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The Work We Do: An Animation Retrospective

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Craft. Labour. Practice. Drudgery. Vocation. We work every day, sometimes with joy and a sense of fulfillment, sometimes with loathing and a sense of alienation. We labour for pay, for free, or for barter; we exert ourselves for overlords, for ourselves, or for our communities. These animated films from across the country and across the decades reflect on the ups and downs of our experiences as beings who toil and strive. And what medium could be more fitting than the labour-intensive delight of animation? Presented in partnership with Mayworks.

Year
2022
Language
English

9 films in package

The Work We Do and Festival Introduction

Lindsay McIntyre’s homage to the skill and love of work her great-grandmother did on her amauti, animated through Super-16 cinematography

With a turn to the ironic, this 1980’s classic is an ironic riff on classic cartoons, peppered with pop culture references.

Curtailment of Civilian Industries

From the vaults: World War II propaganda paints a picture of labour and consumerism.

You Are Pretty Much On Your Own... The Two Disasters of Homelessness and The Pandemic

Dalhousie School of Social Work’s Jeff Karabanow teams up with illustrator Shannon Long to memorialize the effects of the Covid pandemic on the homeless.

The Housewife provides a 1970’s look a “women’s” work and a quiet celebration of the women who do it.

Jenna Marks’s stop-motion animation brings out the sparkle of documentary interviews with Zoe Leger and Foxy Roxy as they reflect on their work as performers.

The true story of Frank Randolph Macpherson, a Jamaican chemical engineer working in the pulp and paper industry, who inspired Félix Leclerc to write his song about the log drives.

Biidaaban (The Dawn Comes)

Indigenous people have harvested sap for thousands of years. In Biidaaban, a young genderfluid person and a shape-shifter continue this work in an urban setting.

Protected ContentThis content can only be viewed in authorized regions: Canada.

Craft. Labour. Practice. Drudgery. Vocation. We work every day, sometimes with joy and a sense of fulfillment, sometimes with loathing and a sense of alienation. We labour for pay, for free, or for barter; we exert ourselves for overlords, for ourselves, or for our communities. These animated films from across the country and across the decades reflect on the ups and downs of our experiences as beings who toil and strive. And what medium could be more fitting than the labour-intensive delight of animation? Presented in partnership with Mayworks.

Year
2022
Language
English