At TIFF, Spotlight Is Also on Canadian Journalists
Longtime Maclean's magazine film critic Brian D. Johnson has turned his attention to a great Canadian poet.
Longtime Canadian film critic Brian D. Johnson certainly chose well for the subject of his feature documentary Al Purdy Was Here, premiering this week at the Toronto International Film Festival. From a recent write-up in Maclean’s magazine, the weekly publication that for a great many years counted Johnson as its chief film critic:
Purdy is the sensitive award-winning artist described, the year before his death in 2000, as “the best Canadian poet” ever for Michael Ondaatje.
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