Men / a film by Victoria Marks and Margaret Williams ; a co-production with the Banff Centre for the Arts ; producer, Anne Beresford ; MJW Productions for BBC and the Arts Council of England.

Format Video (Streaming)
PublicationLondon, England : Arts Council England, 1997.
Description1 online resource (20 minutes)
Supplemental Contenthttps://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=http://www.aspresolver.com/aspresolver.asp?MARC;3346611

Other author/creatorWilliams, Margaret (Margaret J.), director.
Other author/creatorMarks, Victoria director.
Other author/creatorBeresford, Anne, producer.
Other author/creatorMJW Productions, production company.
Other author/creatorBanff Centre for the Art, production company.
Abstract A dance film created for television in which seven septuagenarian Canadian men, all non-dancers, perform together. Filmed in both the stark beauty of the Canadian winter and the lush green of spring and summer, Men contrasts nature's infinite time with the shortness of human mortality. The cast of seven men, all in their sixties and seventies, live in and around Canmore, Alberta. They come from a variety of backgrounds - judge, miner, rancher - and have never performed before. The movements of the performers are detailed, often coming from the men themselves and reflecting their lives. There are images of travelling, greetings and farewells and a sense of leaving a mark on the world. Grassy footprints on snow give way to ice prints melting on grass; the seasons change. A solitary man creates his own life line stone by stone. The towering mountains of the location serve as a reminder of man's mortality, but humour and the wonders of human character are at the heart of this moving tribute to life.
General noteTitle from resource description page (viewed November 20, 2017).
Performer John D. Bracco, Jim Bruce, Jack Fawkes, H. Alan Hipkins, Pete Kuzminski, David Robinson, Pat Slavin, performers.
Date/time/place of a event noteFilmed entirely on location in Alberta, Canada.
Awards noteWon 1999 IMZ International Music + Media Centre - Dancescreen (Cologne), Screen Choreography Award
Genre/formDance films.
Genre/formShort films.
Genre/formTelevision programs.

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