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Release Date:
January 26, 2019
Original Title:
27 Thoughts About My Father
Alternate Titles:
27 Thoughts About My Dad
Genres:
Documentary
Production Countries:
Canada
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 25
Mike Hoolboom reflects in 27 brief scenes on the life of his father, who died in June 2017. Using home movies, snapshots and found footage, he creates a portrait of a exceedingly clever, yet evanescent father figure haunted by the war that sent his own father to a concentration camp. Ultimately the family moved to Canada. This political history, intertwining dreams and personal experience, seems loose and associative, but first impressions can be deceiving.
Cinematography:
Mike Hoolboom
Director:
Mike Hoolboom
Editor:
Mike Hoolboom
Producer:
Mike Hoolboom
Sound Designer:
Mike Hoolboom
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