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Release Date:
January 1, 2005
Original Title:
Reading Alistair MacLeod
Genres:
Documentary
Production Companies:
ONF | NFB
Production Countries:
Canada
Ratings / Certifications:
CA: G
Runtime: 88
This feature doc profiles acclaimed writer Alistair MacLeod. Hailed internationally as a master of the short story, MacLeod also wrote a novel, No Great Mischief, which was celebrated around the world. Depicting men and women living out their lives against the haunting landscape that surrounds them, most of MacLeod's work is firmly based in Cape Breton even if his characters stray elsewhere. Focusing on the complexities and abiding mysteries at the heart of human relationships, MacLeod maps the close bonds and impassable chasms that lie between people and invokes memory and myth to celebrate the continuity of the generations. This film portrait explores the life and work of this giant of literature.
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Administration:
John William Lutz
Assistant Camera:
Kevin MacNeil
Assistant Editor:
Chris MacIntosh
Luckas Cardona-Morisset
Dennis Bradley
Colorist:
Doug Woods
Director:
William D. MacGillivray
Director of Photography:
Kent Nason
Editor:
Christopher Cooper
Executive Producer:
Robert Sherrin
Gaffer:
Kevin MacNeil
Grip:
Kevin MacNeil
Location Sound Recordist:
Alex Salter
Music Editor:
Hayward Parrott
Online Editor:
Doug Woods
Original Music Composer:
Christopher Donison
Producer:
Terry Greenlaw
Kent Martin
Production Accountant:
Jan Anthony
Production Executive:
Lynne Carter
Production Manager:
Jan Nathanson
Production Supervisor:
Patsy Coughran
Researcher:
Susan Newhook
Sound Designer:
Alex Salter
Sound Editor:
Brian Power
Alex Salter
Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Hayward Parrott
Lou Solakofski
Thanks:
Alistair MacLeod
Anita MacLeod
Transportation Coordinator:
Al Morris
Vehicles Coordinator:
Bob Meade
Writer:
William D. MacGillivray
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