Listen to the Prairies

Listen to the Prairies

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 2, 1945

Runtime

0h 21m

Original Title

Listen to the Prairies

Director

Gudrun Parker

Description

This short documentary follows Manitoba's annual Musical Festival, profiling several of the young people whose talents made the festival a leading event in the Canada of the mid-20th century. Featuring boys' and girls' choirs, violin and piano solos, an excerpt from Gilbert and Sullivan's The Pirates of Penzance, and songs by a soprano and a contralto, the film is an idyllic and melodic portrait the prairies of over half a century ago. - NFB