Black Gold
2011
1 min
Coming soon
This animated short employs hand-drawn animation layered over stop-motion sequences of moving ink on drumskins to create a striking, mournful portrait of the Alberta tar sands. Produced as part of the 7th edition of the NFB’s Hothouse apprenticeship.
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Details
This animated short employs hand-drawn animation layered over stop-motion sequences of moving ink on drumskins to create a striking, mournful portrait of the Alberta tar sands.
Produced as part of the 7th edition of the NFB’s Hothouse apprenticeship.
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writerAimée van Drimmelen
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directorAimée van Drimmelen
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mentoring directorLuigi Allemano
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composerDarren Fung
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musicianDarren FungAnna Sampson
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editorJelena Popovic
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sound editorLuigi Allemano
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digital imagingSusan GourleyRandall Finnerty
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foleyKarla Baumgardner
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recordingGeoffrey Mitchell
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re-recordingSerge Boivin
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titlesGaspard Gaudreau
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on-lineDenis Gathelier
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technical co-ordinationJulie LaperrièreSteve Hallé
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administrationGisèle GuilbaultRosalina Di SarioElaine Largie
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executive producerDavid Verrall
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producerMichael Fukushima
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associate producerMaral Mohammadian
Education
Ages 13 to 17
Civics/Citizenship - Citizen Responsibilities
Discuss forms of recreation that encourage protection of the environment, and those that encourage the development and exploitation of resources. Discuss the various methods of natural-resource extraction and their impact on the life forms that depend on the environments affected by these processes. Ask students to write a persuasive piece that argues for or against extracting oil from bituminous sands (tar sands) and to create an art piece that illustrates their argument.