Trains of Winnipeg explained

Trains of Winnipeg
Director:	Clive Holden
Studio:	Cyclops Press
Country:	Canada
Language:	English

Trains of Winnipeg is a film and multimedia art project by Clive Holden, released in stages between 2001 and 2004.^[1] The final project included a series of 14 short films, designed as visual representations of Holden's poetry, as well as a soundtrack CD and a book.^[2]

The short films were scored by Emily Goodden, Christine Fellows, Jason Tait and Steve Bates; additional contributors on the CD included John K. Samson and Leanne Zacharias, as well as an archival recording of Al Purdy.^[3]

The film series won the New Vision Award at the 2005 Copenhagen International Documentary Festival.^[4]

Films

1. "Trains of Winnipeg"
2. "18000 Dead In Gordon Head"
3. "Love in the White City"
4. "F-Movie"
5. "Burning Down the Suburbs"
6. "Nanaimo Station"
7. "The Jew & the Irishman"
8. "Saigon Apartments"
9. "Bus North to Thompson with Les at the Wheel"
10. "Condo"
11. "Neighbours Walk Softly"
12. "Unbreakable Bones"
13. "Active Pass"
14. "Hitler! (revisited)"

Album

Trains of Winnipeg
Type:	soundtrack
Genre:	Spoken word
Label:	Endearing Records

1. "Trains of Winnipeg"
2. "Grain Train"
3. "18,000 Dead in Gordon Head"
4. "Death at Neepawa"
5. "Neighbours Walk Softly"
6. "Nanaimo Station"
7. "Condo"
8. "Bus North to Thompson with Les at the Wheel"
9. "Wind"
10. "Transcona"
11. "Babette"
12. "Nanoose"
13. "Necropsy of Al Purdy"
14. "Transience"
15. "Unbreakable Bones"

External links

• Trains of Winnipeg

Notes and References

1. Rob Howatson, "Trains of Winnipeg rolls into town". The Globe and Mail, May 26, 2006.
2. Peter Goddard, "Trains of Winnipeg a remarkable collection of filmed impressions". Toronto Star, March 4, 2005.
3. Stephen Cole, "Trains journey to the past". The Globe and Mail, March 4, 2005.
4. Jason Anderson, "Five for 2006" . The Globe and Mail, January 11, 2006.