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Content: A BAFTA award nominated animation based on a poem by Earle Birney and a painting by El Greco. The theme concerns the responsibility of the innovator for the thing he makes. In the film, a carpenter builds a cross but is reluctant to become involved in the right or wrong of situations that bring men to die on crosses. His interest is in his own craftsmanship. To illustrate this moral, the filmmaker used light-pen drawings, giving colour and emphasis through optical processes.

Countries:

Canada

Genres:

Animation

Runtime:

6 minutes

Year:

1970

Directors:

Sidney Goldsmith

Production companies:

ONF | NFB

Actors:

Narrator

Crews:

Editor

Director

Animation

Producer

Director of Photography