Ghosts of a River (French: 3 hommes au mille carré, lit. "Three men per square mile") is a Canadian short documentary film, directed by Pierre Patry and Jacques Kasma and released in 1966.[1] The film depicts various ghost towns in British Columbia which have been abandoned in preparation for the construction of hydroelectric dams along the Columbia River.

Ghosts of a River
French3 hommes au mille carré
Directed byPierre Patry
Jacques Kasma
Produced byMichel Moreau
CinematographyLaval Fortier
Edited byJacques Kasma
Production
company
Release date
  • 1966 (1966)
Running time
19 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

The film premiered in the Montreal International Film Festival's Festival of Canadian Films lineup in 1966,[2] where it received a special mention from the short film jury.[3] Kasma won the Canadian Film Award for Best Editing at the 19th Canadian Film Awards in 1967.[4]

References edit

  1. ^ "Pierre Patry". Canadian Film Encyclopedia.
  2. ^ Réal La Rochelle, "IVe Festival du cinéma canadien". Séquences, Vol. 47 (1966). pp. 37-43.
  3. ^ Geoffrey James, "Festival Awards Go Begging". Montreal Star, August 5, 1966.
  4. ^ Maria Topalovich, And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards. Stoddart Publishing, 2000. ISBN 0-7737-3238-1. pp. 77-79.

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