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Design Canada
''Design Canada'' is a 2018 Canadian documentary film by Vancouver-based designer Greg Durrell and produced by Greg Durrell of Hulse&Durrell, Vancouver; and Jessica Edwards and Gary Hustwit of Film First in Brooklyn, New York. The film recounts the untold story of graphics that "shaped Canada's identity" and iconography that "defined modern Canada"; these include the design of the Canadian flag and the Centennial symbol of Canada, the Federal Identity Program#Canada wordmark, Canada wordmark, icons for National Film Board (NFB), Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), Canadian National Railway, CN Rail, Air Canada, No Name (brand), no name brand, the Roots Canada, Roots beaver, Montreal Expos and the 1976 Summer Olympics. It explores works of a number of Canadian graphic designers in this domain. References External links * *{{IMDb title, 7125748 2018 films English-language Canadian films 2018 documentary films Canadian documentary films 2010s English-language films 2010s C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jessica Edwards
Jessica Edwards is a Canadian-American filmmaker known for her documentary ''Mavis!'' about musician and civil rights figure Mavis Staples. Early career Edwards received a BFA in Cinema from Montreal’s Concordia University and a master's degree in Media Studies from The New School in New York City. She began her career as a film publicist, working with filmmakers including Ang Lee, Sofia Coppola and David Cronenberg. In 2010, she produced and directed her first short documentary ''Seltzer Works'', about Kenny Gomberg, the last seltzer bottler in Brooklyn. The film was broadcast on PBS as part of the documentary series ''POV (TV series), POV'' in August, 2010. ''Tell Me Something'' In 2013, Edwards edited and published ''Tell Me Something: Documentary Filmmakers'', a book of creative advice from 60 filmmakers including Errol Morris, Barbara Kopple, Albert Maysles, Martin Scorsese, Michael Moore, Gary Hustwit, Lucy Walker (director), Lucy Walker, Kim Longinotto, and others. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |