Comments on: NFB on CBC: Totem-Pole Carvers? http://www.neel.org/2008/04/25/nfb-on-cbc-totem-pole-carvers/ a personal exploration into a family tradition Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:27:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: kwakadial http://www.neel.org/2008/04/25/nfb-on-cbc-totem-pole-carvers/#comment-66 kwakadial Wed, 07 May 2008 01:08:20 +0000 http://www.neel.org/?p=18#comment-66 Oh, and the reason I think it was Gardner is that Theo used to mention "Orbit Films" and a "yacht" they sailed up to Fort Rupert(?) called the "Tanda." Oh, and the reason I think it was Gardner is that Theo used to mention “Orbit Films” and a “yacht” they sailed up to Fort Rupert(?) called the “Tanda.”

]]> By: kwakadial http://www.neel.org/2008/04/25/nfb-on-cbc-totem-pole-carvers/#comment-65 kwakadial Wed, 07 May 2008 01:05:56 +0000 http://www.neel.org/?p=18#comment-65 It's my understanding that this project was being undertaken by Robert Gardner, formerly from Seattle and Orbit Films but who ended up at Harvard University. He claimed they took no still photos except pictures of bushes and rocks, kept no field logs, and just decided not to do it for no special reason (I have a letter from him in my storage, I think, unless it is here with me). However, the filmmaker's quick exit directly preceeded their trip to Africa to work with the then-newly discovered !Kung San, in the Kalahari Desert. I have heard there was uncut film that may have included Dave Neel's naming and a potlatch surrounding it (with other family members in attendance and dancing). I know everyone would be thrilled if there were as little as one still photo. It’s my understanding that this project was being undertaken by Robert Gardner, formerly from Seattle and Orbit Films but who ended up at Harvard University. He claimed they took no still photos except pictures of bushes and rocks, kept no field logs, and just decided not to do it for no special reason (I have a letter from him in my storage, I think, unless it is here with me). However, the filmmaker’s quick exit directly preceeded their trip to Africa to work with the then-newly discovered !Kung San, in the Kalahari Desert.

I have heard there was uncut film that may have included Dave Neel’s naming and a potlatch surrounding it (with other family members in attendance and dancing). I know everyone would be thrilled if there were as little as one still photo.

]]> By: NFB on CBC: Totem-Pole Carvers? http://www.neel.org/2008/04/25/nfb-on-cbc-totem-pole-carvers/#comment-62 NFB on CBC: Totem-Pole Carvers? Sat, 03 May 2008 19:20:36 +0000 http://www.neel.org/?p=18#comment-62 [...] http://www.neel.org/2008/04/25/nfb-on-cbc-totem-pole-carvers/ asks Hoosgot, [...] [...] http://www.neel.org/2008/04/25/nfb-on-cbc-totem-pole-carvers/ asks Hoosgot, [...]

]]> By: Travis Neel http://www.neel.org/2008/04/25/nfb-on-cbc-totem-pole-carvers/#comment-61 Travis Neel Sat, 26 Apr 2008 22:00:36 +0000 http://www.neel.org/?p=18#comment-61 Maybe our friend at the NFB can pass this clipping around as well. Somebody must have a copy of it somewhere! Maybe our friend at the NFB can pass this clipping around as well. Somebody must have a copy of it somewhere!

]]> By: groucho http://www.neel.org/2008/04/25/nfb-on-cbc-totem-pole-carvers/#comment-60 groucho Sat, 26 Apr 2008 08:01:22 +0000 http://www.neel.org/?p=18#comment-60 jack long made that series when he headed up the vancouver branch of the nfb. his daughter may be able to unravel the mystery. jack long made that series when he headed up the vancouver branch of the nfb.
his daughter may be able to unravel the mystery.

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