur des droits d'auteur

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