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Oasis in the Desert

"A documentary look at storefront fundamentalism on Vancouver’s skid road. Shot in black and white by Ronald Precious, [the film] is a five minute portrait of Melinda Thorne, a black Chicago missionary who ministers to the down and outs in our own city." [Michael Walsh, "Student film mood: Calmness supplants revolution," ca. 1973 article]; "(Filmmaker's first 16mm documentary film, shot in Double-X and Plus-X Negative.) The film deals with the work of one woman, Malinda [sic?] Thorne and her efforts to relieve some of the loneliness and despair experienced by those living in Vancouver's Skidrow." [Spring Arts Festival, March 11-April 8, S.F.U. Film Workshop Productions 1973, program]. Precious (director) continues to work in film: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0695731/. He was also part of primary film crews during Greenpeace's early days (1975-79): http://rexweyler.com/greenpeace/greenpeace-history/characters/.

Nothing Special

"(6 1/2 minutes) 16mm colour educational film. A chldren's film posing moral questions in the Eastern tradition." [1977/78 SFU Film Workshop Productions program]

Northern Lines

Also held by "Moving Images Distribution" in 16mm format: "Freight trains, shot from directly above, weave complex patterns of form,colour, and motion in this beautifully controlled film painting. A fresh vision of the industrial landscape. Awards: CNE Certificate of Merit; Jury Award (INSTITUT QU?âB?âCOIS DU CIN?âMA), [14th] Canadian Student Film Festival." 13 min., 1982 [http://www.movingimages.ca/catalogue/Experimental/Experimental_r.html#RTFToC52a]

Noohalk

"A documentary on the people of Bella Coola in the north coast of British Columbia by Peter Bryant, Don Shaw, Tony Westman and Peter Goudie." [1968/69 film workshop description]; Indigenous-related material.

No Entry

"'Bizarre and listless emotional traumas, compounds of jealousy and boredom, worrisome smells, all flourished in the lush atmosphere of anonymous gloom, and no eye contact. What you see is what you can't get, and for which you go rotten. Our hero is one of millions'" [SFU 74/75 Film Workshop Showcase program]. "A 'drama' about a young man who goes to the movies and has a series of erotic fantasies about the young woman selling tickets." [Handwritten notes (author unknown), 21 May 1975, in arrangement & description section of F-232 collection file]

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