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| director = [[Brian D. Johnson]]
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| producers = Brian D. Johnson<br>[[Ron Mann]]<br>[[Jake Yanowski]]
| producer = Brian D. Johnson<br>[[Ron Mann]]<br>[[Jake Yanowski]]
| writer = Brian D. Johnson<br>[[Marni Jackson]]
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'''''Al Purdy Was Here''''' is a [[Canada|Canadian]] documentary film, released in 2015.<ref name=globe>[http://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/awards-and-festivals/tiff/al-purdy-lives-in-the-present-in-film-premiering-at-tiff/article26357680/ "Al Purdy lives in the present in film premiering at TIFF"]. ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', September 14, 2015.</ref> Directed by [[Brian D. Johnson]], the film is about the A-Frame Campaign, a literary and artistic project to raise funds for the restoration of influential Canadian poet [[Al Purdy]]'s cabin in [[Prince Edward County, Ontario|Prince Edward County]] as a writer's and artist's retreat.<ref name=globe /> It also touches upon Purdy's quest to become a great Canadian poet, and the artists wrapped up in his legacy.
'''''Al Purdy Was Here''''' is a 2015 Canadian documentary film.<ref name=globe>[https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/awards-and-festivals/tiff/al-purdy-lives-in-the-present-in-film-premiering-at-tiff/article26357680/ "Al Purdy lives in the present in film premiering at TIFF"]. ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', September 14, 2015.</ref> Directed by [[Brian D. Johnson]], the film is about the A-Frame Campaign, a literary and artistic project to raise funds for the restoration of influential Canadian poet [[Al Purdy]]'s cabin in [[Prince Edward County, Ontario|Prince Edward County]] as a writers’ and artists’ retreat.<ref name=globe /> It also touches upon Purdy's quest to become a great Canadian poet, and the artists wrapped up in his legacy.


In addition to archival footage of Purdy, the film also features writers [[Leonard Cohen]], [[Margaret Atwood]], [[Michael Ondaatje]], [[George Bowering]] and [[Joseph Boyden]], actor [[Gordon Pinsent]], and musicians [[Gordon Downie]], [[Bruce Cockburn]], [[Jesse Zubot]], [[Sarah Harmer]], [[Tanya Tagaq]] and [[Doug Paisley]]. An album of songs inspired by Purdy, to be titled ''The Al Purdy Songbook'', is also slated for future release as a companion piece to the film.<ref name=globe />
In addition to archival footage of Purdy, the film also features writers [[Leonard Cohen]], [[Margaret Atwood]], [[Michael Ondaatje]], [[George Bowering]] and [[Joseph Boyden]], actor [[Gordon Pinsent]], and musicians [[Gordon Downie]], [[Bruce Cockburn]], [[Jesse Zubot]], [[Sarah Harmer]], [[Tanya Tagaq]] and [[Doug Paisley]].


The film debuted at the [[2015 Toronto International Film Festival]],<ref name=globe /> where it finished third in audience voting for the documentary category.<ref>{{cite press release |date=2015-09-20 |accessdate=2015-09-21 |title=Toronto International Film Festival Announces 2015 Award Winners |url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/presscontent.tiff.net/docs/48vk20_Festival_Awards_2015__8877337_1442771061.pdf |publisher=TIFF}}</ref>
The film debuted at the [[2015 Toronto International Film Festival]],<ref name=globe /> where it was named second runner-up for the [[Toronto International Film Festival People's Choice Award: Documentaries|People's Choice Award for Documentaries]].<ref>{{cite press release |date=2015-09-20 |accessdate=2015-09-21 |title=Toronto International Film Festival Announces 2015 Award Winners |url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/presscontent.tiff.net/docs/48vk20_Festival_Awards_2015__8877337_1442771061.pdf |publisher=TIFF}}</ref>

==''The Al Purdy Songbook''==
An album of songs and poems inspired by Purdy, titled ''The Al Purdy Songbook'', was also prepared as a companion piece to the film, and was released in 2018 to mark the 100th anniversary of Purdy's birth.<ref>[https://nowtoronto.com/music/features/al-purdy-songbook/ "Canadian poet Al Purdy inspires songs by Jason Collett, Sarah Harmer and more"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190203084800/https://nowtoronto.com/music/features/al-purdy-songbook/ |date=2019-02-03 }}. ''[[Now (newspaper)|Now]]'', January 22, 2019.</ref>

===Track listing===
# "3 Al Purdys" — [[Bruce Cockburn]] (6:05)
# "Transient" — [[Doug Paisley]] (4:14)
# "Just Get Here" — [[Sarah Harmer]] (4:28)
# "The East Wind" — [[Gord Downie]] (4:28)
# "Sensitive Man" — [[Jason Collett]] (5:32)
# "Outdoor Hotel" — [[Snowblink]] (3:43)
# "Unprovable" — [[Greg Keelor]] (4:26)
# "Wilderness Gothic" — [[Margaret Atwood]] (3:00)
# "At the Quinte Hotel" — Gord Downie (3:08)
# "Say the Names" — [[Dave Bidini|Bidiniband]] & the Billie Hollies (4:19)
# "The Country North of Belleville" — Felicity Williams (4:54)
# "Necropsy of Love" — [[Leonard Cohen]] (1:22)
# "Cowboy" — Casey Johnson (3:08)


== References ==
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Latest revision as of 02:11, 19 February 2024

Al Purdy Was Here
Directed byBrian D. Johnson
Written byBrian D. Johnson
Marni Jackson
Produced byBrian D. Johnson
Ron Mann
Jake Yanowski
CinematographyNicholas de Pencier
Edited byNick Taylor
Production
companies
Purdy Pictures
Rogers Documentary Fund
Distributed byDocumentary
Films We Like
Release date
  • September 15, 2015 (2015-09-15) (TIFF)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Al Purdy Was Here is a 2015 Canadian documentary film.[1] Directed by Brian D. Johnson, the film is about the A-Frame Campaign, a literary and artistic project to raise funds for the restoration of influential Canadian poet Al Purdy's cabin in Prince Edward County as a writers’ and artists’ retreat.[1] It also touches upon Purdy's quest to become a great Canadian poet, and the artists wrapped up in his legacy.

In addition to archival footage of Purdy, the film also features writers Leonard Cohen, Margaret Atwood, Michael Ondaatje, George Bowering and Joseph Boyden, actor Gordon Pinsent, and musicians Gordon Downie, Bruce Cockburn, Jesse Zubot, Sarah Harmer, Tanya Tagaq and Doug Paisley.

The film debuted at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival,[1] where it was named second runner-up for the People's Choice Award for Documentaries.[2]

The Al Purdy Songbook

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An album of songs and poems inspired by Purdy, titled The Al Purdy Songbook, was also prepared as a companion piece to the film, and was released in 2018 to mark the 100th anniversary of Purdy's birth.[3]

Track listing

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  1. "3 Al Purdys" — Bruce Cockburn (6:05)
  2. "Transient" — Doug Paisley (4:14)
  3. "Just Get Here" — Sarah Harmer (4:28)
  4. "The East Wind" — Gord Downie (4:28)
  5. "Sensitive Man" — Jason Collett (5:32)
  6. "Outdoor Hotel" — Snowblink (3:43)
  7. "Unprovable" — Greg Keelor (4:26)
  8. "Wilderness Gothic" — Margaret Atwood (3:00)
  9. "At the Quinte Hotel" — Gord Downie (3:08)
  10. "Say the Names" — Bidiniband & the Billie Hollies (4:19)
  11. "The Country North of Belleville" — Felicity Williams (4:54)
  12. "Necropsy of Love" — Leonard Cohen (1:22)
  13. "Cowboy" — Casey Johnson (3:08)

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Al Purdy lives in the present in film premiering at TIFF". The Globe and Mail, September 14, 2015.
  2. ^ "Toronto International Film Festival Announces 2015 Award Winners" (PDF) (Press release). TIFF. 2015-09-20. Retrieved 2015-09-21.
  3. ^ "Canadian poet Al Purdy inspires songs by Jason Collett, Sarah Harmer and more" Archived 2019-02-03 at the Wayback Machine. Now, January 22, 2019.
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