present
A Film by Jennifer Baichwal
On the work of renowned Canadian artist, Edward Burtynsky
George Ignatieff Theatre, Trinity College, UToronto
15 Devonshire Place.
Admission $10.00 per person.
Internationally acclaimed for his large-scale photographs of “manufactured landscapes” — quarries, recycling yards, factories, mines and dams.
— Burtynsky creates stunningly beautiful art from civilization’s materials and debris.
The film follows him through China
…With breathtaking sequences, the filmmakers extend the narratives of Burtynsky’s photographs
… MANUFACTURED LANDSCAPES powerfully shifts our consciousness about the world and the way we live in it, without simplistic judgments or reductive resolutions.”
AWARDS include:
Best Canadian Feature - Toronto Film Festival
Best Documentary - Genie Awards
“Our dependence on nature to provide the materials for our consumption and our concern for the health of our planet sets us into an uneasy contradiction. For me, these images function as reflecting pools of our times. “ - Edward Burtynsky
Live Discussion after the viewing, with
Special Guests:
Jennifer Baichwal & Stephen Sharper
Jennifer Baichwal is a multi award-winning filmmaker and partner (with Nick de Pencier) in Mercury Films. Let it Come Down: The Life of Paul Bowles, her first feature documentary, won a 1999 International Emmy for Best Arts Documentary. It premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 1998 and was nominated that year for a Best Feature Documentary Genie Award. It won Best Biography at Hot Docs in 1999 and was picked up for theatrical release by Mongrel Media in Canada, Zeitgeist Films in the U.S., and Uplink in Japan.
Her film, The Holier It Gets, won Best Independent Canadian Film and Best Cultural Documentary at Hot Docs 2000, Geminis for Best Editing and Best Writing and was nominated for the Donald Brittain Award and the Chalmers Documentarian Award. Her current project, Act of God, is a feature documentary on the metaphysical effects of being struck by lightning.
Stephen Sharper's commitment to his faith, a lively sense of humour and passion for his subjects make him a tireless communicator in a variety of media. He has contributed over 200 reviews and articles to numerous scholarly and popular publications. He is Coauthor of the Green Bible which “encourages us to mend our household which is Creation, and to inspire hope that life will continue -- and flourish -- for all Earth's beings." Sharper is Associate Professor for the Centre for the Study of Religion and the Centre for the Environment @ the University of Toronto.
We thank Trinity College and Wycliffe College, University of Toronto for their support.
This event is being produced by John Franklin, Executive Director of Imago and Imbi Medri-Kinnon of story umbrella.
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“Our dependence on nature to provide the materials for our consumption and our concern for the health of our planet sets us into an uneasy contradiction. For me, these images function as reflecting pools of our times.
- Edward Burtynsky.
