Blackwood (film)
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Blackwood is a 1976 Canadian short documentary film
about Canadian artist David Blackwood
, directed by Tony Ianzelo
and Andy Thomson. Narration is provided by Gordon Pinsent
. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short
.
Documentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
about Canadian artist David Blackwood
David Blackwood
David Lloyd Blackwood, CM, O.Ont is a Canadian artist.Blackwood is known chiefly for his intaglio prints, often depicting dramatic historical scenes of Newfoundland outport life and industry, such as shipwrecks, seal hunting, iceberg encounters, and resettlement...
, directed by Tony Ianzelo
Tony Ianzelo
Tony Ianuzielo, CM, RCA is a Canadian documentary director and cinematographer.He was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and attended Toronto’s Ryerson Polytechnical School...
and Andy Thomson. Narration is provided by Gordon Pinsent
Gordon Pinsent
Gordon Edward Pinsent, CC, FRSC is a Canadian television, theatre and film actor.-Early life:Pinsent, the youngest of six children, was born in Grand Falls, Newfoundland, the son of Flossie ; originally from Clifton, Newfoundland, and Stephen Arthur Pinsent, a papermill worker and cobbler;...
. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short
Academy Award for Documentary Short Subject
This is a list of films by year that have received an Oscar together with the other nominations for best documentary short subject. Following the Academy's practice, the year listed for each film is the year of release: the awards are announced and presented early in the following year.-1940s:*1941...
.