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Jacob's harvest [videorecording] / by Jenkins, Rebecca.; Pogue, Ken.; Shackelford, Ted.; White, Ron.(CARDINAL)818907;
Director of photography, Maris Jansons ; editor, Lara Mazur ; composer, Ron Halldorson.Ted Shackelford, Rebecca Jenkins, Ken Pogue, Ron White.Filmed entirely in Manitoba, Canada.Without a word of explanation, on the day before his wedding, Jacob Hansen (Shackelford) walks away, leaving Maddy, his bride-to-be, his father, brother Dan, and the family farm he was to inherit. Twenty years later Jake returns to find Dan (White) and Maddy (Jenkins) married and running the farm with the help of their children and his father (Pogue). Jacob's father is overjoyed at the return of his son, but feelings of bitterness arise between the brothers, and the complex feelings and needs of each family member come into play. Battling a mysterious blight that threatens to destroy the farm, they struggle to understand their fears, overcome the past, and express their love.VHS.
Subjects: Family; Farm life; Feature films.;
© [1995], Distributed ... by Feature Films for Families,
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Last train home [videorecording] Gui tu lie che / by Alary, Olivier,1975-; Aung-Thwin, Mila.pro; Chen, Suqin.ive; Cross, Daniel.pro; Fan, Lixin.drt; Tang, Tingsui; Zhang, Changhua.ive; Zhang, Qin.ive; Zhang, Yang.(CARDINAL)510039; Channel Four (Great Britain)(CARDINAL)190938; Eyesteelfilm (Firm); Independent Television Service.(CARDINAL)219292; Rogers Group of Funds.; SuperChannel (Television network); Telefilm Canada.(CARDINAL)177727; TV5Monde (Television network); Zeitgeist Films.;
Editors, Lixin Fan, Mary Stephen ; director of photography, Lixin Fan ; music, Olivier Alary ; story editor, Daniel Cross.Changhua Zhang, Qin Zhang, Suqin Chen, Yang Zhang, Tingsui Tang.Every spring, China's cities are plunged into chaos as an astonishing 130 million migrant workers journey to their home villages for the New Year's holiday. This mass exodus is the largest human migration on the planet, an epic spectacle that reveals a country tragically caught between its rural past and industrial future. Working over several years in classic verite, Chinese-Canadian filmmaker Lixin Fan travels with one couple who have embarked on this annual trek for almost two decades.Not rated.DVD ; NTSC, region 1 ; widescreen ; stereo.Winner, Best Documentary 2010, Los Angeles Film Critics ; Winner, Best Feature-length Documentary, 2009 Amsterdam International Documentary Film Festival ; Winner, Best Feature, 2010 Big Sky Documentary Film Festival.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Nonfiction films.; Feature films.; Families; Migrant labor; Migration, Internal; Rural-urban migration;
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