Finding Farley

Allison, Leanne, (film director.). Friesen, Tracey, (film producer.). National Film Board of Canada (Montreal), (film producer.).

Summary: When Karsten Heuer and Leanne Allison (Being Caribou), along with their two-year old son Zev and indomitable dog Willow, set out to retrace the literary footsteps of Farley Mowat they meant it literally. Their 5000KM trip -trekking, sailing, portaging and paddling from the Prairies to the Maritimes - is captured in the documentary Finding Farley. They paddle east from Calgary, towards the prairies (the geography of Born Naked and Owls in the Family) and then traverse the same paths that Farley took more than 60 years earlier, which became the foundation for Never Cry Wolf, and People of the Deer. The travelers also get an earful about the long-standing controversy that attends Farley's work. When the family reaches their final destination, Mowat's Nova Scotian summer home, it is, as Karsten says, "An affirmation of what the land and animals had already told us...Stories aren't so much written or created as they are released, expressing what's been there all along.".

Record details

Physical Description: 1 streaming video (62 min., 49 sec.) : sound + 1 study guide
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Publisher: Montreal : National Film Board of Canada, 2010.
Copyright: ©2009

Content descriptions

General Note:	CatMonthString:february.24 Study guide available. Multi-User. CatMonthString:january.24 Agency - English program:.Pacific & Yukon Centre. CatMonthString:march.24 CatMonthString:june.24
Restrictions on Access Note:	No restrictions.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Writer, Leanne Allison ; director, Leanne Allison ; producer, Tracey Friesen ; editor, Janice Brown ; director of photography, Leanne Allison ; location sound recordist, Karsten Heuer ; composer, Dennis Burke ; sound design, Dennis Burke ; animation, Michael Mann ; sound effects editor, Raphael Choi ; executive producer, Tracey Friesen.
Participant or Performer Note:	Narrator, Leanne Allison, Karsten Heuer.
Type of Computer File or Data Note:	Streaming video.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:	Recorded 2009.
Target Audience Note:	13-15.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: Internet. Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:	Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff. Access may be limited to affiliated libraries.
Issuing Body Note:	Made available online by publisher.
Awards Note:	Grand Prize, 2009 People's Choice Prize, 2009
Source of Description Note:	Description based on online resource; title from title screen (National Film Board of Canada, viewed 2024-06-01).