Dreamers and Doers: 100 Years of Arts and Culture in Alberta

SHOWCASED IN THE CALGARY FILM FESTIVAL IN 2005

Scratch beneath the surface of this province and you won’t just find oil. Speckled amidst the cowboys exists a vibrant world of artists.  From Medicine Hat to Demmitt and Cold Lake to Waterton, this multilayered documentary displays an exciting industry of Albertan dreamers and doers from all artistic disciplines. For this cinematic mosaic, filmmakers filtered over 51 hours of footage they researched of music, dance, art, history, pottery, schools, government, festivals and books. The final compilation is this spectacular one-hour packed full of pure Albertan diversity and features interviews from everyone like Bill Marsden and Jeff Collins to Peter Lougheed and Doris Daley. Is the possibility of Alberta being a rich arts cultured province surprising to hear?  This documentary will make you proud to be an Albertan and certainly show you more than a few gems that you didn’t know about this oil-slinging, yahoo howling province.

Director: David S. Baker
Producer: Marianne Garrah
Cinematographer: David S. Baker
Music: Brian Lackey

Film Series
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Canada, 2005, 60 min.

Series: Reality Reels

Genres: Documentary