Two Canadian documentarians at National Gallery on June 21 – Father’s Day – with their films about their fathers. June 21, 2009
Washington, District of Columbia 20565
"The Idealist" followed by "My Father's Studio"
Nina Beveridge and Jennifer Alleyn in person
June 21 at 4:30PM
East Building Concourse, Auditorium
James Beveridge—documentary filmmaker extraordinaire and a cofounder of the National Film Board of Canada—was hardly known at all to his daughter Nina. "The Idealist" is Nina's effort to claim her father's legacy and to capture the true flavor of his remarkable life. (Nina Beveridge, 2004, digital beta, 76 minutes)
In "My Father's Studio", Montreal filmmaker Jennifer Alleyn inherits her father Edmund Alleyn's painting studio. Finding herself drawn more and more into the private space of his art, she makes this film to fathom her father's psyche. (Jennifer Alleyn, 2008, digital beta, 70 minutes)
Official Website: http://www.nga.gov/programs/film/index.shtm#theidealist
Added by Hawkes on June 12, 2009