''Trains of Winnipeg'' is a film and multimedia art project by
Clive Holden, released in stages between 2001 and 2004. The final project included a series of 14 short films, designed as visual representations of Holden's poetry, as well as a soundtrack CD and a book.
The short films were scored by Emily Goodden,
Christine Fellows
Christine Fellows (born 1968) is a Canadian folk-pop singer-songwriter from Winnipeg, Manitoba.
History
Born in Windsor, Ontario and raised in France and Kelowna, British Columbia, Fellows lived in Toronto, Vancouver, Guelph and Montreal before ...
,
Jason Tait
Jason Tait is a Canadian musician from Winnipeg, Manitoba. He is the drummer for the Canadian indie rock band The Weakerthans. Tait has also been a contributing member of Broken Social Scene and The FemBots.
Career
Tait played drums for the Pa ...
and Steve Bates; additional contributors on the CD included
John K. Samson and Leanne Zacharias, as well as an archival recording of
Al Purdy
Alfred Wellington Purdy (December 30, 1918 – April 21, 2000) was a 20th-century Canadian free verse poet. Purdy's writing career spanned fifty-six years. His works include thirty-nine books of poetry; a novel; two volumes of memoirs and four b ...
.
The film series won the New Vision Award at the 2005
Copenhagen International Documentary Festival
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.
[Jason Anderson]
"Five for 2006"
''The Globe and Mail
''The Globe and Mail'' is a Canadian newspaper printed in five cities in western and central Canada. With a weekly readership of approximately 2 million in 2015, it is Canada's most widely read newspaper on weekdays and Saturdays, although it ...
'', January 11, 2006.
Films
# "Trains of Winnipeg"
# "18000 Dead In Gordon Head"
# "Love in the White City"
# "F-Movie"
# "Burning Down the Suburbs"
# "Nanaimo Station"
# "The Jew & the Irishman"
# "Saigon Apartments"
# "Bus North to Thompson with Les at the Wheel"
# "Condo"
# "Neighbours Walk Softly"
# "Unbreakable Bones"
# "Active Pass"
# "Hitler! (revisited)"
Album
# "Trains of Winnipeg"
# "Grain Train"
# "18,000 Dead in Gordon Head"
# "Death at Neepawa"
# "Neighbours Walk Softly"
# "Nanaimo Station"
# "Condo"
# "Bus North to Thompson with Les at the Wheel"
# "Wind"
# "Transcona"
# "Babette"
# "Nanoose"
# "Necropsy of Al Purdy"
# "Transience"
# "Unbreakable Bones"
References
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External links
''Trains of Winnipeg''
2001 video albums
2004 films
Canadian anthology films
Christine Fellows albums
John K. Samson albums
Documentary films about rail transport
Documentary films about Canada
Canadian documentary films
English-language Canadian films
2000s English-language films
2000s Canadian films