Let the Daylight Into the Swamp
Appearance
Let the Daylight Into the Swamp | |
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Directed by | Jeffrey St. Jules |
Written by | Jeffrey St. Jules |
Produced by | Anita Lee |
Starring | Colombe Demers Pierre Simpson Sean McCann Diana Leblanc |
Narrated by | Matthew Rankin |
Cinematography | John M. Tran |
Edited by | Lawrence Jackman Stephen Philipson |
Music by | Darren Fung |
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Running time | 37 minutes |
Country | Canada |
Let the Daylight Into the Swamp is a 2012 Canadian short docudrama film, directed by Jeffrey St. Jules.[1] Exploring the breakup of his grandparents Donal and Hélène soon after his father's birth, the film is narrated by Matthew Rankin, and dramatizes the original events as acted by a cast that includes Pierre Simpson and Colombe Demers as his grandparents in their youth, and Sean McCann and Diana Leblanc as his grandparents in older age.
The film premiered at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival.[1] It was a Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Short Documentary at the 1st Canadian Screen Awards in 2013,[2] and won the Golden Sheaf Award - Best of Festival and Best Experimental at the Yorkton Film Festival.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Leslie Scrivener, "Into the swamp of family memory: Filmmaker uses poetry, humour to recount relatives' hurtful history". Toronto Star, September 13, 2012.
- ^ Brian D. Johnson, "Introducing the Canadian Screen Awards, and their 2013 nominees". Maclean's, January 15, 2013.
- ^ Shinoah Young, "Regina director wins top Sask. prize". Regina Leader-Post, May 29, 2013.
External links
[edit]- Let the Daylight Into the Swamp at IMDb
- Watch Let the Daylight Into the Swamp on the NFB website
Categories:
- 2012 films
- 2012 short documentary films
- Canadian short documentary films
- National Film Board of Canada short films
- National Film Board of Canada documentaries
- Canadian docudrama films
- Films directed by Jeffrey St. Jules
- Canadian drama short films
- 2010s Canadian films
- English-language Canadian films
- 2010s Canadian film stubs
- 2010s documentary film stubs
- Canadian documentary film stubs