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Handmade Mountain

2019 6 min
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In Handmade Mountain, Michèle Pearson Clarke explores the emotional fallout of being both early to gay marriage and early to gay divorce. Fifteen years after same-sex marriage became legal, she and friends reflect on its personal and political meaning in this experimental film.

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  • FIVE@50
    FIVE@50
    2019 5 films
    In 1969, Canada passed Bill C-150 into law, which partially decriminalized homosexuality in Canada. Fifty years later, the NFB presents Five@50, a unique collection of five-minute shorts reflecting on contemporary LGBTQ2+ lives and identities. These intimate documentaries range from personal reflection to cultural history, and include experimental forms, animation and dramatization. When it comes to progress and queer culture, what have we gained? And what have we lost along the way?

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In Handmade Mountain, Michèle Pearson Clarke explores the emotional fallout of being both early to gay marriage and early to gay divorce. Fifteen years after same-sex marriage became legal, she and friends reflect on its personal and political meaning in this experimental film.

Cultural Diversity and Multiculturalism Families Sexuality and Reproduction Social Issues All subjects
Black Communities in Canada Films for Pride All channels
  • writer
    Michèle Pearson Clarke
  • director
    Michèle Pearson Clarke
  • featuring
    Ross Burnett
    Scott Ferguson
    Nick Hanning
    Russell Mathew
    Rachel Giese
    Jenn Miller
  • producer
    Justine Pimlott
  • executive producer
    Anita Lee
  • director of photography
    Alyssa Bistonath
  • editor
    Michèle Pearson Clarke
  • sound recordist
    Jordan Kawai
  • production supervisor
    Marcus Matyas
  • senior production coordinator
    Andrew Martin-Smith
  • gaffer
    Cheska Appave
  • assistant editor
    Jordan Kawai
  • credit design
    Branden Bratuhin
  • visual effects
    Branden Bratuhin
  • studio operations manager
    Mark Wilson
  • studio administrator
    Patricia Bourgeois
  • technical coordinator
    Kevin Riley
  • studio coordinator
    Carly Kastner
  • technical assistant
    Q'Mal Labad-Workman
  • marketing manager
    Melissa Wheeler
  • publicist
    Jennifer Mair
  • legal counsel
    Christian Pitchen
  • post-production services
    SIM Post Toronto
  • colourist
    Arlene Moelker
  • online editor
    Darren Hinchy
  • assistant on-line editor
    Steve Thorpe
  • finishing producer
    Mateusz Sklarzyk
  • sound editor
    Chris King
  • assistant re-recording mixer
    Ella Melanson
  • re-recording mixer
    James Bastable

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