In a dramatized narrative written and told by Canadian poet Elizabeth Bachinsky, a young woman speaks of her ordeal at Wolf Lake. The Coast Mountains of British Columbia make a lush backdrop to her harrowing story of violence and betrayal. Wolf Lake is from Elizabeth Bachinsky's excellent collection Home of Sudden Service, Nightwood Editions, 2006.
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Super 8 film transfer to digital video, 2006
To see the print version of this poem: poetryinvoice.com/poems/wolf-lake
Director: Michael V. Smith
Writer: Elizabeth Bachinsky
Producer: Michael V. Smith
Cast: Amber Dawn, Elizabeth Bachinsky
Duration: 4:15
Screenings to date: Screenings: Festival International de Film et Video de Creation, Beyrouth/Beirut, 2010; Festival Signes de Nuit, Paris France, 2008; Out on Screen, Vancouver BC 2008; Vancouver Int’l Film Festival, Vancouver BC, 2007; Lincoln Center New York Video Festival, New York City, 2007; Edges Festival, Victoria BC, 2007; Project8, Video In Studios, Vancouver BC, 2006
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