Produced on the occasion of Kino Lorber's Blu-Ray release of Patricia Rozema's I've Heard the Mermaids Singing (1988), filmmaker and film scholar Daniel Kremer narrates a seldom-recounted history of Canadian independent cinema, showcasing ...See moreProduced on the occasion of Kino Lorber's Blu-Ray release of Patricia Rozema's I've Heard the Mermaids Singing (1988), filmmaker and film scholar Daniel Kremer narrates a seldom-recounted history of Canadian independent cinema, showcasing a wide variety of little seen works from that "quiet nation up north" and tracing how these pictures paved the way for Rozema's masterwork. As the old joke goes, "What's the difference between yogurt and Canada? Yogurt has a culture." This video essay begs to differ and illustrates what constitutes a Canadian sensibility in cinema. Written by
Public Shore Films
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