| Description |
1 online resource (streaming video file) (92 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound |
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digital |
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video file MPEG-4 Flash |
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Title from title frames. |
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Film |
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In Process Record. |
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Al Purdy, Bruce Cockburn, Eurithe Purdy, Gord Downie, Gordon Pinsent, Joseph Boyden, Margaret Atwood, Michael Ondaatje, Sarah Harmer, Tanya Tagaq |
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Originally produced by Films We Like in 2015. |
| Summary |
What does it take to carve out a career as a poet? Why on earth would anyone attempt it? AL PURDY WAS HERE is the portrait of an artist driven to become a great Canadian poet at a time when the category barely existed. Al Purdy is a charismatic tower of contradictions: a "sensitive man" who whips out a poem in a bar fight; a factory worker who finds grace in an Arctic flower; a mentor to young writers who remained a stranger to sons. Purdy has been called the last, best and most Canadian poet. "Voice of the Land" is engraved on his tombstone. But before finding fame as the country's unofficial poet laureate, he endured years of poverty and failure. Official Selection: **Toronto International Film Festival** |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Language |
In English |
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Nature.
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Poetry.
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Artists.
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Literature.
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Americans.
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Documentary films.
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Documentary films.
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| Added Author |
D. Johnson, Brian, film director.
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Purdy, Al, 1918-2000, actor.
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Cockburn, Bruce, actor.
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Purdy, Eurithe, actor.
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Downie, Gordon, 1964-2017, actor.
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Pinsent, Gordon, actor.
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Boyden, Joseph, actor.
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Atwood, Margaret, actor.
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Ondaatje, Michael, 1943- actor.
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Harmer, Sarah, actor.
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Tagaq, 1975- actor.
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Films We Like (Firm),. Distributor.
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Kanopy (Firm) Distributor.
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| Music No. |
1584927 Kanopy |
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