Blake (film)

Blake
Film poster
Directed byBill Mason
Written by
  • Bill Mason
  • Blake James
Produced byDouglas Jackson
StarringBlake James
Narrated byBill Mason
Cinematography
  • Bill Mason
  • Blake James
Edited byBill Mason
Music by
  • Blake James
  • Laurent Coderre
Production
company
Distributed byNational Film Board of Canada
Release date
  • 1969 (1969)
Running time
19 min., 17 sec.
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish
Budget$47,077[1]

Blake is a 1969 Canadian short documentary film produced by the National Film Board of Canada (NFB).[2] The film was directed by Bill Mason, and his fellow filmmaker Blake James, who pilots his own aircraft and lives by a unique code.[3] Blake is Mason's cinematic testimonial to his friend and his "hobo of the skies" lifestyle.[4][Note 1]

  1. ^ Evans 1991, p. 152.
  2. ^ "Blake". onf-nfb.gc.ca. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
  3. ^ Lerner 1997, p. 1713.
  4. ^ "Collection: 'Blake'. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved: January 10, 2016.
  5. ^ Buck 2005, p. 160.


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