Don't Knock the Ox (1970)
- Directed by
- Tony Ianzelo
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- Canada
- Runtime
- 13 min
- Rating
- 8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A short documentary about an ox-pulling competition at a Nova Scotia fair. It shows teams of oxen dragging heavy sleds, and the event is a link to the region's agricultural past.
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What happens
Don't Knock the Ox is a 1970 short documentary film, directed by Tony Ianzelo National Film Board of Canada. The International Ox Pull, highlight of the Bridgewater, Nova Scotia annual fair, is a hold-over from the pioneer past when oxen cleared the land and tilled the soil. These beasts of burden have lost none of their pulling power, as demonstrated when they drag tons of weight loaded on sleds, with the winner pulling up to six tons. The film won the Canadian Film Award for Best Theatrical Short Film at the 23rd Canadian Film Awards in 1971. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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