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Date(s)
- 1987-2007 (Creation)
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Extent and medium
16 mm (colour): 95 reels, 100835ft
16 mm (black & white): 4 reels, 1960ft
16 mm (no colour info): 40 reels, 48580ft
35 mm (colour): 2 reels, 2000ft
35 mm (black and white): 1 reel, 240ft
35 mm (no colour info): 1, 100ft
8 mm (colour): 4 reels, 390ft
2 audio cassttes : ADAT
3 audio cassettes
39 optical discs : CD ; audio
35 video cassettes : BetacamSP – large
138 video cassettes : BetacamSP – small
30 contact sheets
41 audio cassettes : DAT
42 optical discs : CD ; data
32 video cassettes : Digital Betacam – large
8 video cassettes : Digital Betacam – small
Document (paper): 461
253 video cassettes : DV cam – small
7 optical discs : DVD ; video
19 computer disks : magnetic ; 3.5 in. floppy
5 video cassettes : HD cam – small
198 video cassettes : Hi 8
4 data cassettes : JAZ
216 video cassettes : MiniDV
N/A: 4
NAGRA: 1
Photo negative: 30
Photograph: 20
Slide: 10
5 video cassettes : 3/4 in. U-Matic
209 video cassettes : VHS
Blank (no format info): 9
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Name of creator
Administrative history
Founded by Jennifer Baichwal and Nick de Pencier in 1998, Mercury Films Inc is a documentary production company. Productions have been well received both within Canada and internationally, winning awards at the Toronto International Film Festival, The Canadian Screen Awards, Hot Docs, and the Geminis. Their work focuses on political and social change, bringing in diverse voices to better understand class systems, climate change, and our changing world.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Donated to the archive by Mercury Films Inc.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Documentary
- Let it Come Down: The Life of Paul Bowles
- The Holier it Gets
- The True Meaning of Pictures
- Manufactured Landscapes
- Hockey Nomad
Drama
- The Uncles
Performace
- Teri Rickshaw
- 40 on 40
- Streetcar
- Run The ROM
Other (co-productions, and other productions independent of Mercury)
- Cold Feet (Canadian Film Centre)
- Looking You in the Back of the Head (Requisite Productions Inc)
- Flux (Pipe Dream Communications)
- Girl Named Johnny (Pipe Dream Communications)
- Risible Chick (Pipe Dream Communications)
- Fragments (Pipe Dream Communications)
- Mass Brass
- AGO Pulsations II
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Language of material
- English
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Dates of creation revision deletion
Created August 23, 2019 by Elizabeth Carroll.
Language(s)
- English