The Colours of My Father: A Portrait of Sam Borenstein

Popularity

IMDB (69 votes)

Meta Score

Rotten Tomatoes

500M
500M
Play Time: 29 mins
Animation, Documentary
The Colours of My Father: A Portrait of Sam Borenstein

Overview:
The Colours of My Father: A Portrait of Sam Borenstein is a 1992 short animated documentary directed by Joyce Borenstein about her father, the Canadian painter Sam Borenstein. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short. In Canada, it was named best short documentary at the 12th Genie Awards.

Status: Released (1992-01-01)
Awards:Nominated for 1 Oscar. 1 win & 1 nomination total
Screen:Joyce Borenstein
Productions: ONF | NFB
Production Countries: Canada
Spoken Languages: English
The Colours of My Father: A Portrait of Sam Borenstein
Posters
external ids

fb: | twitter: | imdb: tt0103985 | insta:

Reviews

CinemaSerf

Review text:

It starts off rather like an exhibition in a museum, this documentary. Narrated by his daughter, Joyce, we are introduced to the early works of this acclaimed Canadian artist whilst learning of his upbringing in a post-depression society where it was very hard for a single man to get ....

Continue reading ->