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Arts (5)

Art Galleries and Museums (6)

  • The Museum
    The Museum
    Kenton Vaughan 2008 1 h 30 min
    This feature documentary follows William Thorsell as he sets out to renovate Toronto's Royal Ontario Museum. He thinks big, opting for a bold architectural gesture that will inject a shot of amphetamine into the staid and sensible veins of Canada's biggest burg. Enter Daniel Libeskind, the celebrity architect linked to the Ground Zero site and other prestigious building projects. Smartly tuned to contemporary debates on public architecture, The Museum charts their grand scheme in an entertaining tale of ego, art and steel beams.
  • A Museum in the City
    A Museum in the City
    Luc Bourdon 2011 52 min
    In A Museum in the City, filmmaker Luc Bourdon invites us on a tour of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA). A backstage discovery of the institution and its 150-year history, the documentary reveals the remarkable dedication of its staff and explores the contemporary penchant for music in the world of art exhibitions.
  • Open Sky: Portrait of a Pavilion in Venice
    Open Sky: Portrait of a Pavilion in Venice
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    Katerine Giguère 2020 25 min
    An intimate portrait of the Canada Pavilion at the Venice Biennale, an architectural gem designed by Milan’s famous Studio BBPR and recently restored, along with its gardens, by the National Gallery of Canada.
  • Totem: The Return of the G'psgolox Pole
    Totem: The Return of the G'psgolox Pole
    Gil Cardinal 2003 1 h 10 min
    This feature-length documentary traces the journey of the Haisla people to reclaim the G'psgolox totem pole that went missing from their British Columbia village in 1929. The fate of the 19th century traditional mortuary pole remained unknown for over 60 years until it was discovered in a Stockholm museum where it is considered state property by the Swedish government.

    Director Gil Cardinal combines interviews, striking imagery and rare footage of master carvers to raise questions about ownership and the meaning of Indigenous objects held in museums.
  • This Is Your Museum Speaking
    This Is Your Museum Speaking
    Lynn Smith 1979 12 min
    This animated short features a night watchman who, with his dog Fang, discovers that museums are not just a collection of dusty old artefacts. With humour, the film shows how the past is very much alive and connected to our present.
  • Totem: Return and Renewal
    Totem: Return and Renewal
    Gil Cardinal 2007 23 min
    In this follow-up to his 2003 film, Totem: the Return of the G'psgolox Pole, filmmaker Gil Cardinal documents the events of the final journey of the G'psgolox Pole as it returns home to Kitamaat and the Haisla people, from where it went missing in 1929.

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