This week, TVO (TVOntario) is playing documentary films by renowned Canadian cinéma vérité filmmaker Allan King. Tonight at 9 pm the whole thing kicks off with the screening of the director's 1956 short doc Skidrow; followed by Rickshaw (1960). At around 10:20 pm is the 60 minute (and too short) documentary on King, Actuality: The Art and Life of Allan King. All Recommended, I say.During the week the King theme continues on TVO's The Allan King Festival...
Monday at 10 pm: Warrendale (1967)
Tuesday at 9 pm: A Married Couple (1969)
Wednesday at 10 pm: Who Has Seen the Wind (1977)
Thursday at 9 pm: EMPz 4 Life (2006)
Friday at 9 pm: Dying at Grace (2003)
I saw Who Has Seen the Wind in a theatre when it was released; so nice to see a Canadian(a) dramatic film at the "picture show".
Time to warm up the ole Telly.
(What would be interesting, and to study differences and similarities in Canadian and U.S. society at certain periods, in addition to being an obvious social document, would be to run a ping pong-type festival where King's stuff is shown along with American equivalent Frederick Wiseman's films.)
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...AND Dying At Grace at 9 PM on Friday...
Thanks! I remember when I first saw "Dying at Grace"... January of 2004 made me look differently at life.
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