Blake James Movie Trailers

Canada Vignettes: Wop May Trailer (1979)

01 January 1979

This short animated film is about Wop May, one of Canada's leading bush pilots in the 1920s.

Goldwood Trailer (1975)

01 January 1975

Kathleen Shannon describes the look and feel of her childhood to an artist friend, and uses his paintings and her visit to the ruins of the mining site where she grew up to reflect on her early life and how it influenced the adult she became.

The Rise and Fall of the Great Lakes Trailer (1968)

01 January 1968

A lesson in geography, which concludes that although the Great Lakes have had their ups and downs, nothing has been harder to take than what humans have done to them lately.

The Energy Carol Trailer (1975)

01 January 1975

An unconventional version of The Christmas Carol.

Prairie Album Trailer (1979)

22 November 1979

A woman reminisces about her childhood on a Prairie farm during the Depression. Her memory album is a collection of watercolours by artist/filmmaker Blake James that describe a family's struggle to survive despite drought and poverty.

Canada Vignettes: The Thirties Trailer (1978)

01 January 1978

A watercolour evocation of a prairie storm coming after a period of severe drought.

Canada Vignettes: Holidays Trailer (1978)

01 January 1978

A montage of watercolour images of the work and occasional play of a farm family.

Cry of the Wild Trailer (1973)

16 May 1973

Bill Mason imparts his affection for the big northern timber wolves and the pure-white Arctic wolves.

Death of a Legend Trailer (1971)

05 October 1971

This documentary film is about wolves and the negative myths surrounding the animal. Exceptional footage portrays the wolf's life cycle and the social organization of the pack, as well as film of caribou, moose, deer and buffalo.