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White Lake (1989)

White Lake poster
Directed by
Colin Browne
Genre
documentary
Country
Canada
Runtime
1h 20m
Rating
9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This documentary is about the director's own family. It looks at their history through a family reunion in British Columbia.

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What happens

White Lake is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Colin Browne and released in 1989. The film centres on Browne's own family history, through the lens of a family reunion at a retreat in White Lake, British Columbia. The film premiered at the 1989 Festival of Festivals. It was later screened at the 1989 Festival of the Arts in Ottawa, and at the 1989 Vancouver International Film Festival. The film received a Genie Award nomination for Best Feature Length Documentary at the 11th Genie Awards in 1990. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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