The Rising Tide
(Marée montante)
Year: 1949
Language: English
Runtime: 30 min
Director:
Jean Palardy
Producer:
James Beveridge
Writer:
Jean Palardy,
Don Peters,
Kathleen McColgan
Cinematographer:
John Foster
Editor:
Jean Palardy,
Don Peters
Music:
Robert Fleming
:
John Drainie,
Alan Maitland
Production Company:
National Film Board of Canada
Despite verbose, didactic opening and closing sequences, this documentary by Jean Palardy on the development of the co-operative movement in the Maritimes since the twenties offers a memorable portrait of the daily life of Maritime fishermen and shows how the co-operatives helped fishermen emerge from the twenties into a more productive age. The Rising Tide was nominated for an Academy Award® for best short documentary and received a special citation at the Canadian Film Awards.
By:
Peter Morris