Colin Low (52)

A Pinto for the Prince
Colin Low et John Spotton 1979 16 min
In 1977, Prince Charles was inducted as honorary chief of the Káínaa on their reserve in southwestern Alberta. The ceremony, conducted in the great Circle of the Sun Dance, commemorated the centennial anniversary of the original signing of Treaty 7 by Queen Victoria.
The Winds of Fogo
Colin Low 1969 20 min
Fogo is a windswept island off the coast of Newfoundland where the inhabitants for generations have lived by, on and from the sea. In this film William Wells, fisherman, and his two sons take a day off from the nets for a journey to the gannet colony on the Funk Islands, fifty miles farther out to sea. There are exceptional close-up views of enormous flocks of seabirds swarming on the cliffs and in the sky.
Billy Crane Moves Away
Colin Low 1967 17 min
This short documentary features Newfoundland fisherman Billy Crane, who speaks frankly on the state of the inshore fishery and how the lack of government support has contributed to the industry’s downfall. He is being forced to leave home to seek employment in Toronto. This film was made with the Challenge for Change program.
Joe Kinsella on Education
Colin Low 1967 7 min
Joe Kinsella talks about the problem of young people leaving Fogo Island after they finish their education.
Dan Roberts on Fishing
Colin Low 1967 16 min
Through the use of film as a means of communication, the people of Fogo Island, Newfoundland, voice some of their daily concerns. This film looks at the success of the longliner and the problems encountered in obtaining and running it.
The Children of Fogo Island
Colin Low 1967 17 min
This short film from Colin Low presents the problems faced by the people of Fogo Island, Newfoundland and what keeps them committed to the land. Witness some of the magic of the island, as seen through the eyes of children, and understand why its inhabitants cling to its shores.
The Founding of the Co-operatives
Colin Low 1967 21 min
A record of the founding meeting of the Fogo Island Ship Building and Producer Co-operative.
William Wells Talks About the Island
Colin Low 1967 11 min
William Wells defends the viability of Fogo Island and expresses his apprehension about the exodus of young people.
Discussion on Welfare
Colin Low 1967 6 min
A discussion about the effects of welfare on Fogo Island residents.
Some Problems of Fogo
Colin Low 1967 21 min
By using film as a means of communication, the people of Fogo Island, Newfoundland, voice some of their daily concerns and thoughts about the future. Some of the problems discussed are the fishermen's unions, the fish plant, able-bodied men on welfare, the problems of education, and the issue of the consolidation of schools.
A Wedding and Party
Colin Low 1967 10 min
In this short film, we witness two Fogo Island festivities: a Roman Catholic wedding in Joe Batts Arm South and a party with music and dancing in Joe Batts Arm North.
Fishermen's Meeting
Colin Low 1967 27 min
By using film as a means of communication, the people of Fogo Island, Newfoundland, voice some of their daily concerns. In this film, some of the problems discussed are the lack of fish and the inability to market any species but cod.
The Days of Whiskey Gap
Colin Low 1961 28 min
Rousing tales of the North-West Mounted Police are brought to life through photos and artists' sketches. In 1873, the North-West Mounted Police were established to maintain law and order in the North-West Territories. They undertook a trek from Fort Dufferin, south of Winnipeg, to Fort Whoop-up, near present-day Lethbridge, Alberta. The force raised the flag and proclaimed the Queen's law, ensuring that the Canadian West would not become a lawless American-style frontier.
The Fogo Island Improvement Committee
Colin Low 1967 13 min
The Fogo Island Improvement Committee discusses the building of a speaking platform for the anticipated visit of the Newfoundland premier.
Jim Decker's Party
Colin Low 1967 6 min
A rollicking Newfoundland party on Fogo Island.
The Songs of Chris Cobb
Colin Low 1967 7 min
By using film as a means of communication, the people of Fogo Island, Newfoundland, voice some of their daily concerns. In this film, Islander Chris Cobb sings his own songs and recites his poems about the old days and the recent changes on Fogo.
Citizen Discussions
Colin Low 1967 28 min
By using film as a means of communication, the people of Fogo Island, Newfoundland, voice some of their concerns. This film discusses efforts to obtain provincial support for the United Maritimes Fisheries Co-op to run the Seldom fish plant, and comments on the subsequent decision by the Newfoundland government in favour of the Yellow Fish Company.
Tom Best on Co-operatives
Colin Low 1967 12 min
A discussion of the problems and efficacy of a fishermen's cooperative.
The Merchant and the Teacher
Colin Low 1967 13 min
This short film presents a discussion about the role of merchants on Fogo Island, and of the feasibility of cooperatives.
Brian Earle on Merchants and Welfare
Colin Low 1967 10 min
A look at the relationships among the Fogo Island merchants and fishermen, and at the demoralizing effects welfare has on them.
McGraths at Home and Fishing
Colin Low 1967 11 min
A discussion about Fogo Island fishing, with some criticisms of the longliners.
Moving Pictures
Colin Low 2000 47 min
This multi-layered Colin Low documentary offers a visual exploration of his personal collection of war etchings and woodcuts. Collected over 5 decades, these images, including extremely detailed miniatures, were nearly impossible to accurately capture on film. The images so fascinated and haunted Low that he shot them in 35 mm and developed techniques - used here for the first time - to show the fine lines of stamps and the microscopic details of tiny copperplate etchings with startling clarity. In Moving Pictures, Low traces his growing awareness of war, the perversion of art into propaganda, and the technological advances that have led to more efficient creation and dissemination of images - as well as more effective weapons of mass destruction.
Andrew Britt at Shoal Bay
Colin Low 1967 14 min
By using film as a means of communication, the people of Fogo Island, Newfoundland, voice some of their daily concerns. This film discusses fishermen's cooperation, the need for a fish plant, and adult education.
Two Cabinet Ministers
Colin Low 1967 18 min
A discussion between Eric Jones, M.P.P. for Fogo Island, and John Crosbie, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, on the role of the Fogo Island Improvement Committee and the feasibility of supra-island government.
Thoughts on Fogo and Norway
Colin Low 1967 16 min
A discussion on the methods of fishing, marketing, organization and welfare in Norway, with reference to the situation on Fogo Island.
Introduction to Fogo Island
Colin Low 1968 16 min
This film introduces the Fogo Island/Newfoundland Project series which is an experiment in how film can be a catalyst for social change by serving as a direct means of communication. It gives some basic facts about Fogo Island, Newfoundland, and explains why it was chosen for the film project.
Momentum
Colin Low et Tony Ianzelo 1992 20 min
Côtoyez un brise-glace. Plongez dans une vallée encaissée. Fendez l'air dans le nez profilé d'un avion à réaction. Filez sur un lac gelé de l'Arctique en traîneau à chiens. Portrait cinématographique spectaculaire du Canada et de son riche patrimoine culturel, Momentum crève l'écran--et vous va droit au cœur. Film sans paroles.
"When I Go ... That's It!"
Colin Low , George C. Stoney , … 1972 11 min
Ex-fisherman Billy Crane in Brampton, Ontario, at an industrial job with regular hours. Here he tells why he left Fogo Island and says he has no regrets. (See also Billy Crane Moves Away.)
The Hutterites
Colin Low 1964 27 min
The followers of religious leader Jacob Hutter live in farm communities, devoutly holding to the rules their founder laid down four centuries ago. Through the kindness of a Hutterite colony in Alberta, this film, in black and white, was made inside the community and shows all aspects of the Hutterites' daily life.
The Mercer Family
Colin Low 1967 9 min
The Mercer family discusses the pressures that force the young people to leave Fogo Island and their families.
The Story of the Up Top
Colin Low 1967 8 min
The story of how one Fogo Island family managed to raise an old passenger boat from where it had been sitting for four years, and to renovate it for use as a fishing boat, despite lack of capital and government aid.
Universe
Roman Kroitor et Colin Low 1960 28 min
A triumph of film art, creating on the screen a vast, awe-inspiring picture of the universe as it would appear to a voyager through space, this film was among the sources used by Stanley Kubrick in his 2001: A Space Odyssey. Realistic animation takes you into far regions of space, beyond the reach of the strongest telescope, past Moon, Sun, and Milky Way into galaxies yet unfathomed.
City Out of Time
Colin Low 1959 15 min
This Colin Low documentary from 1959 depicts Venice in all its splendor. In the tradition of Venetian painter Canaletto, the film captures the great Italian city’s elusive beauty and fabled landscapes, where spired churches and turreted palaces soar into a blue Mediterranean sky. Narration by William Shatner.
Notre univers
Roman Kroitor et Colin Low 1960 27 min
Court métrage sur le fonctionnement de l’univers. Grâce à la photographie, à l'animation, aux effets spéciaux, le spectateur est entraîné dans un voyage au pays des étoiles. Aux confins de la Lune, de Mars, de Vénus, de Mercure, il atteindra Pluton, à 6,4 milliards de kilomètres du Soleil; il ira au-delà des myriades de soleils les plus proches, jusqu'aux nuages d'étoiles et aux nébuleuses. Ce film a été choisi par Stanley Kubrick pour la réalisation d'effets spéciaux dans son film 2001 : l'odyssée de l'espace.
The Jolifou Inn
Colin Low 1955 10 min
This short film depicts Canada as it was a hundred years ago, as seen through the paintings of artist and adventurer Cornelius Krieghoff. The changing seasons, the Quebec countryside, village life — all were an unending inspiration to Krieghoff.
Corral
Colin Low 1954 11 min
Western ballads played on guitar are the only sounds used in this romantic portrait of a cowboy. He rounds up wild horses, lassoing one of the high-spirited animals in the corral, and then goes for a glorious plunging ride across the spectacular Rocky Mountain foothills of Alberta.
The Romance of Transportation in Canada
Colin Low 1952 11 min
A light-hearted animated short about how Canada's vast distances and great obstacles were overcome by settlers. The story is told with a tongue-in-cheek seriousness and takes us from the intrepid trailblazers of long ago to the aircraft of today and tomorrow.
Jim Decker Builds a Longliner
Colin Low 1967 19 min
By using film as a catalyst for change, the people of Fogo Island, Newfoundland, voice some of their daily concerns. This film shows how one of the Islanders built a longliner (a fishing boat using long lines) with the help of his friends, overcoming the problems of financing and the lack of tools and government support.
Le soleil perdu
Colin Low 1961 29 min
Tourné dans les plaines d'Alberta, ce court métrage documentaire montre pour la première fois la Danse du Soleil. Véritable document ethnologique, il raconte par la bouche de Pete-qui-va-tout-seul, jeune Indien qui appartient au pétrole et aux superstructures d'acier, le drame d'une civilisation qui meurt.
Fogo's Expatriates
Colin Low 1967 15 min
Individuals who have moved away from Fogo Island express their opinions on the life and problems of the Island.
In the Labyrinth
Roman Kroitor , Colin Low , … 1979 21 min
A film without commentary in which multiple images, sometimes complementary, sometimes contrasting, draw the viewer through the different stages of a labyrinth. The tone of the film moves from great joy to wrenching sorrow; from stark simplicity to ceremonial pomp. It is life as it is lived by the people of the world, each one, as the film suggests, in a personal labyrinth.

In the Labyrinth was first released as a multi-screen presentation for Chamber III of the Labyrinth at Expo 67. These separate images were integrated into a single strand of film, using a "five-on-one" cinematic technique.
A Woman's Place
Colin Low 1967 16 min
Two women discuss the roles and problems of women, education, and shopping on Fogo Island.
Momentum
Colin Low et Tony Ianzelo 1992 20 min
Go head-to-head with an icebreaker. Plunge down a twisting mountain gorge. Soar through the clouds in the nosecone of a jet, then speed along with a dog team as it races across a frozen Arctic lake. A sweeping, moving tribute to Canada's stunning geography and rich cultural heritage, Momentum leaps off your screen--and touches your heart. Filmed entirely in IMAX, this film wowed audiences from around the world when it premiered at Expo 92 in Seville, Spain, the greatest world's fair of the last quarter century.
Standing Alone
Colin Low 1982 57 min
Pete Standing Alone est un Indien du sang qui, en tant que jeune homme, était plus à l'aise dans la culture de l'homme blanc que le sien. Cependant, confronté à la prise de conscience que ses enfants connaissaient très peu leurs origines, il est devenu déterminé à leur transmettre les coutumes et les traditions de ses ancêtres. Ce film d'une heure est la puissante étude biographique d'une période de vingt-cinq ans dans la vie de Pete, de ses débuts en tant que roughneck, rodeo rider et cow-boy, jusqu'à présent en tant qu'Autochtone soucieux de préserver la spiritualité de sa tribu face à un âge industriel orienté vers l'énergie.
Standing Alone
Colin Low 1982 57 min
Pete Standing Alone of the Kainai Nation was more at home in the White man's culture than his own as a young man. However, confronted with the realization that his children knew very little about their origins, he became determined to pass down to them the customs and traditions of his ancestors. This hour-long film is the powerful biographical study of a twenty-five-year span in Pete's life, from his early days as an oil-rig roughneck, rodeo rider and cowboy, to the present as an Indigenous man concerned with preserving his Nation's spiritual heritage in the face of an energy-oriented industrial age.
City of Gold
Colin Low et Wolf Koenig 1957 21 min
This classic short film from Pierre Berton depicts the Klondike gold rush at its peak, when would-be prospectors struggled through harsh conditions to reach the fabled gold fields over 3000 km north of civilization. Using a collection of still photographs, the film juxtaposes the Dawson City at the height of the gold rush with its bustling taverns and dance halls with the more tranquil Dawson City of the present.
Circle of the Sun
Colin Low 1960 29 min
This short documentary by Colin Low is an invitation to a gathering of the Káínaa of Alberta - as the Sun Dance is captured on film for the first time. The film shows how the theme of the circle reflects the bands' connection to wildlife and also addresses the predicament of the young generation, those who have relinquished their ties with their own culture but have not yet found a firm place in a changing world.
Sports et transports!
Colin Low 1953 14 min
Dans un tourbillon de couleurs et de fantaisie verbale, ce court métrage d’animation raconte l'histoire des moyens de transport utilisés au Canada, depuis le canot d'écorce des autochtones jusqu'à la soucoupe volante des rêveurs de notre siècle, en passant par la diligence, le voilier, le bateau à vapeur, la charrette, le train, l'automobile et l'avion. Ce film a remporté la Palme d'or du meilleur court métrage d'animation au Festival de Cannes en 1953. Il a aussi été le premier film d'animation de l'ONF en nomination aux Oscars la même année.
Capitale de l'or
Colin Low et Wolf Koenig 1957 21 min
Documentaire nous faisant revivre l’époque de Dawson City et de la Ruée vers l'or de 1897. Cette folle aventure est recréée grâce à des photographies d'époque.
Ville intemporelle
Colin Low 1959 15 min
Un coup d'oeil sur Venise, ses habitants, ses touristes. Mais surtout un aperçu de ses splendides richesses artistiques. Tourné à l'occasion de l'ouverture du Pavillon canadien à la Biennale de Venise.
Le temps et la terre
Colin Low 1948 10 min
Des millions d'années défilent en dix minutes : ce court métrage d'animation raconte l'histoire géologique du Canada. Des volcans couvraient jadis une grande partie du territoire, battus au cours des âges par la pluie et le vent, ils se sont désagrégés. Pendant d'autres millénaires, les fleuves charrient le limon et, peu à peu, la terre est submergée; seule, une île résiste : le Bouclier canadien. Après quoi le plancher de la mer se tord sous des pressions terribles et dresse vers le ciel ses roches stratifiées : nos montagnes se forment. C'est ensuite la période glaciaire qui voit naître nos rivières et nos lacs. Aujourd'hui encore, jamais pressée, l'évolution se poursuit sourdement sous nos yeux.
Dans le labyrinthe
Roman Kroitor , Colin Low , … 1981 21 min
Dans la diversité des pays, des climats, des races et des sociétés, les rites, les croyances, la présence de la nature assurent une certaine permanence et aident chacun à traverser le mystère de l'existence. Conçu pour le pavillon Labyrinthe de l'Exposition universelle de 1967, ce film à écrans multiples se veut une interprétation moderne de la légende de Thésée et du Minotaure.

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