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James MacSwain Retrospective, A

“Atlantic native James MacSwain has made more than 20 films over the last 30 years. His voice has become a pervasive and sophisticated contribution to the experimental film community in this country, often literally as his extensive use of voiceover – and his clever scripts – evince a considerable talent as a writer. MacSwain’s particular use of 16mm collage and animation appear deceptively simple, but his films have a lingering depth and poignancy that resists easy categorization.” – Images Festival, 2011 DVD Compilation Contains: 1. Little Known Curious Facts (1981, 4.20 min.) 2. Flower (1984, 8.20 min.) 3. Amherst (1984, 12 min.) 4. Amoeba Culture (1989, 4 min.) 5. The Executor (1996, 9.50 min.) (with James Shedden) 6. Mother Marilyn (1996, 8.50 min.) 7. Nova Scotia Tourist Industries (1998, 12 min.) 8. Starboy (2006, 4.30 min.) 9. The Fountain of Youth (2010, 10 min.)

Film Maker
MacSwain, James
Year
2011
Country
Canada
Length
75
Language
English
Category
body, comedy, gay, history, Landscape, LGBTQ, Mental Health, Politics + Policy, Portraits, sexuality
Genre
Animation, documentary, experimental, queer