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Getaway Film Inc was incorporated in British Columbia in 1985 to produce high minded social, political and cultural documentaries for the educational market worldwide.
Copies of all productions owned by Getaway are for sale. Please contact for further information & prices.
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CURRENTLY
In Production
AS COWICHAN GOES, SO GOES THE WORLD, a Documentary Video about Healthy Communites produced for the BC Coalition for Health Promotion. Shooting.
In Pre-Production
DUNCAN TO DAKAR: Chasing a Dream, feature documentary, Canadian businessman competes in famous motorcycle rally
In Development
Ecstasy of Rita Joe, documentary of 40th anniversary of iconic Canadian play by George Ryga, to be staged at National Arts Centre, Ottawa, and Western Canada Theatre, Kamloops, BC in spring 2009.
Such Great Heights, co-producer with Island Bound Media Works, director Richard Boyce. Feature documentary on the ecology of westcoast forest canopy.
RECENT PRODUCTIONS
CIRCLES OF LOVE, Mom and Baby, 8:00; Baby and Family 8:00, produced for Understanding the Early Years Cowichan, 2008. See on YouTube.
"CT COLONOSCOPY" 30:00 training video for hospital radiologists, SUICIDE ASSESSMENT AND PREVENTION FORT OLDER ADULTS, Life Saving Tools for Health Care Providers, dram/doc 30:00, both written and directed for Multi-Media Services, Vancouver Island Health Authority, 2008.
Eagle Arts Academy, Summer '07 and '08, 5 hour DVD, Maxwell International School, Shawnigan Lake, BC.
THE CORPORATION, Tom Shandel, co-producer. Feature documentary, 150', "case studies, anecdotes & true confessions reveal behind-the-scenes tensions & influences in several corporate and anti-corporate dramas." www.TheCorporation.com
NOW AVAILABLE
SOCIAL GOSPEL & the PUBLIC GOOD
New 2 disc DVD Special Study Edition featuring the 50 minute documentary on the political populist visionaries JS Woodsworth and William Aberhart, plus over 3 hours of expanded commentary with the contributors. (See preview clip)
AMERICA, LOVE IT OR LEAVE IT
50' documentary on the Vietnam-era war-resisters who sought refuge in Canada. New Special Edition DVD with bonus material; produced for CBC & WTVS Detroit (PBS).
With the IRAQ War in the news, this 1991 documentary on the role Canada has historically played as a release-valve for American political tensions from escaped slaves, Empire Loyalists, McCarthy-era "progressives" to the 135,000 young anti-Vietnam idealists has fresh relevance. (See preview clip)
TOMSON HIGHWAY GETS HIS TROUT
A one hour television special on Bravo! TV in September 2004. A record of celebrated playwright Tomson Highway's new play, ERNESTINE SHUSWAP GETS HER TROUT, in workshop and rehearsal leading up to world premiere by Western Canada Theatre in Kamloops, BC in January 2004: cross-cultural politics and true Canadian indigenous art.