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October 12 Bonus Screening: Nature In The City
7pm • Toronto Free Gallery • Free/PWYC
Journey of the Blob (Canada, 1989 • 10min)
Director: Bill Maylone • Producer: George Johnson
A boy makes a decision about how to dispose of a green glob he has concocted. What will happen if he dumps it into a stream? Where does water come from and where does it go? This film illustrates the water cycle and raises many questions about environmental responsibility and the consequences of our decisions. Film without words.
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October 12 Bonus Screening: Nature In The City
7pm • Toronto Free Gallery • Free/PWYC
The Persistent Seed (Canada, 1964 • 14min)
Director: Christopher Chapman • Producer: Hugh O'Connor
A film by Christopher Chapman, known for his lyrical films of countryside and wilderness. He turns his color camera on the growing city and there finds cheering proof that despite concrete and bulldozer, the persistent seed prevails. The film is without commentary and the camera work is a constant delight, for Chapman has the gift of catching life smiling wherever he may look. Film without words.
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October 12 Bonus Screening: Nature In The City
7pm • Toronto Free Gallery • Free/PWYC
Neighbours/Voisins (Canada, 1952 • 8min)
Director: Norman McLaren • Producer: Norman McLaren
In the wordless stop-animated film Neighbours/Voisins, two good friends come to blows over a flower they both must possess. One of Norman McLaren's many Oscar®-winning films for the National Film Board.(May not be suitable for very young children.)
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October 12 Bonus Screening: Nature In The City
7pm • Toronto Free Gallery • Free/PWYC
Offensive (Canada, 2006 • 10min)
Director: David McKellar • Producer: David McKellar
A special presentation of David McKellar's "Offensive", documenting the work of the Toronto Public Space Committee's Downtown De-Fence Project.
This film is not produced by or affiliated with the National Film Board of Canada.
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October 12 Bonus Screening: Nature In The City
7pm • Toronto Free Gallery • Free/PWYC
Wild In The City (Canada, 1985 • 16min)
Director: Gordon Fish • Producer: George Johnson
And what's wild in my city? That's the inevitable question arising from this short film that explores the extent and variety of wild animal species that have adapted to and can survive in an urban environment. While photographed in Vancouver, the message of the film necessarily applies to any city, and will appeal to a wide and diverse range of audiences.
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October 12 Bonus Screening: Nature In The City
7pm • Toronto Free Gallery • Free/PWYC
The Men In The Park (Canada, 1971 • 6min)
Director: George Geertsen • Producer: Robert Verrall
These men in the park are pencil drawings, but this is no still-life study. Here the figures move; facial expressions change; a figure of a man rises and shambles off the scene; a bus flashes past in the nearby blur of traffic, and in the background are all the blatant, hurrying sounds of the city. It is as if the artist's sketchbook has become animate, alive. The result is intriguing, especially for those with an eye for the art of film animation.
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