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School for the Contemporary Arts fonds Westman, Tony
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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.

Breakfall

"A high school student finds out there is no meaning to life." [Program for 1978/79 SFU Student Workshop Films showing, 15 June 1979]

In Black and White

Also held by "Moving Images Distribution" in video and 16mm formats: "This work asks the viewer to re-examine the right of the police to harass adults because of their sexual preferences. A careful, precise film which raises the question in a reserved and understated style." 10 min., b/w, 1979 [http://www.movingimages ca/catalogue/Experimental/Experimental_m.html#RTFToC38b]. "Television, washroom sex, and state repression." [Program for 1978/79 SFU Student Workshop Films showing, 15 June 1979]

Lotus Shadow

"A girl and forced marriage. Second prize winner of the 1979 B.C. film festival." [Program for 1978/79 SFU Student Workshop Films showing, 15 June 1979]

Felix

"A mad little film about a down-and-out hippie whose search for a hidden cache of Acapulco gold leads him on a chase reminiscent of Max Sennett and Laurel and Hardy. Peter Bryant wrote, directed and starred in the film. Cameraman was Tony Westman." [1968/69 film workshop description]; "A half hour comedy about a bunch of hippies trying to sneak past a police trap in order to pick up one kilo of dope." [Russell Stephens, "Move over, Fassbinder," The Peak, 13 June 1979, p. 6] "Won the Famous Players Award for best student film" in 1969. [Stephens, "Move over, Fassbinder," The Peak, 13 June 1979, p. 6]