Richard Patton

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Not in Front of the Children

Oct 26, 1982

Not in Front of the Children

1982 100 min 1 vues

Divorced for two years, Nancy Caruthers, asks her new lover, Paul Adams, a medical student, to move in. She has custody of her two daughters, but this new living arrangement prompts her ex-husband, Richard to sue for custody, based on moral grounds. He does not really want the girls to live with him, but his strict religious background will not allow him to stand by and let them be raised in an atmosphere of 'sin.'

Drama

1

Potlatch...a strict law bids us dance

Jan 01, 1975

Potlatch...a strict law bids us dance

1975 54 min 1 vues

Presents the history of the conflict between the Canadian government and the Kwakiutl Indians of the Northwest Pacific over the ritual of the Potlatch. Archival photographs and films, wax roll sound recordings, police reports, the original potlatch files, and correspondence of agents form the basis of the reconstruction of period events, while the film centres on a Potlatch given today by the Cranmer family of Alert Bay.

Documentary

1

Potlatch...a strict law bids us dance

Jan 01, 1975

Potlatch...a strict law bids us dance

1975 54 min 1 vues

Presents the history of the conflict between the Canadian government and the Kwakiutl Indians of the Northwest Pacific over the ritual of the Potlatch. Archival photographs and films, wax roll sound recordings, police reports, the original potlatch files, and correspondence of agents form the basis of the reconstruction of period events, while the film centres on a Potlatch given today by the Cranmer family of Alert Bay.

Documentary

6.2

Comme un oiseau sur la branche

May 18, 1990

Comme un oiseau sur la branche

1990 110 min 942 vues

Presents the history of the conflict between the Canadian government and the Kwakiutl Indians of the Northwest Pacific over the ritual of the Potlatch. Archival photographs and films, wax roll sound recordings, police reports, the original potlatch files, and correspondence of agents form the basis of the reconstruction of period events, while the film centres on a Potlatch given today by the Cranmer family of Alert Bay.

Action

1

Man Who Chooses the Bush

Jan 01, 1975

Man Who Chooses the Bush

1975 28 min 1 vues

This short documentary follows Frank Ladouceur, a man who lives alone for months at a time, trapping muskrat in the vast, desolate wilderness of northern Alberta. He receives no visitors, and rarely voyages to his family home in Fort Chipewyan. What some may consider an unthinkably lonely, isolated existence is the calling of this fiercely independent Métis man. Remarkably determined and self-sufficient, Frank makes his home in the wild bush.

Documentary

1

The Forests and Vladimir Krajina

Jan 01, 1978

The Forests and Vladimir Krajina

1978 29 min 1 vues

Visually seductive, this film uncovers a few hard truths under the packaging. Dr. Vladimir Krajina, botanist and teacher, is waging a successful battle in British Columbia for the creation of ecological reserves. He explains the importance of such sanctuaries and why people must know and respect nature's laws if the future needs of industry and the desire for a high quality of life are to be reconciled.

Documentary

1

Ikwe

Jan 01, 1986

Ikwe

1986 58 min 1 vues

A young Ojibwa girl from 1770 marries a Scottish fur trader and leaves home for the shores of Georgian Bay. Although the union is beneficial for her tribe, it results in hardship and isolation for Ikwe. Values and customs clash until, finally, the events of a dream Ikwe once had unfold with tragic clarity.

Drama

5.8

Skip Tracer

Aug 27, 1977

Skip Tracer

1977 95 min 8 vues

An accomplished repo man from Vancouver takes a new hire under his wing, while their morals and limits are tested on the job.

Crime