Goldwood

Shannon, Kathleen, (film director.). Verrall, Robert, (film producer.). National Film Board of Canada (Montreal), (film producer.).

Summary: Goldwood is a search for the early self. A woman describes the look and feel of her childhood to an artist friend. The story of her days at Goldwood unfolds through his paintings and live footage of their visit to the site. Nature has reclaimed the land. The adult attempts to reclaim the child. The woman discovers pieces of her doll's plate, lost thirty years before. "I haven't been a figment of my own imagination," she says. The film evokes the universal feelings of a child in an adult's world and the awareness of self.

Record details

Physical Description: 1 streaming video (20 min., 41 sec.) : sound
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Publisher: Montreal : National Film Board of Canada, 2024.
Copyright: ©1975

Content descriptions

Restrictions on Access Note:	No restrictions.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Director, Kathleen Shannon ; script, Kathleen Shannon ; editing, Kathleen Shannon ; executive producer, Robert Verrall ; photography, Blake James, Bill Mason ; animation camera, Claude Lapierre, Raymond Dumas ; sound, Gloria Demers, Hans Oomes ; paintings, Blake James ; re-recording, Bob Verrall ; music, Larry Crosley, Kathleen Shannon.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:	Recorded 1975.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Awards Note:	Etrog for Best Re-recording to Jean-Pierre Joutel, 1975
Source of Description Note:	Description based on online resource; title from title screen (National Film Board of Canada, viewed 2024-03-01).