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Elephant Dreams (S)

Original title: Elephant Dreams
Year: 1987
Running time: 17 min.
Country: Canada
Director: Martha Davis
Screenwriter: Martha Davis
Cast: Documentary
Cinematography: Martha Davis, Michael Grippo
Producer: Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto
Genre: Documentary | Blindness. Short Film
Synopsis: This short film riffs off the old folktale of the five blind men who go to visit an elephant. After touching its constituent body parts, each one considers he's found something different: the trunk is a snake, the ear a fan, the tail a rope and so on. In the film, five storytellers spin their own yarns about each object, while elephant related imagery flashes on. The film uses the action of memory and the imagination at work to create a whole from parts.

Awards: 1988: Genie Awards (Canada): nominated to Best Feature Length Documentary.

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Elephant Dreams (S)

1987

Martha Davis