Kay Armatage, 1987, English, 54 min, colour
A pioneer of feminist avant-garde cinema, Joyce Wieland explored the crux of nationalism, feminine sexuality, and ecology for more than thirty years in films such as her influential Rat Life and Diet in North America and Reason over Passion. This richly suggestive portrait surveys Wieland’s involvement in structural filmmaking with Michael Snow and Hollis Frampton in the 1960s and her reinvention of women’s crafts in her artwork.
"An astoundingly dynamic piece of filmmaking-an intense marriage
between Armatage and Wieland’s art."
— Carole Corbeil,
Globe and Mail.
Toronto Festival of Festivals,
Award of Excellence San Francisco Film Festival,
Honorable Mention Edinburgh Film Festival
Showing with The Far Shore. Kay Armatage will be in attendance to introduce this double bill.