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I've Heard the Mermaids Singing = Le Chant des Sirènes

Item number (ISN):

62302

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1986-09-24/1986-10-24

Item number (ISN):

62302

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Fonds/collection:

CANADA. CANADA COUNCIL / CONSEIL DES ARTS DU CANADA

Accession:

1987-0453

Media:

Film

Original title:

I've Heard the Mermaids Singing

Part:

3 of 3

Production date:

1986-09-24/1986-10-24

Release date:

1987-09-11

Production company:

Vos Productions Inc.

Production credit:

For production credits, see ISN 60051

Cast credit:

For cast credits, see ISN 60051

Country of production:

us

Distributor name:

Miramax

Description:

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Twenty-first convention of the Communist Party of Canada. Key note address by Bill Kashtan.~Documentary film highlighting the policies and election platform of the Labour Progressive Party entering the 1945 federal election. Shots include a birthday banquet for Party leader Tim Buck, A.E. Smith, Fred Rose, Leslie Morris, A.A. MacLeod, Wally Dent, John W. Buckley, Dorise Nielson and Charles Sims. Working shots of Tim Buck at the National office include Sam Carr; Stanley Ryerson, J.B. Salsberg, Paul Phillips and Norman Freed. Additional shots include footage of the Tehran Conference, World War II, the signing of the Munich Pact and clips of the Depression in Canada. <10mn>~Speech in Toronto's Lord Simcoe Hotel to the 20th Convention of the Communist Party of Canada by Bill Kashtan, leader of the Party, summing up the policies drafted at the convention and highlighting the future struggles of the Party.~A speech in Toronto's Lord Simcoe Hotel to the 20th Convention of the Communist Party of Canada by Tim Buck, long-time Party leader and activist, describing in detail Lenin's contribution to international socialism. Among the wide range of topics discussed are; the Bolshevists' early days; imperial criticism; dialectical materialism; and anarchal syndicalism.~Reception held at R.B. Russel Auditorium in Winnipeg, hosted by Alderman Joe Zuken, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Winnipeg General Strike. A tribute is paid to W.A. Pritchard with excerpts of his speech to the jury in 1920 being read. The main speaker, Tim Buck, long-time leader of the Communist Party of Canada, describes the events of the strike; its historical implications; the current Air Canada machinists' strike, wage parity with U.S. workers; regressive taxation methods of the government, and calls for a withdrawal of U.S. forces from Vietnam.~Polly, a secretary, makes a video confession where she depicts her relationship with her employer, Gabrielle, the owner and curator of an art gallery. Athough the two women are opposite, they share the same passion for art. <82mn 20s>

Language:

English

Notes:

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1. For notes, see ISN 60051.

Genre:

COMEDY

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

62314

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8709-0055
8709-0056
8709-0057

Number of items:

3

Kind of sound:

COMP

Stock:

REL PRT

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER
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Conditions of access:

Open

GENCAT identity number:

GAD 0FD607

Reproduction access:

with written permission of copyright owner : no donor restrictions For updated information on contacting copyright owners, please refer to the Canada Council.For updated information on contacting copyright owners, please refer to the Canada Council.

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