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I don't have to work that big /

A short documentary about sculptor Joe Fafard. Joe knows cows. He knows the way they tuck in their forelegs to lie down and ruminate, the way a calf romps in the barnyard. He also knows his friends and neighbors of the farming community of Pense, Saskatchewan. And he sculpts them all, in clay, in el...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: National Film Board of Canada (Producer)
Other Authors: McKennirey, Michael (Director)
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:This edition in English.
Published: Montreal, QC : National Film Board of Canada, 1973.
Series:Art and architecture in video
Subjects:
Fafard, Joe, > 1942-2019.
Fafard, Joe, > 1942-2019
Sculptors > Canada.
Sculpteurs > Canada.
Sculptors.
Canada.
Documentary film.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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Summary:A short documentary about sculptor Joe Fafard. Joe knows cows. He knows the way they tuck in their forelegs to lie down and ruminate, the way a calf romps in the barnyard. He also knows his friends and neighbors of the farming community of Pense, Saskatchewan. And he sculpts them all, in clay, in eloquent little miniatures. Joe's work has been exhibited throughout Canada as well as in Paris and New York. Here you see what he does.
Item Description:Title from resource description page (viewed Apr. 10, 2014).
Physical Description:1 online resource (27 min.).
Playing Time:00:27:29
Production Credits:Director/editing, Michael McKennirey ; producer, John N. Smith ; photography, Barry Perles ; sound, Jacques Drouin, Jacques Rousseau ; sound editing, Andre Galbrand, Karl Duplessis ; re-recording, Michel Descombes ; music, Glen Charles Koudelka.