Family Portrait

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dc.contributor.advisorHoffman, Philip J.
dc.creatorMarshall, Elizabeth Diane
dc.date.accessioned2018-05-28T12:44:24Z
dc.date.available2018-05-28T12:44:24Z
dc.date.copyright2017-09-25
dc.date.issued2018-05-28
dc.date.updated2018-05-28T12:44:23Z
dc.degree.disciplineFilm And Video
dc.degree.levelMaster's
dc.degree.nameMFA - Master of Fine Arts
dc.description.abstractIts a rare experience to have lived formative years on a commune and to be the daughter of its leaders. In the late 1960s my parents were at the centre of a Toronto-based communitarian movement of baby boomers. During a period of social and political re-imagining they engaged in a leftist Christian philosophy, being of service to others and sharing resources. In 1971 they co-purchased Midian Farm as a back-to-the-land social experiment, but its utopian vision eventually collapsed. The end of my parents marriage and the fall of the farm left a resounding residue, a hangover from hope. A canvas for seeking, of memory; piercing through time with new energy, FAMILY PORTRAIT is a process-driven personal essay documentary. I stitch together a visually immersive treasure trove of archives and dip between memory and current day reflections to memorialize a shared piece of history.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10315/34475
dc.language.isoen
dc.rightsAuthor owns copyright, except where explicitly noted. Please contact the author directly with licensing requests.
dc.subjectFilm studies
dc.subject.keywordsMidian Farm
dc.subject.keywordsIntentional community
dc.subject.keywordsCommunal living
dc.subject.keywordsCommune
dc.subject.keywordsCommunity
dc.subject.keywordsAlternative lifestyle
dc.subject.keywordsCounterculture
dc.subject.keywordsHippies
dc.subject.keywordsBack-to-the-land
dc.subject.keywordsSocial responsibility
dc.subject.keywordsActivism
dc.subject.keywordsPeace movement
dc.subject.keywordsFeminism
dc.subject.keywordsPersonal history
dc.subject.keywordsFamily history
dc.subject.keywordsCanadian history
dc.subject.keywordsChristianity
dc.subject.keywordsJesus
dc.subject.keywordsBible
dc.subject.keywordsReligion
dc.subject.keywords1960s
dc.subject.keywords1970s
dc.subject.keywordsCanada
dc.subject.keywordsOntario
dc.subject.keywordsYoung Life
dc.subject.keywordsLeadership
dc.subject.keywordsGeodesic dome
dc.subject.keywordsUtopia
dc.subject.keywordsUtopian experiment
dc.subject.keywordsSocial experiment
dc.subject.keywordsFarm
dc.subject.keywordsFarming
dc.subject.keywordsOrganic farming
dc.subject.keywordsFilm studies
dc.subject.keywordsDocumentary
dc.subject.keywordsPersonal film-making
dc.subject.keywordsDiary film-making
dc.subject.keywordsEssay film-making
dc.subject.keywordsPersonal essay documentary
dc.subject.keywordsArchives
dc.subject.keywordsEthnography
dc.titleFamily Portrait
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation

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