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IS THERE A PICTURE tells the remarkable-and improbable-story of a unique group of artists who used photography to launch a far-flung city into the fine arts stratosphere. An outgrowth of our earlier production, PICTURE START, this 95-minute documentary tracks the rise of Marian Penner Bancroft, Christos Dikeakos, Rodney Graham, Jeff Wall and Ian Wallace from the rich countercultural milieu of 1960s Vancouver, to their place of global prominence today. Drawing back the curtain on this extraordinary set of artists, IS THERE A PICTURE offers rare insight into their work, their relationships with one another, and how it is they emerged in a city until recently known more for its surrounding forests than its art.
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Edited by Rafi SpivakShot by Mark DepaulScored by Dennis Burke
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17 unique people credited
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Scott Watson
as Self - Belkin Art Gallery
Jeff Wall
as Self - Photographer
Christos Dikeakos
as Self - Photographer
Ian Wallace
as Self - Photographer
Harry Killas
as Self - Filmmaker
Marian Penner Bancroft
as Self - Photographer
Fred Herzog
as Self - Photographer
Peter Galassi
as Self - Museum of Modern Art NY
David Wisdom
as Self - Broadcaster
Rodney Graham
as Self - Photographer
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