Paper Wheat (1979)
- Directed by
- Albert Kish, Guy Sprung
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- Canada
- Runtime
- 58 min
- Rating
- 10.0 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
This documentary film captures a stage play about the hard lives of early settlers in Saskatchewan and the founding of the wheat pools and co-operative movement. It shows the struggles and collective spirit of prairie farmers as they organize for a better future.
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What happens
Paper Wheat is a play by the 25th Street Theatre Centre about the hard lives of early Saskatchewan settlers and the foundation of the wheat pools and the Co-op movement on the Canadian Prairies. The most successful stage show in Saskatchewan history, Paper Wheat opened in Sintaluta, Saskatchewan on May 18, 1977 and subsequently played to full houses across the province. Paper Wheat was an example of documentary theatre, with company members traveling to local communities to collect stories about Saskatchewan history. An first version was collectively created and written by cast and crew, including director Andras Tahn and actor Linda Griffiths. The provincial and national tour, under the direction of Guy Sprung, with Sharon Bakker, David Francis, Skai Leja, Lubomir Mykytiuk, Michael Fahey and Bill Procopchuk, totally reworked the play, sharpened the politics and added new characters, new scenes and dialogue created by the same collective process. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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