Al Purdy Was Here

NAME OF FILM: AL PURDY WAS HERE

DIRECTOR(S): Brian D. Johnson

GENRE: Documentary Film

SYNOPSIS: Al Purdy was Canada’s unofficial poet laureate, though he admits he didn’t write a good poem until he was 40. He found his voice in an A-Frame cabin he built in Ontario’s Prince Edward County. Canada’s leading musicians and artists from Bruce Cockburn and Sarah Harmer to Margaret Atwood and Michael Ondaatje come together to tell his story and celebrate his poetry.

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