York University

Digging into the James and Margaret Beveridge Fonds, stored at the pristine York University Archives.   Monday, October 18, 2004 We spent our first day shooting at York University, going through mountains of personal files in the Beveridge Family Fonds. There is so much information that it is going to take ages to sort. I…

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Ottawa

Interview with Michel Campeau, Assistant Director, Operations, Asia Branch, Canadian International Development Agency.   Tuesday, October 19, 2004 Our first day on the road. Paul, Bongo, and myself all piled into Bongo’s van and headed up to Ottawa where we saw Michel Campeau at his house. Michel worked with Dad during the Jamia Project in…

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Montreal

Beevision Productions 2004. Paul Hart, Adam Bradovka (Designer/Editor), Nina Beveridge, Meghan Chin (Production Manager). Adam and Meghan were invaluable in making the film.   Thursday, October 21, 2004 Well – I was supposed to be filming at the NFB archives in Montreal today, but alas, passport issues brought me back to Toronto on a last…

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NFB Roundtable Interviews

Friday, October 22, 2004 What a day. I had wanted to interview the people that worked with Dad at the NFB in those first few years. We managed to pull together a round table with some of the biggest names in the Canadian film industry; Michael Spencer, Pierre Juneau, Bob Verrall, William Weintraub, and Colin…

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New York

Red Burns was the longtime chairwoman of the Interactive Telecommunications Program at New York University and considered to be the “Godmother” of Silicon Alley. She joined the NFB when she was only 16 years old and knew my father in the early NFB years.   Monday, October 25, 2004 We arrived in New York last…

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Raleigh

Original film reels from the North Carolina State Film Board stored at the North Carolina State Archives.   Wednesday, October 27, 2004 It was quite a drive across the state today. We got into Raleigh in late morning and headed over to the State Library. We spent the day going through the North Carolina Film…

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Toronto

Rudy Buttignol, President & CEO, Knowledge Network. Formerly TVO’s Commissioning Editor and Creative Head of Independent Production. He was also a student of James Beveridge at York University’s newly formed Faculty of Film where he was in the first wave of graduating students.   Friday, October 29, 2004 We went out to Glendon College this…

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Delhi

Monday, November 1, 2004 It was last minute, but our Visas came through just in time and we left for India tonight at 9:30. Tuesday, November 2, 2004 Getting back to Delhi is like coming home. I was born here, and while so many things have changed since I last visited, it still feels like…

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Carterpuri

Sunday, November 7, 2004 Today we went to Carterpuri village where we interviewed Sadhan Mulick who worked with Dad on the SITE experiments. He helped us to set up a reenactment in his village of those experiments. It was really quite extraordinary. We also got some great interviews with some of the village people who…

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Mumbai

Monday, November 8, 2004 We caught an early morning flight this morning to Mumbai – my birthplace. We got settled into the hotel and interviewed Vijaya Mulay in the afternoon. Tuesday, November 9, 2004 Today we spent the day at the Indian Films Division, where, it turns out, my Dad was the Chief Consultant for…

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Back to Delhi

Sunday, November 14, 2004 Poor Paul, he is out of commission today. A case of Delhi Belly it seems. Nothing that a little arsenic won’t cure. At least that’s what I found out during the interview with Mike and Ranjana Pandey today. I interviewed Mike Pandey at the Delhi Zoo, by the pelican pond. Sadly,…

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