Folksong Fantasy

Directed by Alma Duncan

Canada, 1951 (animation / children's, 7 minutes, colour, English)

Image: © National Film Board of Canada

Film Description [in French] :
"Des marionnettes miment trois chansons de folklore anglais que chante Ema Caslor : The Riddle Song, Who Killed Cock Robin? et The Cooper of Fife."
-- Cinémathèque québécoise (source)

Film Description:
"Animated puppets enact the narratives of three folksongs sung by Emma Caslor: The Riddle Song, Who Killed Cock Robin? and The Cooper of Fife."
-- National Film Board of Canada (source)

Film Credits (partial):
Written by:	Alma Duncan
Produced by:	Tom Daly
Cinematography:	Lyle Enright
Animation:	Alma Duncan
Music:	Maurice Blackburn
Production Company:	National Film Board of Canada / Office national du film du Canada

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Quote about Folksong Fantasy

"[Folksong Fantasy explores] issues that to our contemporary eyes cannot help but address death, domestic violence, gender roles, patriarchy, and power in Western culture."
-- Jaclyn Meloche (source)

Bibliography for Folksong Fantasy

Articles from Newspapers, Magazines, or News Websites

Monthly Film Bulletin. "Folk Song Fantasy, Canada, 1951." Review of Folksong Fantasy. Monthly Film Bulletin, vol. 19, no. 216, January 1952.

Brief Sections of Dissertations

Meloche, Jaclyn. "Braiding the Boundaries: A Dialogical Study of Alma Duncan's Art from the 1940s and 1950s." M.A. diss., Carleton University, 2004. (pp. 58-61)

Web Sites about Folksong Fantasy

National Film Board of Canada. "NFB -- Folksong Fantasy." National Film Board of Canada. http://www.onf-nfb.gc.ca/eng/collection/film/?id=10798.