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Pegi Nicol: Something Dancing About Her
20051 h 9 min 4 secFilm
Réalisation: Michael Ostroff
Production: Silva BasmajianJohn WalkerSylvia SweenyLouise Lore
Scénarisation: Fiona McHughMichael OstroffEdward Riche
Something Dancing About Her is an affectionate portrait of Pegi Nicol MacLeod, a charismatic yet relatively unknown painter. Shedding fresh light on her place in Canadian art history, director Michael Ostroff chronicles the life of this remarkable creative spirit who threw herself into painting, left-wing politics and love affairs with equal enthusiasm.
Juxtaposing personal letters, first-hand accounts, archival photos and film footage, what emerges is the free-spirited personality of an artist struggling to make a career in the tumultuous 1930s and 1940s. Nicol rebelled against the prevailing narrow view of women's roles. She enjoyed a colourful life and mingled with such influential figures as painter Marian Scott, poet F.R. Scott and artist Charles Comfort.
Actors Dana Green, Fiona Reid, Sheila McCarthy and William Hutt bring emotional interpretations to the reading of excerpts from first-hand accounts and correspondence, presenting an intimate, entertaining and engaging impression of Nicol's hopes and frustrations. The film pays tribute to the joyous legacy of a woman who, as part of the Canadian art revolution, constantly questioned the purpose and role of art in society.
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Catégories de sujets
- Arts visuels > Art contemporainPeintureFemmes artistes
- Femmes - Portraits > Artistes en arts visuels
Générique
- réalisateur
- Michael Ostroff
- écriture
- Fiona McHugh
- Michael Ostroff
- Edward Riche
- producteur
- Silva Basmajian
- John Walker
- directeur de la photographie
- Karl Roeder
- monteur
- Tai Zimmer
- voix
- Dana Green
- Fiona Reid
- Sheila McCarthy
- William Hutt
- Lally Cadeau
- Joyce Campion
- Douglas Chamberlain
- Patricia Collins
- Robert King
- Barry MacGregor
- William Needles
- narrateur
- Michael Jones
- montage son
- Leigh Uttley
- gérant de production
- Penny McCann
- accessoires
- Victor Elliot
- Karyn Watson
- décor
- Victor Elliot
- Karyn Watson
- machiniste de plateau
- Mike Bainbridge
- Richard Venasse
- Iain MacDonald
- Matt Maher
- Macleod Pappidas
- preneur de son
- Eldy Gouthro
- Justine Pimlott
- Terry A. Hunt
- photographie additionnelle
- Jim Aquila
- assistant de production
- Andrea Sturko
- Heather Harrison
- Katie Binnersley
- recherchiste
- Angela Marcus
- Elizabeth Klinck
- Michael Ostroff
- Seaton Findlay
- enregistrement voix
- Jay Riehl
- David Kalmusky
- Robert Di Gioia
- mixeur du repiquage
- Geoffrey Mitchell
- monteur en ligne
- Sylvain Desbiens
- Denis Gathelier
- stagiaire à la technique
- Dan Thornhill
- Shane Brisson-Visram
- agent de budget
- Ida Di Fruscia
- Julietta McGovern
- agent, marketing
- Sue Mander
- coordonnateur technique
- Mark Wilson
- coordonnateur de production
- Nadine Simunic
- Jeff Sterne
- superviseur de production
- Kemp Archibald
- producteur exécutif
- Silva Basmajian
- Sylvia Sweeny
- Louise Lore
- musicien
- Ian Tamblyn
- Ian Babb
- Phil Shaw, Jr. Bova
- Rebecca Campbell
- Ken Kanwisher
- Anne Lindsay
- ingénieur d'enregistrement musical
- Marty Jones