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Saturday, April 11, 12:30-1:30pm
Among their previous works are the feature films Stations, Life Classes and Understanding Bliss and more recently, the feature documentaries Reading Alistair MacLeod and Silent Messengers — both co-produced with the NFB. True to its pioneering tradition, Picture Plant also produced Canada’s first all Black Movie Of The Week, One Heart Broken Into Song. Written by George Elliott Clarke and directed by Clement Virgo and broadcast nationally on the CBC network, it has since been seen around the world. Picture Plant also created and produced Newfoundland’s first network dramatic television series, the thirteen part Gullage’s, written and directed by MacGillivray. Picture Plant continues to work on new projects and this spring They will discus the development of their company Picture Plant and how it fit into and helped create a regional film industry in Atlantic Canada. Many of the obstacles and successes they have had are directly linked to challenges that face Yukon producers and filmmakers. Co-productions, leveraging broadcast opportunities and finding stories from within your region that appeal to a national and international audience will be topics discussed in this informative, interactive session.
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