Film Record: “and–”

Still from and- (Digital frame grab from BC Archives V1985:36 item #1).

Identifier:

• 4226 (Source: Library and Archives Canada)
• AAAA0004 (Source: British Columbia Archives)

Date produced: 1940

Filmmaker(s):

Dorothy Burritt

Margaret Roberts

Production credits:

• Dorothy Burritt, producer (as Dorothy Fowler)
• Margaret Roberts, producer

Length:

135 ft

Format:

16mm

Colour:

Colour

Sound Notes:

Silent

Awards/Recognition:

BC Archives list of titled amateur films

Description:

"Perhaps the first experimental film made in British Columbia, this short uses found footage, painted and scratched emulsion, negative and reversed images, chaotic camera movements, and holes punched in the frame and filled with other images. Some portions are hand coloured." (British Columbia Archives.)

Resources:

Duffy, Dennis J. "'Evangelist': The Films of Dorothy (Fowler) Burritt." Royal British Columbia Museum (2017).
"Item AAAA0004 - And--." Douglas S. Wilson collection, British Columbia Archives.

Locations:

• Vancouver, B.C. (Filming)

Subjects:

• Abstract films

Genre:

• Experimental

Form:

• Short

Repository:

Library and Archives Canada

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