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Journey to Flood Ditch

Genre

Documentary

Directed By

John Barnard, Kyle Bornais, Matthew Etches

Date: Jan 2003
Length: 00:02:40
Process: Colour
Country: Canada
Language: English
Shooting Format: DV
Sound Format: Voice-Over

Synopsis

When engineers built a giant moat around the city of Winnipeg half a century ago, they were creating a marvel of flood control engineering. This is the amazing story of how the flood ditch came to be. John, Kyle, and Matthew all live in Winnipeg, enjoying the protection of the flood ditch. On one fortuitous day, the three lads were in possession of free 35mm film stock (10 years old) and a camera. They lacked a story, and Matthew forgot to bring the light meter. Armed only with their wits, they made this film.

Tags

engineer, flood, mythology, parody

Credits

Director
John Barnard, Matthew Etches, Kyle Bornais
Editor
John Barnard
Writer
John Barnard
Cinematographer
John Barnard
Producer
Kyle Bornais, Matthew Etches
Narrator
Mitch Dorge

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