Dennis Sawyer (6)
Dennis Sawyer
En 30 ans de carrière à l’ONF (1955–1987), Dennis Sawyer a porté une œuvre vaste, non seulement à titre de réalisateur (12 titres) ou de producteur (90 titres), mais également comme monteur (150 titres), technicien du son (4 titres) et membre de la distribution (1 titre). Il a fait ses débuts comme technicien du son et monteur en 1955 et a effectué sa première réalisation en 1970. Il a produit son dernier film en 1987. Au fil de son impressionnant parcours, il a travaillé à des productions portant sur un éventail de sujets, des séries Canada Vignettes et Fogo Island Project à des films sur l’Amérique latine ou l’Afrique. Dennis Sawyer a également réalisé l’inoubliable description des quatre premières éditions des Jeux d’hiver de l’Arctique (de 1970 à 1976), lesquelles présentaient de nombreux sports faisant en général partie des compétitions olympiques, mais en mettant l’accent sur les sports autochtones.
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Schefferville 4th Arctic Winter GamesDennis Sawyer 1976 26 minAn exciting view of the Arctic Winter Games held in Schefferville, northern Québec, in 1976. The events range from table-tennis to curling, and include six indigenous arctic sports. The games spanned seven days of hard competition, as well as a week of sharing common northern experiences and good will. And, despite temperatures of -30C, the participants' enthusiasm created an atmosphere of great warmth, which we witness as the losers congratulate the winners, and the winners apologize. -
The Second Arctic Winter GamesDennis Sawyer 1972 28 minThe Games included many sports seen in Olympic competition, plus others--for example, pirautaqturniq, the Inuit skill of hitting an object with a ten meter-long sled dog whip. This film captures the all-out participation in the week-long events hosted by Whitehorse, capital of the Yukon, with competitors from all over the Arctic including Alaska, and with observers from the Soviet Union.
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"When I Go ... That's It!"Colin Low , George C. Stoney , … 1972 11 minEx-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.)
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Les Troisièmes Jeux d'hiver de l'ArctiqueDennis Sawyer 1974 10 minUn aperçu des faits saillants des troisièmes jeux d'hiver de l'Arctique, présentés à Anchorage, en Alaska, en mars 1974. Les efforts des athlètes témoignent de la vigueur du sport dans ces régions de grands froids.
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New Gold for AlaskaDennis Sawyer 1974 50 minSix days of intense international competition, March, 1974, as Alaska hosts the Third Arctic Winter Games and carries off most of the gold medals. This film reports on the greatly expanded roster of events staged in Anchorage, as single contestants and teams from the Yukon, the Northwest Territories, Arctic Québec, and Alaska match skills in indoor and outdoor sports, on ice and snow, in pool and gymnasium, before crowds of spectators from all over the Arctic and beyond.
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First Arctic Winter GamesDennis Sawyer et R.C. Gibson 1970 25 minA short documentary film about the first Arctic Winter Games, held in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, in 1970. The inaugural edition of this international event was attended by more than 8,000 participants and spectators, including 750 Canadian athletes and 250 athletes from the US. The Games included many sports typically included in Olympic competitions, with a specific focus on Indigenous sports as well.
