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Lullaby

"A satire on married bliss, featuring Jackie Crossland and Dick Bidwell." [1968/69 film workshop description] See notes for Consumption on Jackie Crossland. The film was "good enough to be picked up by Universal Pictures for distribution. … Bryant, following the success of Felix was invited, along with fourteen other film students from across North America, to attend the American Film Institute’s Center for Advanced Studies in Cinema. Following this, Bryant went on to make his first feature film The Supreme Kid, which unfortunately was a commercial failure." [Russell Stephens, "Move over, Fassbinder," The Peak, 13 June 1979, p. 6]. See also http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0117212/.

Metamorphosis 2

"An eerie film, the film maker’s first, about a young man trying to find himself. The film was made for a credit course." [1970/71 film workshop description]

Nail

"A young man deeply involved in hammering nails into various parts of his environment." [SFU Film Workshop Retrospective list]. also Wire. Is this the same Mike Collier (director) who is president of Yaletown Entertainment?: http://www.yaletownentertainment.com/yaletown/. This film is noted as Nail for F-232-item 492, and as Nails for F-232-item 493, but appear to be the same film (same length, same year). Correct title, however, is uncertain (check film to confirm).

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]

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.

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]

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]

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/.

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