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H2EEF 48 Exhumations with Louise Bourque (PART 1)

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Louise Bourque is one of the most distinguished film artists currently working in Canada. She was born in Edmundston New Brunswick and has been making films since the late 1980s. Her body of work, by her own admission, is not vast, but it reveals a filmmaker of incredible focus  and determination when it comes to producing the work she desires.

Hers are not films that always give themselves over to analysis very easily. Instead, they are instantly gripping, compelling the audience’s full attention from start to finish, often using intense visual and auditory means to bring the viewer to a point of cathartic release, upon which we reflect afterwards.

Here are a few links to her films that are viewable online:

From Light Cone

Fissures

https://lightcone.org/en/film-3475-fissures

Going Back Home

https://lightcone.org/en/film-3512-going-back-home

From Massachussetts Cultural Council

Self Portrait Post Mortem

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nr4-LaUy1tk

From Vidéographe

Bye Bye Now – Trailer

https://vimeo.com/808805153


A video essay on her work by Stephen Broomer can be found here:

https://vimeo.com/533753926

Broomer and Clint Enns co-edited the book Imprints: The Films of Louise Bourque which can be purchased on Amazon as well as Lightcone and various other sources. This book is quoted from throughout these episodes.

This interview was facilitated through the help of Dave Beaumler. With sincerest thanks for his help.

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