Al Purdy Was Here
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The work Al Purdy Was Here represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Randwick City Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.
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Al Purdy Was Here
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The work Al Purdy Was Here represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Randwick City Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.
- Label
- Al Purdy Was Here
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- What does it take to carve out a career as a poet? Why on earth would anyone attempt it? AL PURDY WAS HERE is the portrait of an artist driven to become a great Canadian poet at a time when the category barely existed. Al Purdy is a charismatic tower of contradictions: a "sensitive man" who whips out a poem in a bar fight; a factory worker who finds grace in an Arctic flower; a mentor to young writers who remained a stranger to sons. Purdy has been called the last, best and most Canadian poet. "Voice of the Land" is engraved on his tombstone. But before finding fame as the country's unofficial poet laureate, he endured years of poverty and failure. Official Selection: **Toronto International Film Festival**
- Cataloging source
- CaSfKAN
- Characteristic
- videorecording
- Date time place
- Originally produced by Films We Like in 2015
- Language note
- In English
- PerformerNote
- Al Purdy, Bruce Cockburn, Eurithe Purdy, Gord Downie, Gordon Pinsent, Joseph Boyden, Margaret Atwood, Michael Ondaatje, Sarah Harmer, Tanya Tagaq
- Runtime
- 92
- Technique
- live action
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