North Shore (1949 film)
North Shore | |
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French | La Terre de Caïn |
Directed by | Pierre Petel |
Written by | Pierre Petel |
Produced by | James Beveridge |
Starring | René Lecavalier Fred Davis Max Ferguson |
Cinematography | Julien St-Georges |
Music by | Maurice Blackburn |
Production company | National Film Board |
Release date | 1949 |
Running time | 21 min. |
Country | Canada |
Languages | English French |
North Shore (French: La Terre de Caïn) is a Canadian short documentary film, directed by and released in 1949.[1] The film depicts life along the St. Lawrence River in the Côte-Nord region of Quebec.
The film was released in both French and English versions, with French narration by René Lecavalier and English narration by Fred Davis and Max Ferguson.
The film won the Canadian Film Award for Best Theatrical Short in 1950.[2] Petel also won an award from the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts for "Excursion in the Mingan Islands", a painting of rock formations in the Mingan Islands that he created while working on the film.[3]
References[]
- ^ C. Rodney James, Film as a National Art: NFB of Canada and the Film Board Idea. Arno Press, 1977. p. 283.
- ^ Wyndham Wise, Take One's Essential Guide to Canadian Film. University of Toronto Press, 2015. ISBN 9781442656208.
- ^ "Pierre Petel Wins Award for Painting". Ottawa Journal. March 15, 1950. p. 14. Retrieved May 23, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
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- 1949 films
- Canadian films
- Canadian short documentary films
- Quebec films
- Best Theatrical Short Film Genie and Canadian Screen Award winners
- 1949 documentary films
- Canadian black-and-white films
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