Shadow Maker: Gwendolyn MacEwen, Poet

Shadow Maker: Gwendolyn MacEwen, Poet
Directed byBrenda Longfellow
Written byBrenda Longfellow
Based onShadow Maker: The Life of Gwendolyn MacEwen by Rosemary Sullivan
Produced byAnita Herczeg
Narrated byLinda Griffiths
CinematographyZoe Dirse
Edited byCathy Gulkin
Music byErnie Toller
Production
company
Gerda Film Productions
Release date
  • September 9, 1998 (1998-09-09) (TIFF)
Running time
58 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Shadow Maker: Gwendolyn MacEwen, Poet is a Canadian short documentary film, directed by Brenda Longfellow and released in 1998.[1] Based in part on Rosemary Sullivan's 1995 biography Shadow Maker: The Life of Gwendolyn MacEwen, the film is a portrait of the life and work of Canadian poet Gwendolyn MacEwen.[1]

The film had its theatrical premiere on February 24, 1998, at the John Spotton Theatre in Toronto,[2] before being broadcast on March 4 as an episode of TVOntario's documentary series The View from Here.[1]

The film won the Genie Award for Best Short Documentary at the 19th Genie Awards in 1999.[3]

  1. ^ a b c Janice Kennedy, "TVO presents biography of extraordinary poet". Ottawa Citizen, March 4, 1998.
  2. ^ "A daily look at what's happening around Toronto". The Globe and Mail, February 24, 1998.
  3. ^ Doug Foley, "Red Violin right in tune with Genie voters". Hamilton Spectator, February 5, 1999.