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The Persistent Seed

1964 14 min
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A film by Christopher Chapman, known for his lyrical films of countryside and wilderness. He turns his colour camera on the growing city and there finds cheering proof that despite concrete and bulldozer, the persistent seed prevails. The film is without commentary and the camera work is a constant delight, for Chapman has the gift of catching life smiling wherever he may look. Film without words.

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The Persistent Seed

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A film by Christopher Chapman, known for his lyrical films of countryside and wilderness. He turns his colour camera on the growing city and there finds cheering proof that despite concrete and bulldozer, the persistent seed prevails. The film is without commentary and the camera work is a constant delight, for Chapman has the gift of catching life smiling wherever he may look. Film without words.

  • director
    Christopher Chapman
  • photography
    Christopher Chapman
  • producer
    Hugh O'Connor
  • executive producer
    Tom Daly
  • editing
    Guy L. Coté
    Christopher Chapman
  • sound editing
    Kathleen Shannon

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