DIRS. MICHÈLE HOZER & PETER RAYMONT | 2011 | CANADA | 95 MIN

“If there is one iconic image in Canadian art it must be Tom Thomson, pipe in mouth, daubing paint on a board in the stern of a canoe. His brief career ended in the summer of 1917 in Algonquin Park under mysterious circumstances, either accidental drowning or murder most foul. As in their recent collaboration Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould, Raymont and Hozer investigate a genius and the nature of his genius.Thomson painted 45 canvasses and over 300 sketches in an extraordinary creative burst in the last four years of his life. Shot in Algonquin Park, Georgina Bay, Leith, Toronto and Seattle, West Wind features newly discovered interviews with those who knew Thomson, letters from his family and rarely seen paintings by this extraordinary artist.” - Vancouver Film Festival  

Fri Mar 23 screening introduced by Diana Thorneycroft, co-director Peter Raymont and researcher Nancy Lang 
Highly respected Winnipeg artist Diana Thorneycroft has exhibited various bodies of award winning work across Canada, the US, Europe, as well as in Moscow, Tokyo and Sydney. Her unique work Group of Seven Awkward Moments referenced the historical Canadian landscapes of the Group of Seven, a movement of Canadian painters on whom Tom Thomson had a significant influence.

Peter Raymont has created many noteworthy Canadian documentaries including Shake Hands With The Devil: The Journey of Romeo Dallaire, A Promise For The Dead:The Exile Journey of Ariel Dorfman and the recent film Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould also co-directed by Michele Hozer.