Blackwood (1976 film)

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Blackwood
Directed by Tony Ianzelo
Andy Thomson
Written byBarry Cowling
Produced by Tom Daly
Colin Low
Narrated by Gordon Pinsent
CinematographyTony Ianzelo
Richard Moras (animation)
Raymond Dumas (animation)
Edited byLes Halman
Music byBen Low
Distributed by National Film Board of Canada
Release date
  • 1976 (1976)
Running time
28 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguagesEnglish, French

Blackwood is a 1976 Canadian short documentary film about Newfoundland artist David Blackwood, directed by Tony Ianzelo and Andy Thomson and narrated by Gordon Pinsent. [1] [2] [3]

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