In the spring, we talked to Toronto filmmaker Stephanie Weimar as she had just finished shooting her footage for her upcoming documentary WRITING THE LAND (produced by Primitive Entertainment for CBC Arts and Arte/ZDF), just in the nick of time as Covid struck Canada. When I contact Stephanie in June as we continue to follow two German-Canadian film projects in our series "The Making of", she writes: "Locking Arte today! Shooting for CBC tomorrow! And fine cuts for CBC next Friday!" Lots to talk about:Hello Steph, four months to go and you're knee-deep in the editing process. What will be your opening image to launch and introduce WRITING THE LAND?
Books. Lots of books. And writers. And more books. Continue reading "THE MAKING OF: "WRITING THE LAND",..." »
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