The National Parks Project

The National Parks Project (2011)

13 filmmakers, 39 musicians, 13 National Parks of Canada

In an increasingly urban nation, Canada’s national parks are a treasured escape into extraordinary beauty and rugged wilderness. If the Group of Seven were an introduction to the landscape’s majesty, National Parks Project is the next logical chapter. Fifty-two contemporary artists from across the country, whose talents are as diverse as the parks they set out to explore, used their surroundings as a source of inspiration to blend musical and cinematic skills into collaboratively crafted vignettes. Epic in its ambition to celebrate these locales during Parks Canada’s centennial year, this omnibus film resonates with the knowledge that our unprotected land is more vulnerable than ever. Including films by Zacharius Kunuk, Peter Lynch, Sturla Gunnarsson and John Walker, and music by Sarah Harmer, Sam Roberts, Cadence Weapon and The Besnard Lakes, among many others, National Parks Project is a one-of-a-kind documentary experience.

Date of release
2011-04-30
TMDB
4.0 / 10 (4)
Runtime
2h 0m
Genres
Documentary, Music
Director
Keith Behrman, Louise Archambault, John Walker, Zacharias Kunuk, Kevin McMahon, Catherine Martin, Daniel Cockburn, Sturla Gunnarsson, Peter Lynch, Hubert Davis, Stéphane Lafleur, Jamie Travis, Scott Smith

Interesting facts

The National Parks Project is a Canadian music and film project. Released in 2011 to mark the 100th anniversary of the creation of the National Parks of Canada system, the project sent teams consisting of three Canadian musicians and a filmmaker to 13 Canadian national parks, one in each province or territory, to shoot and score a short documentary film about the park.

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