Beyond Paper
At a critical moment in the history of the written word, as humanity’s archives migrate to the cloud, one filmmaker goes on a journey around the...
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In this short film by Norman McLaren, dancers enact the Greek tragedy of Narcissus, the beautiful youth whose excessive self-love condemned him to...
See moreSunrise Over Tiananmen Square
This film illustrates the life of the film director, Shui-Bo Wang in The People's Republic of China. We learn of the life of the director in his...
See moreA Return to Memory
When Canada entered World War II, the National Film Board suddenly had an urgent new mission—and hundreds of women stepped forward, helping to...
See moreCreative Process: Norman McLaren
Norman McLaren was a cinematic genius who made films without cameras, and music without instruments. He produced sixty films in a stunning range of...
See moreThe Passerby
In The Passerby, poems, home movies, interviews, photographs, and footage filmed all over the world combine to form a kind of necromancy:...
See moreImpressions of China
This short documentary follows a group of students from Hamilton, Ontario, on a rare three-week “tour” of China in 1972. These teenagers were the...
See moreEleven Moving Moments with Evelyn Lambart
An instructive compilation about pioneer Ottawa animator Evelyn Lambart, playfully contextualized by filmmaker Donald McWilliams.
See moreNorman McLaren: Animated Musician
Not only did Norman McLaren create his own film imagery, he also made his own music by drawing, etching and photographing patterns directly onto...
See moreAloud
Canadian poet Earle Birney indulges his love of trains in this performance of his sound poem To Swindon from London by Britrail. In fluent...
See moreA Time There Was: Stories from the Last Days of Kenya Colony
A look at the Mau Mau Rebellion of the 1950s as experienced by filmmaker Donald McWilliams.
See moreHow Wings Are Attached to the Backs of Angels: Prologue
A short three minute documentary by Donald McWilliams regarding the film How Wings Are Attached to the Backs of Angels (1996) directed by Craig Welch
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