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Praise

Directed by Barbara Sternberg
Canada, 2005 (experimental, 25 minutes, black and white)
Praise
Image: © Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre

Film Description:
"A prologue excerpt from the poem 'Try to praise the mutilated world' sets the mood for this film of contained contrasts: black and white, negative and positive, light and dark. Recurring images of trees root the film, unifying its segments, and suggest further twinnings: (knowledge of) good and evil, humanity and nature, ephemeral and eternal—praise and mutilation. [...]"
-- Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre (source)

Film Credits (partial):
Written by: Barbara Sternberg
Produced by: Barbara Sternberg
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Notes about Praise

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