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THE FLYING SAILOR: Animating the 1917 Halifax Explosion, Canadian filmmaking, and women in film

February 22, 2023 • Movikarma • Season 3 • Episode 34

Jared Milrad interviews award-winning filmmaker-animators Wendy Tilby and Amanda Forbis about their Oscar-nominated animated short film, THE FLYING SAILOR, which tells the incredible true-life story of a man blown two kilometers through the air by the 1917 Halifax Explosion—the largest accidental non-nuclear explosion in history. Wendy and Amanda open up their multi-decade filmmaking partnership, why they chose to make this powerful film, how Americans can learn from the National Film Board of Canada's approach to filmmaking, and the progress of women in film - particularly behind the camera.

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