The Magical Life of Long Tack Sam

20031 h 28 min 5 secFilm: Documentaire

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Réalisation: Ann Marie Fleming

Production: Ann Marie Fleming (Long Tack Film Inc.)Svend-Erik Eriksen (National Film Board of Canada)Ruth Vincent (Long Tack Film Inc.)Bruce Alcock (Long Tack Film Inc.)Rina Fraticelli (National Film Board of Canada)

Scénarisation: Ann Marie Fleming

Produced by Long Tack Film Inc. in co-production with the National Film Board of Canada.

Long Tack Sam was an internationally renowned Chinese acrobat and magician. He overcame isolation, poverty, cultural and linguistic barriers, extreme racism and world wars to become one of the most successful vaudeville acts of his time. His showmanship was unrivalled, yet he refused to appear in movies because of the way Chinese were portrayed at the time.

Why don't we know anything about him? Filmmaker Ann Marie Fleming travels the globe searching for the story of ther great-grandfather, the cosmopolitan Long Tack Sam. To unravel the mystery of a man she knows nothing about, she turns to family, friends, acrobats and magicians. Their anecdotes and memories, interwoven with gorgeous animated archival material, paint a visually stunning portrait of a fascinating individual, a particular world at a particular time.

A celebration of the spirit of Long Tack Sam's magic and art, this richly textured first person road movie is an exhilarating testament to his legacy and a prismatic tour through the 20th Century.

It all begins in a small village in China...

Catégories de sujets


  • Arts > Événements et Performances
  • Théâtre > Arts du spectaclePortraits

Générique


écriture
Ann Marie Fleming
réalisateur
Ann Marie Fleming
producteur
Ann Marie Fleming
Svend-Erik Eriksen
producteur exécutif
Ruth Vincent
Bruce Alcock
Ann Marie Fleming
Rina Fraticelli
monteur
Ann Marie Fleming
Ileana Pietrobruno
compositeur de la musique
Patric Caird
prise de vues
Ann Marie Fleming
services de production
Global Mechanic
supervision de l'animation
Bruce Alcock
animation
Nathaniel Akin
Bruce Alcock
Cesare Battista
Hannah Cho
Mark Cutler
Ted Dave
Hillary Denny
Iain Gardner
Ian Godfrey
Scott Kiborn
Ruby Li Long
Ceile Prowse
Patrick Siemer
Tim Stuby
Ted Tozer
Jorge Veloso
Younger Yang
illustrations
Nathaniel Akin
Bruce Alcock
Cesare Battista
Hannah Cho
Mark Cutler
Ted Dave
Hillary Denny
Iain Gardner
Ian Godfrey
Scott Kiborn
Ruby Li Long
Ceile Prowse
Patrick Siemer
Tim Stuby
Ted Tozer
Jorge Veloso
Younger Yang
coloriage
Nathaniel Akin
Bruce Alcock
Cesare Battista
Hannah Cho
Mark Cutler
Ted Dave
Hillary Denny
Iain Gardner
Ian Godfrey
Scott Kiborn
Ruby Li Long
Ceile Prowse
Patrick Siemer
Tim Stuby
Ted Tozer
Jorge Veloso
Younger Yang
design
Nathaniel Akin
Bruce Alcock
Cesare Battista
Hannah Cho
Mark Cutler
Ted Dave
Hillary Denny
Iain Gardner
Ian Godfrey
Scott Kiborn
Ruby Li Long
Ceile Prowse
Patrick Siemer
Tim Stuby
Ted Tozer
Jorge Veloso
Younger Yang
conception sonore
MX Solutions Inc.
mixage
Shawn Pierce
mixeur, musique
Shawn Pierce
musicien
Coco Alcorn
Doug Balfour
David Bernstein
Miles Black
Graham Boyle
Tom Colclough
Dennis Esson
Mark Ferris
Deanna Gestrin
Miles hill
John Payne
Bill Runge
Robbie Steininger
Ron Thompson
Brad Turner
Cameron Wilson
voix
Bill Meilen
Alessandro Juliani
narrateur
Ann Marie Fleming
enregistrement voix
Wayne Kozak Studios
assistant monteur
Ted Tozer
deuxieme assistant monteur
Bethany Handfeld
collaboration à la scénarisation
Michael Gross
gérant de production
Elizabeth Murray
Tina Ouellette

Prix et récompenses


  • Prix du meilleur documentaireFilm Festival
  • Prix du meilleur long métrage documentaireNewport Beach Film Festival
  • Prix du meilleur long métrage documentaireInternational Film Festival
  • Plaque de Bronze - catégorie: HumanitaireFestival international du film et de la vidéo