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  • The Newfoundland Passion (1998)
  • TV Movie | 60 min | Documentary
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The Newfoundland Passion (1998)
TV Movie | 60 min | Documentary
A film about an artist, his island, and his Jesus. The personality of profoundly spiritual Newfoundland artist Gerald Squires permeates this film - compassionate, yet brimming with ironic humour and intelligence. Sharpe focus close-up make...See moreA film about an artist, his island, and his Jesus. The personality of profoundly spiritual Newfoundland artist Gerald Squires permeates this film - compassionate, yet brimming with ironic humour and intelligence. Sharpe focus close-up make his paintings come alive as they relate the Passion as a Newfoundland story. From a fisherman's cabin overlooking St. John's harbour, where Jesus and the disciples gather for the Last Supper, Squires' paintings - and the film - follow the Celtic Jesus through the stations of the Cross over the bogs and barrens of Newfoundland's harsh landscape, to his Crucifixion on a cliff overlooking the North Atlantic, to his miraculous Resurrection above the sea. See less
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Director
Arnold Bennett
Writer
Clar Doyle (script)
Producer
Dennis Browne (producer)
Cinematographer
Nigel Markham (photography)
Editor
Ken Pittman
Production Designer
Arnold Bennett
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Updated Sep 30, 1998
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Sep 1998 (Canada)

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