We Are Young (film)

We Are Young
Directed by	Alexander Hammid Francis Thompson
Release date	21 April 1967 (1967-04-21)
Running time	20 minutes
Country	Canada
Budget	over $1 million

We Are Young is a 1967 Canadian multi-screen documentary short film which was first presented in Montreal at Expo 67.

The film was screened in a 12-sided theatre inside the Canadian Pacific Railway–Cominco Pavilion with capacity for 545 people. ^[1] We Are Young was presented again in 1968 at the same site for the continuing exhibition, Man and His World. ^[1]

Premise

The film concerned youth, featuring young persons in various scenes such as action scenes on horseback and on motorcycles. ^[2]

Production

The production budget was over one million dollars. ^[3] It was filmed with three Arriflex cameras. ^[4] The film was presented on six screens, three wide by two tall. ^{[5] [6]}

References

1. "What you'll see again at the big fair". The Gazette. Montreal. 17 May 1968. p. B-3. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
2. Daniell, Constance (6 July 1967). "Expo 67 'Turns On' Youthful Imaginations". The Milwaukee Journal. p. 5. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
3. Plumptre, Timothy (23 May 1967). "First to give youth its own showcase, Expo provides a club for teeny boppers". The Globe and Mail. p. 10.
4. Pope, Norris (2013). Chronicle of a Camera: The Arriflex 35 in North America, 1945-1972. University Press of Mississippi. p. 51. ISBN   9781617037429 . Retrieved 3 September 2015.
5. Highmore, Ben (2010). "8: Into the Labyrinth: Phantasmagoria at Expo 67". In Richman Kenneally, Rhona; Sloan, Johanne (eds.). Expo 67: Not Just a Souvenir. University of Toronto Press. ISBN   9781442660212 . Retrieved 3 September 2015.
6. Kostelanetz, Richard (2013). A Dictionary of the Avant-Gardes (2, revised ed.). Routledge. ISBN   9781136806209 . Retrieved 3 September 2015.

External links

• We Are Young at IMDb