Donald McWilliams Trailers
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Most Popular Donald McWilliams Trailers
Total trailers found: 13
A Return to Memory Trailer (2024)
17 October 2024
When Canada entered World War II, the National Film Board suddenly had an urgent new mission—and hundreds of women stepped forward, helping to create Canadian cinema as we now know it.
Wild Life Trailer (2011)
10 February 2011
This Oscar-nominated animated short tells the story of a dapper young remittance man who is sent from England to Alberta to attempt ranching in 1909.
Narcissus Trailer (1983)
18 August 1983
In this short film by Norman McLaren, dancers enact the Greek tragedy of Narcissus, the beautiful youth whose excessive self-love condemned him to a trapped existence.
Creative Process: Norman McLaren Trailer (1990)
01 January 1990
Norman McLaren was a cinematic genius who made films without cameras, and music without instruments. He produced sixty films in a stunning range of styles and techniques, collecting over 200 international awards, and world recognition.
Sunrise Over Tiananmen Square Trailer (1998)
16 October 1998
This film illustrates the life of the film director, Shui-Bo Wang in The People's Republic of China. We learn of the life of the director in his own words and images from a child steeped in the values of Chinese communism exemplified by Chairman Mao, to a young man striving to live up to those ideals both as an artist and a soldier.
Aloud Trailer (1983)
09 May 1983
Canadian poet Earle Birney indulges his love of trains in this performance of his sound poem To Swindon from London by Britrail.
The Passerby Trailer (1995)
12 April 1995
In The Passerby, poems, home movies, interviews, photographs, and footage filmed all over the world combine to form a kind of necromancy: impression, imprint, appearance of many lives that were not lived without a trace.
A Time There Was: Stories from the Last Days of Kenya Colony Trailer (2009)
01 January 2009
A look at the Mau Mau Rebellion of the 1950s as experienced by filmmaker Donald McWilliams.
Beyond Paper Trailer (2022)
27 April 2022
At a critical moment in the history of the written word, as humanity’s archives migrate to the cloud, one filmmaker goes on a journey around the globe to better understand how she can preserve her own Romanian and Armenian heritage, as well as our collective memory.
How Wings Are Attached to the Backs of Angels: Prologue Trailer (1996)
01 January 1996
A short three minute documentary by Donald McWilliams regarding the film How Wings Are Attached to th
Eleven Moving Moments with Evelyn Lambart Trailer (2017)
21 September 2017
An instructive compilation about pioneer Ottawa animator Evelyn Lambart, playfully contextualized by filmmaker Donald McWilliams.
Norman McLaren: Animated Musician Trailer (2014)
01 January 2014
Not only did Norman McLaren create his own film imagery, he also made his own music by drawing, etching and photographing patterns directly onto the sound track area of the film, becoming a pioneer of electronic music long before the invention of the synthesizer.
The Fifth Province Trailer (2003)
01 January 2003
The search for paradise is one way we express the human journey, a journey marked by turning points, watersheds.
