Film Record: “and–”

Stills 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

Country of Production:

Canada

Duration:

00:05:00

Length:

135 ft

Format:

28mm

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:

Dennis J. Duffy.“Evangelists”: The Other Cinema of Dorothy and Oscar Burritt." (2019) https://www.amateurcinema.org/index.php/article/evangelists-the-other-cinema-of-dorothy-and-oscar-burritt

Locations:

• Vancouver, B.C. (Filming)

Subjects:

• Arts
•      Motion pictures
•           Abstract films

Genre:

• Experimental

Form:

• Short

Repository:

Library and Archives Canada

Video Link:

• The complete silent film, with music track added.

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