Selling Out (1972)
22m
Running Time
November 1, 1972Release Date
Plot.
Selling Out is a 1972 Canadian short film for cinema and TV directed by Tadeusz Jaworski, and written and produced by Jack Winter. The film is a dramatization of a farmer’s last day on his ancestral farm on Prince Edward Island as he is faced with the Public Auction of his family home and possessions. On the one hand, it is a simple, poignant tale of personal loss, alienation and the displacement of the old at the end of life. On the other, it is a political statement about the loss of Canadian Heritage, land and economy to foreign capital. It was nominated for an Academy Award (Short Subject) in 1972. It was named Best Documentary at the 24th Canadian Film Awards.
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Cast & Crew.
Vernon Macgoughan
Bob Hogg
Frank McNutt
Pamela Winter
Jack Winter
Writer
Bruce Allen
Cinematography
Tadeusz Jaworski
Writer / Director
Stanley Lipinsky
Cinematography
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Selling Out is a 1972 Canadian short film for cinema and TV produced and directed by Tadeusz Jaworski, and written by Jaworski and Jack Winter.At the 45th Academy Awards in 1973, it was nominated for an Academy Award (Short Subject), and was named Best Documentary at the 24th Canadian Film Awards.The film was sponsored by the Humber College of Applied Arts and Technology and is about a Prince Edward Island farmer who, because his children have moved away, must sell the farm that has been in his family for generations. It raises the question of whether government should prevent the sale of Canadian farms to non-Canadians.