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2012 54 min
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Dans ce long métrage documentaire, le cinéaste Justin Simms examine les changements culturels et les relations modernes à travers le prisme du recueil éponyme de Michael Crummey, ouvrage marquant de la littérature terre-neuvienne. Mêlant dramatisations, séquences contemporaines d’interprétation et entretiens avec cet écrivain attachant, le film explore sur un ton intimiste l’évolution de chacun en fonction de l’environnement présent et du passé.

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Dans ce long métrage documentaire, le cinéaste Justin Simms examine les changements culturels et les relations modernes à travers le prisme du recueil éponyme de Michael Crummey, ouvrage marquant de la littérature terre-neuvienne. Mêlant dramatisations, séquences contemporaines d’interprétation et entretiens avec cet écrivain attachant, le film explore sur un ton intimiste l’évolution de chacun en fonction de l’environnement présent et du passé.

Literature and Language - Canada Social Issues All subjects
  • script
    Justin Simms
  • direction
    Justin Simms
  • producer
    Annette Clarke
  • executive producer
    Ravida Din
    Kent Martin

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Ages 13 to 18
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English Language Arts - CanLit Family Studies/Home Economics - Family Diversity and Challenges History - Canada 1946-1991 Social Studies - Social History
In Hard Light, Michael Crummey offers personal memories that make it clear his family history has a direct impact on his writing. How does this affect our understanding and interpretation of the stories presented in the film? Highlight the themes that recur in Crummey’s work such as life and death, happiness and sadness, or fishing and living off the land. How does Crummey’s personal journey connect to these themes?
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